Ephesians 4:14 “that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.”
And so that brings us to the display of the flesh in this area, which is the bulk of this type of manifestation by far. It is only immature believers that get caught up with this type of behaviour, for the above passage of scripture teaches us that it is children in the church that are carried about by the trickery of men. So why do some carnal Christians desire to imitate animal behaviour in the church? The reason is because they observe those in the church that have familiar spirits prophesying, etc, while displaying some sort of animal behaviour. The false prophets and teachers then endorse such behaviour as being of the Holy Spirit. All of this has the effect of enticing the immature believers to try mimic the same animal behaviour, because they want to be seen to be spiritual and also because they want to access the supernatural. And so, while many just stay in the flesh and never access the supernatural but simply behave foolishly, there are those who do have supernatural encounters, but with unclean spirits. And so, sadly many come away from these encounters with a demon that they never had before. In this section, we have looked at some of the physical manifestations that can occur as a result of spiritual encounters, the purpose being to equip the believer with a biblical perspective regarding these various manifestations, so that they can be more discerning of them.
Michael E.B. Maher
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