As we’ve covered here and here, the Jezebel spirit is without question, one of the most evil and vile spirits you will ever come across in this life, and all it wants to do is attack and kill everything in its sight.
The more a person is blinded to Jezebel’s identity, the more likely he or she will fall prey and embrace the person with a Jezebel spirit. Over time, it will become more difficult to recognize that this individual operates with a controlling spirit that seeks to destroy by using the divide and conquer tactics.
The following story is a true account of a pastor who was destroyed by someone with a Jezebel spirit. It’s adapted from John Paul Jackson’s book and teachings on Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.
Bob had a great anointing from God. Thousands attended the churches he had started and to which he had been given oversight. Mighty signs and wonders followed him. He moved in words of knowledge with incredible accuracy.
He was disciplined in prayer, fasting, and was an avid student of Scripture. The magnitude of God’s anointing on his life was revealed in his sermons and writings. Even in the early days of his ministry, an apostolic mantle was evident. Nevertheless, in ignorance, Bob fell into a trap.
While counseling a woman, Bob discovered that she was a witch. Without intercessory assistance, he attempted to deliver her. Pretending to be delivered, the witch built a web of flattery, telling Bob how great he was. She claimed that when he prayed, she felt God’s touch as never before. We have to understand that flattery is a primary tool used by someone influenced by the Jezebel spirit.
Shortly thereafter, subtle changes began to affect Bob’s life. His hunger for spiritual things began to dissipate. His prayer life, fasting, and Bible study diminished. He excused his disinterest as being due to an ever-increasing workload. Thus, the trap was set. After her departure, two other witches were sent by the coven to attend Bob’s church and petition Satan to destroy both Bob and his church.
These women attended intercessory meetings and began to exert influence on others as they rose to leadership roles. As their influence blanketed the church with deception, they even convinced the intercessors that Bob’s wife was a spiritual hindrance to him. Eventually, they “prophesied” that God would take her life so that Bob would become the great man of God he was destined to become.
One witch became Bob’s secretary. Each day, she made constant innuendoes to him and the staff about his wife’s shortcomings. Entertaining the lie that his wife was holding him back, Bob slowly agreed with the forces of darkness that “the Lord should take her home.” He began to ask God for an illness unto death to come upon his wife. Bob’s wife actually became very ill, but when she was near the point of death, God intervened.
Then, Bob’s seductive and vivacious secretary reverted to a new strategy. She hinted that his wife had actually been sent by Satan to keep Bob from producing a godly “man-child seed.”
As unbelievable as this sounds, she convinced Bob that she alone carried this golden seed that would be birthed from their sexual union. Being enmeshed in such a web of deception allowed these palatable and silly lies to take root in him.
Bob eventually divorced his wife and married this woman. Within nine months, he developed prostate cancer and died. The woman inherited all his wealth. She later drew another pastor into her web and married him. He also died.
Slow and Certain Destruction
Bob’s story is an example of how someone with a “mature” Jezebel spirit will seek to destroy a man of God through manipulation, deception, and sexuality. This spirit imparts its curse much like the venomous Black Widow spider that destroys its mate after sexual union. Furthermore, with sexual immorality comes a curse of sorcery that results in physical illness and death to the one who joins in this seductive ploy (Revelation 2:22).
Someone with a Jezebel spirit is attracted by the allure of a pastoral anointing. As light draws a moth, so a pastoral anointing draws a Jezebel spirit.
Any power outside its own threatens loss of control. This spirit, therefore, drives an individual to do anything to gain and maintain control over others.
A Jezebel spirit is ruthless and deceptive, even to the person who manifests this spirit. When a Jezebel spirit attacks a pastor’s wife, the attack may begin to manifest as a barrage of confusing thoughts, as physical or mental illness, or as an emotional breakdown.
When a Jezebel spirit becomes more brazen, it will begin to insinuate to others that the pastor’s God-ordained destiny is being hindered by his wife’s lack of spirituality. As this spirit becomes bolder, the person may begin to pray openly that the pastor’s wife changes or die, in order for the pastor to fulfill God’s call.
Obviously, these actions describe the work of someone who has become a “mature” Jezebel spirit. Not surprisingly, an individual with a Jezebel spirit often tries to become part of the church staff. If a position is unavailable, the individual may try to provoke someone to leave or seek their removal from a position. Even more astoundingly, the individual may brazenly declare to close friends that he or she should have been the pastor, or at least the pastor’s wife.
The individual may even suggest she can bear a “godly seed,” which could be portrayed as a child or a glorious church. Tragically, when this situation is not dealt with, the pastor’s marriage often fails and he marries the Jezebel. As astounding as this may seem, this scenario is played out around the world scores of times each year.
Satan is crafty. Whether it’s Naboth’s vineyard or a new spouse, a Jezebel spirit will stop at nothing until its goal is obtained. The Church at Thyatira was warned about these very issues. We, too, are warned by the Holy Spirit about these issues still present in the Church today.
Here is another story of a Married man that ran off with a Prophetess from Church
Lorne Matthews left his wife, Jimmie Ruth, for another woman, a prophetess he met at church. But through extraordinary circumstances, God reunited the couple.
They recount their incredible story on Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural! And offer hope that even marriages torn apart by the worst infidelity can be reconciled.
Recommended reading:
- Jackson, John Paul. Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit Streams Publisher: Reissue edition, 2002
- Smith, Eddie, and Alice. Intercessors and Pastors: The Emerging Partnership of Watchmen and Gatekeepers. Houston: Spirit Truth Publishing, 2000.
