Prepare-for-War

"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ... " 1John3:15

I often wondered about this verse before I understood the spirit body. How could one be a murderer through an emotion, hatred, if he did not physically do something to bring about the death of the person he hated? Hatred is a conscious sin. As such, it gives Satan legal ground in our lives if we permit it to dwell in our hearts. If you hate someone, Satan can step in and use your spirit body to attack the person you hate. Such an attack can pro duce all sorts of illness, accidents, emotional problems, and even physical death. The person doing the hating usually is never aware that Satan is using his spirit body. The person being hated usually has no idea where his trouble is really coming from. That is why we must be so careful to ask Jesus to cleanse and keep pure all three parts, body, soul, and spirit. That is why the lord Jesus gave us so many com mands to forgive one another. Forgiveness puts a stop to hatred. We Christians should ask the Lord regularly to clean out our hearts of any sin. "Create in me a clean heart, 0 God; and renew a right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10 Again, please note the small "s" in the word spirit here. Ob viously the sin in David's heart had affected his spirit also. An excellent description of the personal experiences of some Christians being terribly affected by the hatred of other Christians is found in the book The Latent Power of the Soul, by Watchman Nee. I believe Mr. Nee attributes many abilities of the spirit body to the soul, but the book is excellent and was a real key in helping me to understand the realm of the human spirit. I have come across several people in my medical practice who had an illness for which I could not find any explana tion. They were obviously physically ill, but all medical tests were unrevealing. In their cases, the final answer came through much prayer. They were the object of intense

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