Spiritual Warfare in the Book of Psalms – part 135

Scripture:

Ps. 55:12-14
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me …
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

Comment:

Religious spirits have much to do with the demonic oppression in a city.

After having described the demonic oppression in the city (see verses 9-11), David suddenly begins talking about a person. Obviously it was someone who had been close to him, and who had attended meetings with him. “We … walked unto the house of God in company”. Then something happened, and the former friend began reproaching David. Now, what has that to do with the demonic oppression in the city?

Religious spirits are able to use us, the believers. They will often make us talk negatively about other believers. That doesn’t just release a demonic activity over the persons we talk negatively about, but also over the geographic area.

How should we deal with the influence of religious spirits?

We need to watch out that we don’t become tools for the religious spirits. We need to have an attitude of love and forgiveness towards those who are used by the enemy, and we need to speak blessings over them instead of criticizing them.

We also need to confront and bind the religious spirits. Trying to work out a compromise as a solution, with the persons who are tools of religious spirits, will not work. Such a compromise can only take place on the conditions of the religious spirits.