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THE DOWNWARD JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR
QUICKENED
SCRIPTURE: THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR 6/01/12
Rom 11:8 NKJV
"God has given
them a spirit of stupor,{2659} eyes that they
should not see and ears that they should not hear, to
this very day."
This was really
quickened to me as I had been praying about why some
people don’t receive prophetic Words nor see or hear how
the Words apply to their lives, even though the Spirit
of Prophesy is so available. I began to pray about what
causes the spirit of stupor and saw that it is like a
downward spiral of conditions of the heart.
SIDE BAR
The word stupor
means the prickling sensation like when one’s limbs
falling asleep when the blood flow gets cut off from a
limb. They translate it lethargy. The word is
connected with Greek words meaning to nod at midnight.
That caught my attention, because I had also been
praying about the 10 virgins who fall asleep and then
wake up at midnight.
NT:2659 STUPOR
katanuxis (kat-an'-oox-is);
from NT:2660; a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs
asleep), i.e. (by implication [perhaps by some confusion
with NT:3506 or even with NT:3571]) stupor (lethargy):
KJV - slumber.
Rom 11:8 NKJV
"God has given
them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should
not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very
day."
NT:3506 TO NOD
neuo (nyoo'-o); apparently a primary verb; to "nod",
i.e. (by analogy,) signal:
KJV - beckon.
NT:3571 MIDNIGHT
nux (noox); a primary word; "night" (literally or
figuratively):
KJV - (mid-) night.
Matt 25:6-12 KJV
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold,
the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all
those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the
foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not
so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And
while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they
that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and
the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you
not.
THE DOWNWARD
JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR 6/01/12
The
following characteristics are conditions of ones heart
in how they relate to the Word of God. They are a check
list showing the downward journey on the consequences
for our choices in not obeying God’s Word. The Word of
God is primarily His Truth as spoken in scripture and
also rhema Words spoken by His Spirit.
QUESTIONS:
Do we believe His
Word?
Do we change our
life in order to agree with His Word? (repent)
Do we fear the Lord
when we reap the consequences of not believing and
obeying His Word? (His Word promises we reap what we
sow and we are accountable for our choices to obey.)
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UNDERSTANDING THE JOURNEY OF
THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR
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CHARACTERISTIC |
DEFINITION |
SCRIPTURES |
SCRIPTURES |
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Don’t believe |
Unbelief
Doubt |
Rom 11:8 & 20
"God has given them a spirit of
stupor…Because of unbelief they were broken
off.
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Mark 16:14-15
He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they did not believe those who had seen
Him after He had risen. |
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Not repentant |
Will not change
Will not obey scripture
Rebellion |
Ps 55:19
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.
Rev 2:21
And I gave her time to repent of her sexual
immorality, and she did not repent.
Ezek 12:1-2
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2
"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for
they are a rebellious house.
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Jer 8:6
I listened and heard, But they do not speak
aright. No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone turned to
his own course, As the horse rushes into the
battle. |
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Don’t fear the Lord |
Haughty
No humble |
Rom 11:8 & 20
"God has given them a spirit of stupor…
Do not be haughty, but fear.
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Isa 29:10,13
For the Lord has poured out on you The spirit of
deep sleep…And their fear toward Me is
taught by the commandment of men…
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Don’t hear |
Don’t listen
Hard of hearing
Not teachable |
Rom 11:8
"God has given them a spirit of stupor…
And ears that they should not hear.
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Matt 13:13,14
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables…
hearing they do not hear… 14 Their ears are hard
of hearing…
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Don’t see |
Eyes darkened
Dark light
Deception
Defiled eye gates
Lust
Covet
Counterfeit visions and dreams
Violence
Greed
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Rom 11:8 & 10
God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see … 10 Let
their eyes be darkened, so that they do
not see.
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Matt 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is
in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Don’t understand |
Ignorant
Illiterate
Futile thinking
Unable to read a sealed book.
Parables
Mysteries |
Isa 29:10,11
For the Lord has poured out on you The spirit of
deep sleep, And has closed your eyes…, "Read
this, please." And he says, "I cannot, for it is
sealed." 12 Then the book is delivered to one
who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please."
And he says, "I am not literate."
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Matt 13:13,15
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because
seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not
hear, nor do they understand.. 15 Lest they
should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.'
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Dull |
Heavy
Weighty
Grievous
Burdensome
Obligation
Duty
Religion
Dull in the Greek: dull, grievous, heavy,
weightier. From weighty, burdensome, grave,
going down, weight.
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Mat 13:15
For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
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1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments: and his commandments are not
grievous.
Matt 23:4
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be
borne, and lay them on men's shoulders
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Lethargic
Stupor
Numb
Asleep
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Don’t ask questions
Not curious
Don’t seek answers |
Rom 11:8 NKJV
"God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see And ears that they
should not hear, To this very day."
Stupor in the Greek:
a prickling sensation, as in limbs asleep,
stupor, lethargy,
slumber.
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Not grateful |
Not thankful
Familiarity
Take the Word for granted
Take God’s grace for granted
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Rom 1:21,22
… although they knew God, they did not
glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but
became futile in their thoughts, and their
foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to
be wise, they became fools,
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Hard heart |
Unbending opinions, mindsets, beliefs
Heart like flint
Darkened heart
Disobedience
Hearts far from the Lord |
Zech 7:11-12
11 But they refused to heed, shrugged their
shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they
could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts
like flint, refusing to hear the law and the
words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His
Spirit
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Heb 4:2,3,6,7
2 … but the word which they heard did not
profit them, not being mixed with faith in
those who heard it. 3… So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest…6…did not enter
because of disobedience, 7 …"Today, if you
will hear His voice, Do not harden your
hearts."
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Left out
Cut off |
Jealous
The become jealous in order to save some so they
may be grafted in again |
Rom 11:8 & 20
"God has given them a spirit of
stupor…Because of unbelief they were broken off…
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Rom 11:1-24
8"God has given them a spirit of stupor…11
But through their fall, to provoke them to
jealousy…14 if by any means I may provoke
to jealousy those who are my flesh and
save some of them. ..23 And they also, if
they do not continue in unbelief, will be
grafted in, for God is able to graft them in
again.
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WORD TO PONDER:
BE WARE OF THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR 6/01/12
Dear ones, be very
careful as to your level of obedience to My Word. I do
not change, nor is there any shadow of turning. I AM
the same yesterday, today and forever. My Word is Who I
AM. I have given you My Word as your plumbline for your
lives. Do all you can to eradicate unbelief in My
Word. Do all you can to obey My Word and fear My ways.
Ask dear ones, ask
Me to remove all unbelief from your heart, least you
grow dull and finally develop a hard heart, and be given
over to the inability to change your minds, attitudes,
thoughts, beliefs about Me, yourselves and others. If
you are unable to hear, see and understand My Word it is
My warning that you have been given over to a spirit of
stupor and need to wake up.
I love the world so
very much, that in the last days I AM doing everything
possible to give a strong wake up call to all who are in
a spirit of stupor. I AM calling all to Myself and will
touch lives in startling ways, both sobering and
wondrous, to knock on the doors of those who are
asleep. Dear hearts, My ways of knocking on sleeping
doors may be strong meat and hard to swallow, but it is
much better to hear Me knocking then to hear silence.
There is a day coming when I will no longer knock and
those whose hearts are so hardened against Me will not
even know the tragedy of such an event.
Rev 3:14-22 NKJV
"And to the
angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, 'These
things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the
Beginning of the creation of God: 15 "I know your
works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish
you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out
of My mouth. 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, have
become wealthy, and have need of nothing' — and do not
know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and
naked — 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined
in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments,
that you may be clothed, that the shame of your
nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with
eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20
Behold, I stand at the
door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he
with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will
grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame
and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 "He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches."'"
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