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It recognizes the temporality of our earthly tabernacle and sets its sights on things that are eternal in the heavens. Notice how the verse above does the opposite of the Girgashite spirit. 'For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.' (2 Corinthians 5:1) This type of spirit promotes a focus on earthly, temporal, things, and produces a disdain for things that are 'spiritual' and eternal, thereby denying the truth of the following passage: As we saw in the section above, 'Girgashite' means, 'clay dweller', which refers to 'dwelling on earthliness'. We will be studying the 'Girgashites' in this article.Ī great deal can be inferred directly from the meaning of the word 'Girgashite'. Suppression of spiritual authority in fellow believers, legalism Vision limited to enjoying an earthly inheritance, hedonism Limited vision, laziness, low self-esteem

Obsession with earthly fame and glory, domineeringĪddictions, perversions, exaggerated people-pleasing Subliminal torments, phobias, terror, depression, deceitįocus on earthliness, unbelief in what cannot be seen When we look at the meaning of these nations' names, we can begin to infer the types of spirits they represent: God willing, we will also study the 7 Spirits of God in future articles. These nations, which were literal people in the past, now represent 7 'varieties' of evil spirits, which are the evil counterparts of the 7 Spirits of God (Revelation 3:1, Revelation 5:6, Zechariah 4:10). This means that, in order for each one of us, and for the Church as a whole, to enter into our spiritual inheritance, we must be able to overtake 7 nations: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. This is part of God's instructions to the people of Israel before they could take the Promised Land. ' 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 thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them' (Deuteronomy 7:1-2) Since this is the first article dealing with these 7 types of evil spirits, we will take time first to list them:

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How to avoid being a Girgashite in your decisions Throughout this series, whenever we refer to a 'Girgashite', for example, we may be referring to a Girgashite spirit or to a person 'infected' with that type of spirit. God willing, we will post future articles that will expand on each of these types of spirits. Each article in this series, therefore, will serve as a brief overview of each type of spirit. Since entire books could be written on each type of evil spirit, we could not possibly cover each type completely in a single article. These spirits are real, and their effects in people's lives areĭevastatingly real, so it is important to recognize their modus operandi. 'infected' with any of them, and to recognize them in the hearts of Of these evil spirits operates in order to recognize if our hearts are currently It is very important to understand how each This article will focus on the 'Girgashites',

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First in a series of 7 articles on the 7 'categories' of evil spirits

Types of spirits