And so, saints get into error when they seek to be filled with the Spirit so that they can experience the various manifestations of the Spirit. It is at that point that they open themselves to being accommodated by unclean spirits. The reason being, that the saints are now operating outside of scripture, and so these saints begin to experience manifestations that are demonic in nature and not the Holy Spirit at all. Ministers of the gospel that encourage believers to seek these experiences open the saints to encountering those demonic spirits, and indeed these same ministers are used by the devil (some complicit while others in ignorance) to introduce the church to these demons. As we have already mentioned, ministers of the gospel that are able to produce these manifestations in their meetings on call, are not operating under the anointing of the Holy Spirit but are being used by another spirit. Many of these ministers hold what they call “soaking” meetings, “impartation” meetings, or “catch the fire” meetings, which are all designed to attract people to have encounters with the supernatural. And so, although the manifestations in their meetings are definitely supernatural, which they attribute to being the work of the Holy Spirit, it is in fact the work of demonic spirits. We saw earlier, that the apostle Peter and John were examples of the Lord’s ministers that could impart the Holy Spirit on purpose to those who had not yet been filled. These same apostles however, never held specific meetings to impart the Holy Spirit on purpose to saints seeking to be filled again, and there is a reason for that.
Michael E.B. Maher
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