That Which Is Hidden
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12, KJV
Wake up my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ because we are in a spiritual warfare battling with the unseen. We go up against a powerful army that we cannot see every single day of our lives. The goal of this army is to defeat the Saints of God. We are faced with many different struggles in this life while here on earth. The ways we deal with our struggles have a lot to do with the evil spirit we allow ourselves to be used by while going through our struggles.
Our Father tells us in His word that our struggles are not with persons of flesh and blood. Our struggles are with persons without bodies called spirits. These disembodied spirits are wicked giants, evil rulers, unearthly beings, and satanic beings in the demonic world. Satan has control over these evil spirits. They want our bodies to occupy them so they can carry out their purpose here on earth. These evil spirits cannot perform unless they have a body to occupy and use. We as Christians allow ourselves to be used by the many forces of satan daily. When we allow them to occupy our bodies, they are not satisfied until they have tormented us or used us to torment other individuals. See Mark 5:2-5, KJV how these evil spirits called legions had taken over this person’s body tormenting him night and day. These spirits called legions caused this person to abuse himself. This person’s mind became so mixed up to the point where he made his home in a a cemetery. He began living among the dead as a mad person who had lost all touch with reality.
The goal of these evil spirits is to steal our blessings our Father has for us by causing us to live outside the Will of God. These blessings could be our families, our jobs, our money, our children, our peace, our joy, our health, or our happiness. These evil spirits want our reputations destroyed. They want our dispositions to change for the worse. They want our attitudes to become so terrible that no one will want to be around us. They want our faces to become disfigured. They want to take away our sane minds. They want us to walk around here on earth believing right is wrong and wrong is right. They want us to die spiritually. These evil spirits want to occupy our bodies to cause us to kill each other physically, emotionally, verbally, and mentally.
Some of us as Christian do allow ourselves to be used by these evil spirits to the point of destruction. This is why we can be so intense about the wrongs we do as opposed to what is right to do. Ananias, a Christian man allowed the spirit of deception to take root in his heart and caused him to lie to the Holy Spirit, as a result of that deception he fell dead. This spirit not only deceived Ananias but also deceived his wife Sapphira and she fell dead also. These Christian individuals knew better. They thought they could get away with deceiving the people, but in reality, the spirit of deception had them both fooled. See Acts 5:2-5, KJV.
These spirits existed back in that perfect beginning in the world that was, before the foundation of this earth age, and before humanity. They are beings created by God our Father. See Psalms 68:17, KJV. These spirits were not created evil. See Ezekiel 28:12-15, KJV. They became corrupt in Heaven as they decided to stand-alone with satan, just as some of us that are professing to be Christians and Saved choosing to stand with satan while we are here on earth. These disembodied spirits are the ones that are not chained under darkness in prison. They go about doing the will of Satan. They watch and wait for us to slip up when we are at a weak moment in our lives. This is their opportunity to confuse our minds and occupy our bodies. This is the chance they have waited for to try and take control of our hearts to keep us from fulfilling our purpose while we are here on earth. Although they know their home is hell, this does not stop these demons from trying to get us to go to hell with them. They want us to spend eternity away from our Father because they are doomed and hell bound. Just imagine living with the same evil people that we know we cannot tolerate on earth right now that belong to satan in the next life for eternity. That is hell in itself.
Let’s take a look at who we give so much credit to in this life down here on earth. Satan the adversary of God and accuser of God’s people, who was a deceiver from the beginning of humanity, that was booted out of Heaven, right now the ruler of these evil spirits, the ruler of this world system, the ruler of the air, who is cursed by God, that walks to and fro in the earth, trying to snatch up as many of the Saints of God as he can. See I Peter 5:8, Zechariah 3:1, John 8:44, Isaiah 14:12-14, Luke 10:18, Matthew 12:24, 9:34, John 14:30, John 12:31, Ephesians 2:2, Genesis 3:14, Job 1:6, 2:1, KJV, Revelation 9:11, KJV.
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That Which Is Hidden
That Which Is Hidden will challenge the readers to become more aware of the different spirits we allow to either occupy our bodies or take root in our hearts. These spirits in the demonic world are evil rulers, wicked giants, and satanic forces. These spirits are the ones that are bound from Heaven but loose on earth. It describes how these spirits want to occupy our bodies to carry out their purpose. They use our bodies because we allow them when we are walking outside the Will of God.
That Which Is Hidden is designed for the individual who may be interested in working toward an enhanced understanding of his or her higher power in connection with the particular challenges that may define modern existence. Emphasizing an underlying belief in a struggle between good and evil, this novel blends scriptural interpretation with a perspective on social interaction at the dawn of a new millennium.
The purpose of That Which Is Hidden overall is intended to illustrate some of the more challenging aspects of Christianity. This book is written in an effort to inspire as well as enlighten Christians in the times, in which we live. Based on scripture, furnishes stories and case information designed to support the view related in the text.
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S. LOUISIANA DOBY began her first work of non-fiction in 1996 and completed her debut novel in 1998 titled That Which Is Hidden. A passion to share what our Father has allowed her to know and experience is what inspired this Louisiana native to write. She states that "if she can help one somebody through her writing and that one somebody can help somebody else she will have made an impact on someone’s life. After reading That Which Is Hidden, hopefully more Christians will want to stand in their struggles in order to know their specific purpose while here on earth. This Louisiana native holds a Masters Degree in Christian Counseling Psychology from Christian Bible College and Seminary and is a licensed Christian therapist. She resides in the Arlington, TX area where she works full-time as a professional for a major telecommunications company. Studying the word of God and ministering to others are apart of her daily life. During the evenings and on weekends, she loves exercising, getting together with family and friends, reading, traveling, and writing. She is member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Arlington, TX and sings in the choir, a member of Black Professionals in Communications, and Black Executive Exchange Program.