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Evil is evil! Gossiping, Slandering, and Verbal Abuse are Witchcraft.

“The Jezebel spirit creates an ungodly swirl of accusations, whispers, and confusion” — Ryan LeStrange

“𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚. 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.” — Morgan Richard Olivier

Don’t be deceived — life is spiritual — curses that were spoken, which have not been renounced will invite demonic spirits to bring with them the ability to cause strongholds, hindrances, sickness and disease, and a host of other issues that can destroy lives. Let me explain!

The Bible reveals that the arrows that fly by day(Psalm 91:5) are negative words shot toward a target. In white magic, any negative phrase spoken to control a person is what’s known as a binding spell. Often, binging spells are used in ‘binding magic’ to restrict a person’s behavior or confine a target to a certain condition. In fact, how binding spells work is such that, a negative phrase spoken conjures up specific demonic spirits to attach themselves to a target. The more the phrases or words are used the deeper(stronger) the target is bound to that demonic entity.

The old adage which says, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not true. Truly I tell you, words are powerful enough to destroy those who have been spoken about negatively. Believe me, evil spirits can be conjured up from the pits of hell to come upon your life to keep you confined in spiritual prisons and limited in chains(Isaiah 42:22). So, slandering/backbiting, gossiping, and verbal abuse used to tear someone down, according to the Bible, can be classified as the sin of CURSING(Ephesians 4:29, Luke 6:45).

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠?
Cursing is one of many weapons in the arsenal of witchcraft, which can be used to instill fear and intimidate, manipulate, oppress, and constrain people. For example, overt verbal abuse; slandering and passive-aggressive verbal assault are forms of cursing (James 3:6, Matthew 5:21–22). These methods of assault can be done through:

1. Swearing,
2. Ridicule,
3. Name-calling,
4. Blaming,
5. False accusation,
6. Harsh criticism,
7. Threats,
8. Mockery,
9. Put-downs,
10. Shaming,
11. Word twisting,
12. Rewriting history, and
13. Attacking personal character.

Each word spoken, in these methods, is a witchcraft curse that conjures up a specific demonic spirit. Here is what the Bible says about these methods of assault:

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨.” (Proverbs 18:21)

“𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨, 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.” (Psalm 59:12)

“‘𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚.’ ‘𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨.’”(Romans 3:13)

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𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
Without a doubt…The most cunning, and seductive spirit in Satan’s hierarchy of demons has to be the spirit of Jezebel. She has been responsible for not only tearing down churches, and pastors. But also destroying destinies and upcoming ministries. Among many of her greatest achievements is breaking up many marriages, and companies; along with getting many people to commit murders and suicides.

“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙯𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙨. 𝙄 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙗𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚” (Revelations. 2:20–23)

The New Testament describes Jezebel as a witch in the church at Thyatira, who was promoting destructive heresies and leading many into moral compromise. I believe that possibly her alleged “prophetic” ability was gained through witchcraft — she was very tenacious in gaining power and authority by influencing Christians. The witchcraft I am referring to here is cursing through binding spells — which has become a widely acceptable practice, even among the elect (Matthew 24:24). Behind every slanderous tongue, gossiping tongue, and cursing tongue is a Jezebelic assassinator spirit at work…

“𝘼 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙯𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.” — Pierre J. Samaan, Ph.D

When Jezebel is at work — she uses the vessels of people with these tongues — by mixing personal attacks such as 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚-𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, and 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 to assault the target. Moreover, to further add to the confusion, she will mix some truth with a lot of harsh criticism. This condemning tactic most times will leave the victim feeling 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 and 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. A person with a Jezebel assassinator spirit works swiftly — while assaulting or attacking — their tactics are often so fast and intense, that the target doesn’t have the time or energy to fight back. Over time their target may suffer from a persistent sense of self-doubt; have a loss of self-esteem and self-confidence; and constantly walk on eggshells.

𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩?
No! People with a Jezebelic assassinator spirit are relentless. You see, a slanderous tongue will always slander; a gossiping tongue will always gossip; a cursing tongue will always curse. For out of the abundance of their heart — full of bitter jealousy and selfishness — their mouth finds ways to express itself with destructive speech. Jesus uses the term “abundance” to imply the unashamedly way their mouths speak (Matthew 12:34). Like an addict who struggles with masturbation, an uncontrolled tongue struggles with unwholesome talk [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] (Ephesians 4:29 ), and just like masturbation, unwholesome talk is a compulsive behavior with urges or impulses for self-gratification or the gratification of the flesh(Romans 8:5–8).

“𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮.”(Acts 8:23)

The saddest thing about unwholesome talk is that it is done behind a person’s back, so you never know what arrows are shot. People with these tongues are often difficult to spot because they go to great lengths to hide their true nature. They may come across as nice, charming, innocent, shy, or introverted. Some may even have a seemingly secure demeanor. But, behind that mask of deception, is a deeply wounded spirit that is deep in the gall of bitterness(Acts 8:23).

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥?
I am just a Watchman, and my job is to explain spiritual realities to you — so you have a better understanding of why the Lord instructed us, through all His servants, to follow the way of love (Matthew 22:36–40).

“𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩.”(Ephesians 4:15)

“𝘽𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨.” (Romans 12:10)

We must purge ourselves from an uncontrolled tongue, and ask the Holy Spirit to teach us how to speak to one another in love, even in our hostile world.

Credit: Morgan Richard Olivier, Pierre J. Samaan, Ph.D

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