Heralds Digest

“And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭ 16:18 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/act.16.18.nkjv   The silent operations of the spirit of the Antichrist often succeed in their agenda on the platform of subtle opportunities granted by believers. When wickedness, witchcraft and waywardness openly wear the regalia of advocates for freedom of speech, Charity, ecumenism, etc, many watchmen are ignorantly bought over and stripped of their weapon of war. Whereas, the scriptures say “lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we not ignorant of his devices”. The ignorance is sometimes synonymous to a lack of the spirit of discernment. For example, if Paul had been carried away by cheap or free advertisement of his ministerial accomplishments by the spirit of divination, he would have succeeded in authenticating sorcery and spir...

“Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭ 16:14 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/act.16.14.nkjv   Normally, it takes effective management skill for anyone to keep frustration out of relationships, through a consistent adoption of the interaction mode (and not the intervention mode) in communication. There would always be reasons for frustration, even before the possible presentation of the primary purpose of engagement, by either by faulting time, space, or the developing events and circumstances. For Paul in Philippi, even his audience (being women) at the riverside could have resulted into conflict of belief. Rather, he interacted with them while leaving the work of intervention to the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, our contradictory intervention in the affairs of people in life closes their hearts against possible inspiration by the ...