Trading
Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Altars are in heavenly realms Brazen altar in the inner court through the way of the cross Altar of incense in the Holy Place through the veil of truth Protocols of entry as living sacrifices Deny ourselves – lose our lives Present ourselves for skinning
Ex 29:16 And you shall kill the ram 17 And you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head, Slit its throat (dead) drained blood Skinned it Split it open, washed and purified the inner organs Split open the backbone to reveal the marrow Chopped off its head Cut off its legs
Give ourselves a check up What am I saying? What am I thinking? What am I feeling? What am I doing?
Examine ourselves Ask God to examine us The difference between the results of the two examinations = the deception we are living in Are we willing to own it? If so, God can transform us.
By faith enter into the Holy Place in the heavenly tabernacle in surrender Your body is split open down to your backbone, revealing the marrow Open yourself for God to reveal your inward parts, emotions, heart (subconscious mind) and will Heb 4:12 and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Psa 139:23 Search me thoroughly, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Examine, put on trial, reveal
Judge the thoughts and intentions of our hearts – our motives Where did they come from? Our past decisions that form patterns within our hearts Programming through personal experiences and environmental lacks Record of previous generational blood line decisions Programming through generational patterns of iniquity
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil Pathway and source of all self Roots sourced from satan’s trading – “I will ascend, I will be like God”
Motives of the heart Trading is an exchange based on the desires of our hearts as result of sin in our nature First negative trade – satan before time First negative trade on earth – Adam and Eve
Ezek 28:12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: …On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezek 28:15 “You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 “By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire”.
Ezek 28:17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendour. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. 18 By the multitude of your trades (iniquities), In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries”.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Gen 3:1 4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. Adam traded DNA seed for knowledge and position apart from God Cain – serpent seed – was the result
Tendency towards legalism – “don’t touch it” Trade of information for elevation – “you can know, and be like God” You can know apart from God Humanism – elevated human capacity Rationalism – elevated human reasoning Cover-ups, masks, dead works
Acceptance Love Affection Value, worth Approval Significance Affirmation Identity, purpose Security Safety, provision God desires to meet all our needs through our relationship with Him Any attempt to use another source or method is trading on demonic floors
Legitimate desires of my heart, inbuilt by God – trying to meet them by following the pathway of earthly, natural or demonic wisdom All relationships formed to meet my own needs are wrong trading All pathways of the knowledge of good and evil
All counterfeit methods we use for giving us: Acceptance, affirmation, approval, significance, security, provision, purpose and destiny Happiness in place of joy Satisfaction in place of fulfilment Leisure in place of peace Cause in place of destiny
Trading Floors Demonic substitutes for God’s provision Offer a perverted altar to sacrifice on Trades with deadly strings attached Generational patterns Familiar spirits activate and operate them
We trade when we take the pathway of the knowledge of good and evil Every option for the shortcut to gratification, success, money, position, influence or power Trading offers us identity from performance, work or ministry Devil’s temptation of Jesus
Matt 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” 5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,‘ He will command His angels concerning You’; and ‘On their hands they will bear You up, So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Matt 4:7 Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; 9 and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. We get the same offers through the familiar spirits assigned to our lives Some familiar spirits are generational
Seven trading floors:
Tyre – money, materialism
Athaliah – kingly seed
Jezebel – manipulation, control, domination, witchcraft
Cain – murder
Delilah – seduction, lust
Leviathan – gossip, lies, deception
Apollyon – opposes the gospel.
Present yourself for examination Examine yourself regularly Be ruthlessly honest about your past Remember God loves you Own your past trading and motives Confess your trading as sin Seek revelation about family trading
Father, I thank you that You have made a way for me to access your heavenly presence By faith I step in through the veil of Jesus through the way of the cross I present myself to you, Jesus my high priest, in surrender as a living sacrifice
I submit to the authority of the living word in my life I step through the veil of truth into the Holy Place I stand in the light of your truth I ask you to search me Reveal my blind self to me, show me the hidden motives of my heart
I stand in the light of your truth Show me the pathways of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that I have followed Show me where I have accepted satan’s deceptions Reveal where I have followed earthly, natural or demonic wisdom to meet my own needs
Show me where I have traded by taking the shortcut to gratification through success, money, position, influence or power Show me where I received my identity from performance, work or ministry.
Show me where I have formed relationships to meet my own needs for love, acceptance, affirmation and approval Show me where I have sought to meet my own needs through humanism and rationalism following the forbidden pathway of self
I submit & surrender my life to following the pathway of the tree of life as my source I commit myself to a lifestyle of repentance against all negative trading I repent of the patterns of sin in my heart
I commit myself to a lifestyle of renunciation against all negative trading I renounce my sin where I have followed the pathway of good and evil as my way of life I renounce all my defence, coping and survival mechanisms
Give me revelation of my true identity as a son of God Give me a heart secure in its identity Renew my mind to the mind of Christ Meet all my unmet needs in yourself Heal all my unhealed hurts Restore my soul to original condition
I receive your unconditional love, acceptance, affirmation, approval from the source of the tree of life I stand transparent naked and unafraid before you I hear you say, “I see you and I love you” I receive your value, esteem and worth
I choose to follow the pathway that leads to my source, the tree of life – Jesus I step back into this realm to walk in the ways of your kingdom Manifest your glory through me on earth as it is in heaven, so I will fulfil my eternal destiny