Religious spirits

I am often asked about religious spirits.

Here's what I know: Sometimes people are quick to tag the moniker of "religious spirit" on someone if that person doesn't agree with them.

"They have a religious spirit! They have a "Jezebel spirit!", they cry out.

What is a religious spirit?

A religious spirit is one who uses God's Word to do their own will. They spew forth scriptures do "prove" their own point of view, unmindful of the context of the passage itself.

A religious spirit does not carry out God's Word with God's intentions in mind, but only their own.

King Saul in the Old Testament is an example of this: He went and attacked the Amalekites but he saved the best king alive and he saved the best animals so that they could offer them up to the Lord, but he did it for his own best interest and not for the purposes of God.

A religious spirit will use God's own words to carry out their own passions and interests. "God told me this," they say (and I believe God does speak to us with words of knowledge and wisdom).

Let's all strive to use God's Word in an integral way: To do His will and His bidding.