The Rules of Engagement

Knowing Your Enemy

nation, organization, or ministry. Every city, country, family, person, and any living entity has gates and doors, hence Psalm 24:7–10: “Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye ever lasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.” Concerning you as a human being, you have three gates and nineteen doors to your soul and body that provide portals through which spirits enter. They are as follows:

Portals Through Which Spirits Can Enter the Soul or Body Gates Doors

Lust of the flesh Lust of the eyes

Olfactory (2)

Visual (2)

Pride of life

Auditory (2) Kinesthetic (1) Gustatory (2) Reproductive/sexual (4) Elimination (2) Motion and movement (2) Action and accomplishments (2)

Make God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit your new gate and doorkeeper. 10. Unclean spirits Satan even commands unclean spirits—yes, the same spirits Jesus cast out. As the Word suggests, this spirit is responsible for lewd, promiscuous, and immoral activities. (See Mark 1:27.) 11. Evil spirits Satan commands vicious and malicious spirits that are responsible for promoting terrible, dehumanized conditions. They work in concert with other

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