Trading 2
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 the heavenly realms. Brazen altar in the 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. Split open – revealing our heart.
Give ourselves a checkup. What am I saying? What am I thinking? What am I feeling? What am I doing? Examine ourselves. Ask God to examine us. Difference is the deception we are living in. Are we willing to own it?
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Pathway and source of all self. Trading to meet our own needs.
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 other methods is trading on demonic floors.
Tyre – money, materialism.
Athaliah – kingly seed.
Jezebel – manipulation, control, domination, witchcraft.
Cain – murder.
Delilah – seduction.
Leviathan – gossip, lies, deception.
Apollyon – opposes the gospel.
Tobiah the Ammonite.
Neh 13:1 no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God… 4 Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah, 5 had prepared a large room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
Neh 13:7 and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God. 8 It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
Neh 13:28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me. What unholy alliances have we or our generations made to meet our own needs? Sold our souls or our inheritance?
Trading floor in our hearts. Treasure chamber. Where our treasure is our heart is. All treasure should be for worship, used for the purposes of God’s kingdom and for His glory. Robbing God by taking treasure for ourselves to meet our own needs.
Glory, honor, position, credit. Ego – whenever it’s all about me. Selfishness, self-centeredness. Wherever we are not seeking first God’s kingdom. We are trading for ourselves. We are the gods of our own lives.
Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of stew – generational significance. In causes driven by our brokenness there is no eternal reward. Approval of man is temporal not eternal. Jesus challenged the motives of our good works.
Matt 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matt 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise, you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2 “So, when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matt 6:5 “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matt 6:16 “Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matt 5:16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
New standard, no longer based on external adherence but on heart motive.
Matt 5:20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven”.
Matt 5:21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-fornothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
Matt 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matt 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…”
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 in nature.
Tyre – King of Tyre robbed God’s temple and used the gold to build a trading city.
Jezebel, daughter of Ichbaal (Tyre), married King of Israel to control the religious systems.
Athaliah, Jezebel’s daughter or sister-in-law, married the king of Judah. She tried to control future seed by killing all possible heirs using the political system – usurping authority. Baal worshippers – idolatry, fertility, sensuality, child sacrifice.
Cain – son of Satan, serpent seed who murdered Abel his half brother because of jealousy and his nature. Delilah – seduction, pleasure, gratification that robs our destiny. Leviathan – twister, demonic creature – deception, lies and gossip. Apollyon – fallen angel who opposes preaching of the gospel.
James 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. What wisdom influences, motivates and directs our decisions?
Whenever we seek to use our own knowledge as opposed to God’s we are falsely trading. Whenever we use a substitute instead of God’s provision we are falsely trading. Whenever the motives of our heart are selfish, we are falsely trading. All give access to the demonic world.
Tyre – Money, Mammon. He took temple gold and built a trading city with it. Operating from a poverty mentality. Whenever I say I don’t have enough, or I want more – not trusting God’s provision. Whenever I buy today and pay tomorrow – I am in debt and slavery.
Not bringing full tithe into the church and not giving offerings when God directs you. Tithing net instead of gross and controlling your own tithe. Whenever you rob God to meet your own needs. Stealing, cheating – falsifying claims, tax dodging, not working your full hours.
Gambling – trusting luck not God. Materialism – using things to meet a spiritual or emotional need. Clothes, chocolate, shoes and handbags. Cars, boats, boys toys, houses, sex, TV, music, books, family, work. Taking gold from God’s temple to build our own trading systems.
Jezebel – using control, manipulation, witchcraft and domination. Whenever you have used your emotions to get your own way. Whenever you have been controlled by religious systems, legalism, dead works.
Whenever you have been controlled by the political system of church life – offer of future position for silence or cooperation. Whenever you have nagged to get your own way. Whenever you have used your sexual wiles to get your own way.
Whenever you have used a substance to alter your mood – ‘pharmacia.’ Whenever you have used a substance to mask or blot out something. Whenever you have used blackmail of any sort. Whenever you have accepted being manipulated for acceptance.
Athaliah – after your kingly seed and future inheritance. Whenever you say “I am not good enough or I can’t do this” based on your past. Whenever you don’t receive affirmation because of your past life. Whenever you trade the present for the future though sin.
Whenever you submit to familiar spirits in agreement with their lies about your identity. Whenever you don’t accept sonship or God’s Fatherhood.
Jer 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!” All my familiars, Watching for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him”.
Whenever you accept instant gratification rather than future blessing – Esau sold his birthright. Familiars defame your identity and rob you of authority. Masonic – checkerboard trading floor for future seed. Promise of influence – family curses.
Delilah – seducer, causes us to lust in our heart. Offers to falsely meet our emotional needs through self-gratification. Mind – living in fantasy worlds. Heart – patterns, beliefs, protocols to gain acceptance, approval or affirmation.
Lust after a romanticized image – Mills & Boon – women. Lust after an eroticized image – men. Pornographic images, fantasies, gratification without relationship and responsibility. Sex without love to meet our own needs. Sex because you need to be needed.
All sex outside of marriage. Some sex within marriage. Enticement to lust after anything that offers self-gratification. Money, power, position, influence.
Matt 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise, you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven”.
Cain – murderer, anger in the heart, justification of our behavior. Whenever we hold anger, resentment or bitterness in our hearts. Whenever we assassinate someone’s character to justify ourselves, through innuendo, insinuations etc. Whenever we make accusations motivated by jealousy or fear.
Whenever we don’t forgive and release. Whenever we don’t follow correct protocol biblically in dealing with conflict. Whenever we don’t go and confront in love. Whenever we have something against someone and talk to someone else about it.
Whenever you don’t love your wife by giving yourself up for her. Whenever you don’t honor your husband by respecting him. Whenever we don’t act as our brother’s keeper. Whenever we take pleasure in someone else’s sin to make us feel better.
Leviathan – twister, perverter of truth, gossip. Whenever you lie to make others think better of you – approval of men. Whenever you exaggerate to give yourself a better appearance. Whenever you deceive by half-truth.
Gossip for self-promotion or advantage. Using information as a source of power to get acceptance or recognition. Cheating at tests, exams etc. to appear better than you are. Anything we do to fit in and be accepted
Whenever you withhold truth to give yourself an advantage. Whenever you try to impress people. Whenever you act falsely or wear a mask to get people to like you.
Facebook – trading information. Whatever you upload belongs to them and is never deleted. World sees your attitudes, fears, anxieties, displaying your atmosphere. You are multiplying it with every wall and friend’s timeline it appears on. Atmospheres draw the spirit world to it.
Apollyon – destroyer of inheritance and life to hinder the gospel. Whenever we have refused to share the gospel. Whenever we have preached false gospels. Whenever we have been involved with religious cults – JW, Mormons.
Whenever we have been ruled by fear or embarrassment. Whenever we have shared a cheap gospel of salvation message. Whenever we have not pointed out the cost of discipleship. Whenever we have watered down the gospel.
Whenever we have let our testimony be destroyed by sin and have lost confidence in sharing the gospel. Whenever we have felt hypocritical and did not share the gospel. Whenever we have compromised and not shared the gospel.
Ezek 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman’s hand.’
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.
Seek God’s Counsel to Evaluate. Patterns of Thinking and Behavior. Truth of Motives, Mind, Heart and Will of God. Revelation about Reactions or Actions.
Use the mobile court. Accept the accusation and receive God’s judgment for you and your family trading. Repent of and renounce false trading. Be separated from false trading. Invite God to active your ‘reverence’ and ‘fear of God’ spiritual gates. Activate and sensitize your conscience.
Father, I thank you that you love me, and your kingdom is based on righteousness and justice. By faith I step into the court of accusation. I face my accusers, and I accept and agree that I have wrongly traded.
I accept that I have followed the pathway of the knowledge of good and evil. I accept that I have been influenced and motivated by earthly, natural and demonic wisdom. I stand here representing myself and my forefathers, identifying with them.
I repent of and renounce all false trading for myself and my forefathers. I receive the judgment of God, and I am justified and made righteous through my advocate, Jesus. I release the judgment of God against my adversaries and accusers. I receive a mandate to be separated from all false trading.
I step back into this realm with the authority to identify and reject all the demonic, natural and earthly influences and motives. I choose to be identified as your son walking in the light following heavenly wisdom on the earth. I choose to give You all the glory.