PRINCIPALITIES

POLITICAL DEMONS

Greek for principality "archas" things set in a series, an array

Activity of Principalities - TO GOVERN

DEFINE – Principality

Principality is the territory of a prince, country from which he derives his title, the chief of a body of men. 

KEY STRATEGY - RULE OUR JUDGMENT

ENVIRONMENT AND

CIRCUMSTANCES

Accuser – Will rule to limit our

options or choices. 

BY: WHAT WE SEE

Control: To censure or call into account; to exercise restraining or directing influence over; to dominate; regulate; hence, to hold from action; to curb; subject; overpower

Ultimately only two Kingdoms or spheres of rulership are on the earth and in the universe.

1. Unbelievers belong to Satan’s kingdom – Eph. 2:1-3.
2. When “born-again” we are translated into the kingdom of God. – Col 1:12-14.
3. What is a Kingdom?  Sphere of authority or rulership, a system of government with a king at the head.

Angels - Authority

Spiritual Element - Oil (one who is anointed to rule with delegated authority from God)

Overcoming by execising God's Judgment

Matthew – Lion - Kingship

Prayers – Intercession

Accuser – Will rule to limit our options or choices.

Galatians 5:19-21 can be divided into four categoies of sins: these four categories can be aligned to the four sphere of spiritual warfare.

1. Social Sins: Drunkerness and revellings.

Isa. 14:4-17 - The fall of Lucifer

II Cor. 4-4 – For the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 12:31 – Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. Also John 16:11

John 14:30 – I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me.

John 15:18-19 – If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.  As it is, you do not belong to theworld, but I have chosen you out of the world.  That is why the world hates you.

I John 4

Eph. 2:2 – In which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of this kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

Phil. 2:10 –

Col. 2:15 – And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Matt. 12:24-29 – But when the Phasrisees heard this, they said, “It is by Beelzebud, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”  Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be in ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Accuser – Will control from his stronghold by limiting our options or choices

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev. 11:7)

KING – Leadership

(Christ-likeness)

To create roles models from the Scriptures, historical figures and outstanding contemporary figures, from whom we can learn important principals. 

Angels

^{Psalms 68:17}  The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

^{Hebrews 13:2} Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

^{Hebrews 12:22} But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, ²³To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

^{Hebrews 1:7}And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. ⁸But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. ⁹Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. ¹⁰And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: ¹¹They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; ¹²And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. ¹³But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? ¹⁴ 

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

^{Hebrews 2:2}For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; ³How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; ⁴God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

⁵For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. ⁶But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? ⁷Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: ⁸Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. ⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.