Looking at the Spirit of Slavery, Part 1 (TMF:1735)

Friday, November 05, 2021
Peace to Live By: Looking at the Spirit of Slavery, Part 1 (TMF:1735) - Daniel Litton
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       “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:14-15, ESV). The spirit of slavery, which causes us to fall back, is the spirit we haven’t received from God. If we look at the wording of this verse carefully, we see that because the second half of the verse talks about a ‘real’ Spirit, the Spirit of God, we can then assume that the first half of the verse is also talking about a ‘real’ spirit, which is a demonic spirit of slavery. One of Satan’s chief objectives in our daily lives is to get us to fall into slavery, and that is slavery with him as our master. He wants us to get caught up in habits and thought patterns that are destructive for us. And he uses to his aid real, actually present demonic spirits which can try to bring us under slavery. The spirit of slavery is a demonic spirit from Satan that tries to enslave us. And how does he do this? Well, as Paul said it is through fear.