This week, we look at
the operation of #SoulTies in the life of the Christian who has not spent time
renewing his/her mind with the Word of God. We see from the scriptures that
#SoulTies are actually used by the devil to draw the believer into sinful
conduct. This is a very powerful teaching you don’t want to miss reading.
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We’ll
start by looking at some scriptures that pertain to #SoulTies before we proceed
to analyse them
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Col 3:5a: “Mortify therefore your
members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate
affection…”
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The Bible defines #SoulTies as inordinate affection that should
be mortified or put to death in our conduct as born-again believers
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Ezekiel 23:11: “…she
was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more
than her sister in her whoredoms.”
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Hebrews 11:15: “…if
they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might
have had opportunity to return.”
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From Heb 11:15, we see that #SoulTies were developed through our
lifestyles in Egypt as unbelievers. We learnt a lot of them in Egypt
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From Heb 11:15, we see that if our minds are not renewed with
God’s word, we’ll seek opportunities to
return to practice our #SoulTies
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From Heb 11:15, we also see that the memories of our previous
#SoulTies are not hazy. They are clear, vivid and reproducible.
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Yes, you are now born again but you didn’t forget how your last
boyfriend in Egypt made you feel
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Yes, you are born again now and tongue talking, but you can’t
forget that super experience your last girlfriend gave you
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Yes, you are now moving up the spiritual ladder in church, but
that last girl keeps nagging you to come for more
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From Heb 11:15, we also see that there is an entire country we
left practicing #SoulTies we are supposed to mortify
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From Heb 11:15, we also see that we make comparisons at certain
crucial moments between our previous #SoulTies and our new life in the Spirit
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When the Israelites were challenged, they always reminded God of
their #SoulTies: leek, onion, garlic, cucumber etc
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There are times in your wilderness experience where Satan tries
to show you that your #SoulTies should be returned to
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Satan is wrong. He is only trying to rob you of your inheritance
with God
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From Heb 11:15, we also see that satan will hardly bait you with
new stuff but with stuff you’re already conversant
with
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Someone once said satan is running out of material, if he uses
old stuff against you
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However, there’s enough unhandled old
stuff already that can cause mega problems if you’re not prayerfully on
the Word
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Let’s look at another scripture passage and then gain some altitude
afterwards. James 1:13-15
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Please bear in mind that giving ourselves to the Word and prayer
will reduce the effects of #SoulTies to the barest minimum in our lives
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James 1:13: “Let
no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth he any man…”
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James 1:14: “But
every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed”
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James 1:15: “Then
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death.”
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James 1:13-15 shows that the acts of sin in our lives stem out
of our lusts i.e. cravings. Inordinate affections aka #SoulTies
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We see that if Satan will tempt you, he’ll draw you through old
stuff (#SoulTies) lodged in your heart called lusts
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If you were into sex and no drugs before you got saved, satan
will hardly entice you with drugs. He’ll use sex
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So your weak point is where you get hit the most by Satan.
Samson’s own
was women so satan didn’t bring drugs to him
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When you want to be recruited into secret intelligence, they scrutinise
your habits over a period of time
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They want to know the weak points the enemy can use in honey
trapping you. #SoulTies may be money, cars, food, orgies etc.
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Until we renew our minds with God’s word in those areas
and get transformed, satan has entry points he can capitalise on
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There is a lifelong assignment for both the pew and the pulpit
to renew our minds. Else stuff will happen and the pew gets confused
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And believer not committed to the mind renewal process with God’s
word will be susceptible to #SoulTies, irrespective of status in church
Conclusion
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into a lifestyle of sin. Looking forward to seeing you again next week. Please
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