Marine Demons

Chapter 7

7 Stubbornness and Hardness of Heart

In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. (Job 41:22) Leviathan's strength is in his neck. According to Psalm 18:40, the Lord gives us the necks of our enemies. Joshua and Israel demonstrated their enemies' defeat by putting their feet on the necks of the kings of Canaan (Joshua 10:24). A strong neck refers to being stubborn and stiff-necked. Stubbornness and rebellion are two more manifestations of pride. Stubbornness is the refusal to change. Many leaders and churches refuse to change when a new flow of the Spirit is being released upon the body of Christ. There is a resistance to change which is nothing but a manifestation of Leviathan. According to 1 Samuel 15:23, "rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." Stubbornness will cause a man to reject the word of the

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