Exposing Witchcraft in the Church

Lucifer: Ambition to Position characteristic of an effective leader. Selfish ambition, on the other hfaamnde,, ourtilpizoewsetrh.eTahremwoofrdthfeofrlesh for the purposes of self-promotion, ambition comes from the French word ambile which means "to go around for votes." A person with selfish asemlfb-pitrioonmoistidorni.ven to achieve status and influence for the purpose of s y e o r u v T , a h l n e e t t h B h o i i o b m d le . b J t e e e s l y l u s o s u u r s s a s i t e d h r , a v t " a W n G t o h " d o ( e M p v r e a o r t m t . d o 2 e t 0 s e i : s r 2 e 6 u s , s .t oP rboemc oomt i oengbr eeagti nasmwoint hg NKJV ). A person intent on self-promotion had shown reason enough not to be promoted in loef a sdeelrf si shhi pa. mT hbei t ai opno sot lre vPaai un l cwornocteei ti ,n bPuhti l ii np phi aunms i 2l i :t3y : c" oDnos ni doet rh i on tgh oe ur st better than yourselves" ( NIV ). Ambition can easily transform itself into selfish ambition. This is the trap into which Lucifer fell. His ambition to serve turned into an ambition to position. So Lucifer started going around talking to other support staff—angels—saying, "You know, if I were God, I'd do things differently around here." They probably had a few prayer meetings, Bwiebrl ee satruoduine ds , Gmoady,b teh ee vy e anpmp eeat roevde rs uabt mDiet nt endy, ' sb uf ot r acso fsfoe oe .n Wa hs ecnh ut hr ec hy whaapspeonveedr ntheexty. plotted their strategy. Pay close attention to what P ERCEIVED I NJURY E ZEKIEL 28 GIVES us A GLIMPSE into the background of Lucifer. It appears tGhaartdeLnucoiffeErdemna. y have been an angel at the time God created the a n oTi nhtoe ud hc ahsetr ubbe etnh ai nt cEodveenr et thhe; gaanrdd eI nhoa fv eG osde .t. . . t hT eheo us oa:r tt ht oh ue wdoawstnuipnotnhethmeidhsotlyofmthoeunsttoainnesofoGf foidre;.thou hast walked up and —Ezekiel 28:13-14 49