Spiritual Legal Rights: Why do Evil Spirits Follow the Rules?

Is sin a verb or a noun?

Is it an act you choose, or a power that chooses you?

Is sin something you do, or does it do something to you?

And the answer to all of those questions…is yes. 

Today I’m going to talk about what happens in the spiritual realm when we sin. 

We often focus on sin in the physical realm as something we choose. What we don’t realize is our sins actually create legal rights in the spiritual realm for evil spirits to harass and try to dominate us. 

So today’s episode will give you a greater context for the spiritual battles that we find ourselves in, especially in combatting the flesh or our own sinful desires. And it all begins where sin began, which is Genesis 3. Eve talked to the snake, she bit into the fruit, Adam had some, too, God comes up and asks what they’re doing, and here is what Eve said in

Genesis 3:13

“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Here’s something interesting about this word for “deceived me” in the Hebrew. It can also mean the serpent “put me in its debt.”

And that’s such a strange idea. We know who the serpent is- the devil. So how does sin put us in the devil’s debt?

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. 

Turn to Genesis 3, and let’s get weird.

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0:00 - Introduction

2:15 - Recap of the Dominion Mandate

4:05 - Nasha in Genesis 3

8:45 - Masal in Genesis 4

11:55 - How We Find Freedom in Romans 6

20:45 - Why would evil spirits follow spiritual laws?

26:15 - Announcement- Launch of the WSITB Store

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