That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 4)

That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 4)

1When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them… Deuteronomy 7:1-8

The final four of the seven nations that the children of Israel were to “smite” and “utterly destroy” were the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.

The Canaanites were the “lowlands people.” The "lowlands" refer to low earthly passions. Canaanite spirits are the spirits behind addictions, sexual perversions and exaggerated people-pleasing. Sodom and Gomorrah were Canaanite cities. “"12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly" (Genesis 13:12-13) Perizzite means “belonging to a village.” Perizzites are characterized as “small thinkers” who were not likely to dream of great things. The Perizzite is a spirit of limited vision, laziness, and low self-esteem. Hivites were called “villagers.” This spirit is similar to the Perizzite spirit. They both had limited vision. Except the Hivites vision waslimited to enjoying an earthly inheritance. Their trait was hedonism. They love to “live it up.” They love to party. Jebusite means “threshers,” which refers to the agricultural activity of beating grain out of the husk. Jebusites love to suppress the spiritual authority in fellow believers. They are legalistic. They love to humiliate, put down and make people feel small.

Understanding who these nations are, it is clear why these spirits must be eliminated from the life of the believer. These are not of God. They are not helpers. They are harmful. They are workers of the flesh. They are parasites. They only want to attach themselves to you and destroy your life.

The Bible tells us in Ephesians 5:18 to “be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit.” The Holy Spirit’s Greek name is “Paraclete,” pronounced, [par-uh-kleet] meaning “Helper,” “Comforter,” “Advocate,” “Intercessor.” He is “the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:2).

My friend, “When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:19-23). You belong to Christ Jesus, now nail the passions and desires of their sinful nature to His cross and crucify them there. You are now living by the Spirit, so follow the Spirit’s leading inevery part of your life.