Reading 1
Revealed to Be Discarded
People can’t know the new you if the old one is not revealed to be discarded opportunely.
Identity & Exposure
What We Hide & What We Expose
We are what we hide in Satan and we are what we expose in the Lord.
We are known by our fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is exposable. The fruit of Satan is disposable. Hiding a sin exposes you as Satan’s partner. Satan’s partners are Satan’s worshippers. Satan’s worshippers are Satan’s slaves. Satan’s slaves can’t prosper in life, even though they are Christians.
Christianity gives only access to heaven. Sanctification makes us live heaven on earth. The Kingdom came through Jesus, the Holy of the holy; The King of kings, the worthy of all Glory, all the Honor and all the Praises.
The Weight of Hidden Sin
A Stronghold Begins with Shame
Every Christian who, by being ashamed of their sin, tries to hide it, makes it become a stronghold. And Satan automatically acquires the legal right to use this sin as a permit to put it in your record.
Consider your credit record. It seems to have nothing to do with your paycheck. But the truth is that your credit report tells the banking system about your cash flow habits.
A credit report measures how you manage the money coming in and the money going out. If you spend more than you make, your balance goes negative — which reduces your capacity to acquire credit. The world calls it bad credit.
In the spiritual realm, the sins you hide are sins you owe. They become a debt. The more hidden sins you have, the less likely you are to move freely into the life God designed for you — a stressless life.
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”
— James 5:16Strongholds
How Hidden Debts Become Strongholds
The more hidden sins you have, Satan groups them and transforms them into strongholds.
Strongholds are always managed by strongmen. Strongmen always coordinate blockages, delays, struggles, and backwardship. They are assigned to keep you stuck so that the blessings God has prepared for you remain out of reach.
Confession of sins releases people from those strongholds. A demon can be cast out by the power of the Holy Spirit through a man of God. Jesus was moving in that realm. And a man of God can use that same power to rebuke a demon.
The problem remains: if the person doesn’t stay away and/or confess and/or repent from those sins, the demons will come back.
The Path to Freedom
Confession, Repentance & Complete Deliverance
It is important to repent and to confess. Both work together for a complete deliverance.
Divine Power casts out demons.
Knowledge of the truth sets the foundation.
Confession removes Satan’s legal right.
Repentance protects and keeps the house free of demons.
Together, knowledge, confession, and repentance protect from and keep the house — our life, the temple of the Holy Spirit — free of demonic influence.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
— 1 John 1:9