Abandonment

In last week's message, “Devils in the Kingdom,” I set out to demystify the subject of demonic activity. It has long been my concern that sometimes the body of Christ tends to go from one extreme to another. We either ignore a truth or we take it to such an extreme that it is no longer true.

This is absolutely the case with the area of demonic activity. Most Christian churches completely ignore the subject, while it seems like others are completely preoccupied with it.

Hopefully this message can bring us some needed balance. 

In this message that I have entitled “Abandonment," I wish to show through the story of the rebellion that took place against King David by his son Absolom, that Absolom was as much a victim of his lineage as anything else. Not that he is justified for his eventual attempt to destroy his own father, but rather to show that this didn’t happen overnight. It took eleven years of rejection and abandonment to bring about what so many call “The Absolom Spirit.” I believe that it is usually counter productive to lazily resort to mere name calling instead of truly trying to help people work through their incorrect thinking. In this story, we can see the way that Satan weaves his deceptive ways to destroy and separate in order to conquer entire kingdoms.