The Ministry Anointing of the Apostle

Spirit of Judgment

For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 5:3-5 Here, the apostle Paul is issuing a sentence and passing a verdict concerning a fornicator in the Church. This is the spirit of judgment operating through the apostolic office in the Church. It is also a manifestation of the power of binding and loosing. The apostle Paul was binding this individual from operating in the church. A judge issues sentences and passes verdicts. Behavior in the house of God must be judged. Since oftentimes it is not, there is much confusion and disorder in many local assemblies. Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that

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