Marine Demons

Marine Demons

Lord. This was the sin of Saul. Many reject present truth being spoken today because of stubbornness. Change is a part of life. You cannot grow without change. We must be flexible in order to change with God. There are always new things being birthed and released in the Kingdom. Israel was often referred to as a "stiff-necked people" (Exodus 33:3). Stephen called those who resist the Holy Ghost "stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart" . "For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck" (Deuteronomy 31:27). The Moffat translation says, "your defiant temper and your stubborn spirit" . Stubbornness is refusing to change. It is a refusal to repent and turn from a crooked way. "Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck" (Psalm 75:5). To lift up the horn means to boast, or to flaunt power. It means to be arrogant and irreverent. It means to defy God (defiance). This is associated with a stiff neck. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. (Jeremiah 17:23) Refusing to hear, anti-submissiveness, and unteachableness are all tied in with being stiff-necked. These are all manifestations of pride and Leviathan. The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. (Job 41:23) The Knox translation says, "First-set are the folds of his flesh, unyielding though a thunderbolt should strike them." Another characteristic of this spirit Leviathan is being unyielding and unbending. To yield means to submit by giving away before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

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