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Iniquity: The Destroyer of Apostolic Building
by Daryl O’Neil
A friend of mine and I were having a discussion about him teaching on the subject of iniquity. While we were talking, the Spirit of the Lord began to open my understanding (the ability to perceive the significance of a thing) helping me to take another look at what transpired in the fall of Lucifer. He created a kingdom totally opposed to the Kingdom of God.
I want to release this revelation in hopes that it helps you to live with purpose rejecting the desire to live by a definition of Love that is less than the nature of God.
I am a eternal being, who lives supernaturally through this human body. To release the government of God in the earth means, we live by heavens eternal principles NOW in the earth. I believe you are too eternal and supernaturally living through your body, those who are in covenant with Christ. The Kingdom is advancing now, the heart of the King must rule within us.
God is Love. The scriptures declare this quite powerfully. Love is NOT a PART of His nature it IS HIS NATURE! HE (Father) is totally unconditional and selfless in all of His dealings with all of His creation. Lucifer was created by LOVE (GOD) yet, because iniquity was found in Him, he rebelled against LOVE (GOD) and created a form love from his own image and thus a whole group of followers who love like him and not the Father’s love.
Iniquity, from the Hebrew word avon, means to have a nature that is bent or crooked; perverse or wrung out of course. Iniquity caused Lucifer to see LOVE (God) from a twisted perspective. All humanity was born with a nature that misses the mark (sin) of the GLORY (perfect brightness and weight of the unconditional selfless Love of God Almighty.
Thank God for Christ, who redeemed us from iniquity and sin. We have been returned to the place of glory and honor seated at the right hand of the Father. Yet, many believers, who still sin regularly overlook the connection between iniquity and sin. The internal, bent, crooked thinking that proceeds missing the mark of God’s love and choosing a selfish, self-serving action which hurts another. We must meditate the words of God to keep a correct view of God.
When iniquity is in the heart of a person, they have no capacity to recognize when they are being loved. In fact, they set out to form love on their own terms (idolatry) apart from God’s love.
Because iniquity was in his heart, Lucifer manifested the covenant breaking spirit of insecurity (which led to idolatry) and did not see Jehovah as loving him, but now felt the need to compare himself and compete with the Lord.
God is the covenant keeping King and a insecure person will never keep covenant with God because their view of Him as Love is twisted and perverse.
Lucifer, because of insecurity, now decides to enter into the Lord’s presence at his whim (I will ascend into heaven) is discontent with his present place of service and sees himself above all other sons (I will exalt my throne above the stars of God and in fact sees himself equal to God Himself (I will be like the Most High).
These attributes are often seen in insecure people, who do not walk in the love of God but love created by iniquity( a bent view of love). No honor, competition, arrogance not preferring others and equal to the “set man”. This happens among ministry gifts, pastors and others who serve in governmental ministry in Christ’s church. When iniquity is in the heart of men, unity is not reachable. Covenant love is the life force of the Kingdom, through genuine love relationships.
When a person is living out of an insecure personality it becomes difficult for them to obey the word of God. It makes us live out of actions that do not promote reconciliation and forgiveness or mercy, but compete to destroy. Iniquity is at the root of rebellion against the Love of God.
After Lucifer is kicked out of heaven, his covenant breaking insecurity seduces 1/3 of the angelic host to believe in another type of love other than Father’s love. They break covenant with God and heaven. He then encounters God’s creation Adam (mankind) and seduces them into believing God was withholding something good from them (He knows if you eat of the tree, you will be like Him!) Eve’s insecurity did not permit her to see SHE WAS ALREADY MADE LIKE HIM, with dominion! So, she chose to love herself and ate. Adam broke covenant with God because of his insecurity and it caused him to hide himself and be afraid of communion with God. Iniquity in the hearts of leaders, make them hide who they really are because of reputation which is outside the pattern of CHRIST (LOVE). It cannot produce covenant. Iniquity is the doorway to insecurity a covenant breaking spirit!
It is difficult to get people, especially leaders, together to do anything to advance a demonstration of the heart of the King by love when iniquity is in the heart. The unspoken bent or crooked way we look at another instead of being merciful and truthful towards reconciliation, redemption and honor and preferring another better than ourselves will always hinder kingdom building in a locale, region or even globally.
King David was keenly aware of what advanced the King’s heart! Psalm 5:1b, consider my meditation… Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight…when my internal thoughts nobody sees are bent or perverse, my love will be that which I create not the LOVE of God.
Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Jesus declares at the close of the old covenant, which shall be signified by the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, the connection between iniquity (bent, crooked and perverse love) an cold love. Cold love is not the Father’s love…it is rebellion to God’s merciful love.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 declared the love of God, in announcing the Father’s intention through the new covenant: I will forgive their INIQUITY and I will remember their sin no more.
Joshua, was told by God to meditate day and night in the law of God, which would give him COURAGE to obey and make his way prosperous and have good success. Meditating in the word reminds us of HOW LOVE (GOD) operates. A proper view of God overcomes insecurity and permits us to respond out of obedience to His love and not our own created image of love.
Iniquity always affects the way we love. There is soooooo much more I can say on this subject but I want to encourage us all to remember how the word of God says we can deal with iniquity in our day and see real covenant relationships established locally, regionally and globally. Proverbs 16:6 says “by MERCY and TRUTH iniquity (bent, crooked and perverse views of God’s love are purged; and the REVERENCE and RESPECT for the Lord men depart from evil. Christ, who is MERCY and TRUTH did HIS part… now we must practice the same pattern principle of extending mercy on the regular and speaking the truth in love and keep iniquity out so we will always obey and not rebel.
I am just thinking out loud!!! Peace
Great>>>
This was a right on point pen, about iniquity.