Sunday, August 31, 2025
Apostle Billey.
All the problems we’ve had all these years are linked to ignorance of what the soul and spirit are. We are often more aware of our bodies than our spirits (spirit and soul).
Spirit and soul come from God. This is the image of God.
But we must master our spiritual body (spirit and soul). Knowledge of the truth delivers. That’s why the Lord says in Hosea 4.6 that His people perish because they don’t want to understand His way.
Beloved, it is the spiritual body that gives victory.
Those who are not converted will use their lives for evil and will produce the fruits of the flesh: jealousy, envy, covetousness, lying, drunkenness…
But those who live by the Word of God will produce the fruits of the spirit: peace, self-control, joy, humility, faith…
Nothing is hidden; we can tell who is with God and who isn’t by their fruits.
The Christian must therefore not live according to his own law, or pretend to be something he is not. It’s very dangerous. When we see flaws in our lives, we need to remove them.
The system inside man can be used by the spirit or soul: thoughts, desires, intelligence…
So, I can speak according to the spirit or according to the soul, but not both at the same time.
And if the system is used by a soul that doesn’t obey God’s Word, then the soul will create its own path. This is what we call human wisdom.
Then, the experiences stored by the soul: the failures, the frustrations… will be the source of this person’s decisions and steps.
Decisions based on past experience are decisions based on human wisdom.
He who walks according to his own wisdom does not prosper, but he who walks according to God’s wisdom does.
For example, if you fail three times, you won’t want to try again the fourth time, because your heart will tell you: “It’ll be the same thing, it’s not worth it…”. And that person’s soul will speak from experience. And because of this experience, the person won’t want to do it again.
The person must ask himself: “Have I prayed, have I consulted God?…”
However, after the third failure, as soon as you heard the Word. Then, the Lord from that moment will be involved and say to you, “You must try again, before it was you, now it’s with Me.”
And that’s where the struggle lies.
For he who listens with his soul, will wrestle with God. But he who knows his spirit will say to himself: “I will try again, by faith…”. By using his spirit, because the spirit is willing.
And that’s how God will act.
Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding.
In other words, you have to strip your heart of all past experiences, and stop relying on them.
Those who win this battle have defeated their Goliath.
The Christian must not rely on his understanding, his past experiences, his wisdom.
Some enter marriage with their old heart and tire out their spouse.
Beloved, we must learn to strip ourselves. Because it blocks grace, the Holy Spirit from acting.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
This means that all negative information in the soul must not be used to make decisions.
Consider this: You met your cousin 40 years ago, and he’s been bad to you. And all this time, you’ve had negativity in your heart about him.
God doesn’t like that, because such an attitude is your own way.
This is why many Christians are not prosperous.
If you feel oppressed, depressed, it’s because you’re living your own way.
Israel had seen several plagues in Egypt. It was for their instructions.
And as they fled from Egypt, the Egyptian army ran after them, and the Red Sea was in front of them.
When they saw Pharaoh’s army coming, they spoke to Moses in this way:
Exodus 14
12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”
They spoke with their souls, their own voice…
What triggered it? It’s adversity, the obstacle in front of them.
We’ll know we’re walking in spirit when a difficulty arises, and trouble us but we’re acting in God’s way. So what we say and do will determine whether we received the Word in the spirit or in the soul.
They saw the Egyptians behind them. But the road they were on, who had asked them to walk on it?
It’s God. And God is Spirit. So what God said, His word, had to be engraved in their spirits.
They should have said that, “God told us, He revealed to us that we would go to Canaan, so what happens presently God is in control, Pharaoh can approach, we have no fear…”
This is the way of the spirit. The spirit is not afraid of death.
But the soul can feel pain or even imagine pain in the body. And if the Christian decides to lean on these sensations, it’s not going to work.
Of course, we can’t prevent situations, it may not be in front of the Red Sea, but a similar situation. Know that God is there.
God was there when Pharaoh’s army approached, but they looked more to Pharaoh than to God.
The soul looks to the material, but the spirit looks to God.
Every time you’re afraid, you’re consulting your soul.
Some husbands and wives, when they see that their spouse is not home by 1 a.m., start to get scared.
It doesn’t have to be this way. All you have to do is put your spouse in the Lord’s hands and rest easy.
Exodus 14
12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”
Israel began to accuse God with their words.
It’s the same thing when you say, “I’ve prayed, I’ve fasted, but nothing…I’m discouraged.”
Despair leads us to choose the wrong path.
It’s despair and fear that have driven people into sects and prostitution…
The beginning of God’s way seems difficult, but the devil’s way seems easier at first. But what seemed difficult leads to glory, while what seemed easy leads to disaster.
That’s why beloved, decide to be firm in God’s way, decide to practice the Word.
You can destroy the demon behind oppression, depression, behind every lie in Jesus’ name.
Had Israel prayed for deliverance?
Yes, they had cried out to God. But in the process of deliverance, they become discouraged.
Beloved, it doesn’t have to be this way, you have to be firm in your decisions.
Spirit is light. The Word is light. And when we decide to walk in the Word, we are already victorious. We don’t need to face the devil first to be victorious.
Victory begins by accepting the Word in your spirit.
He who has the Word in his spirit is already victorious before the battle.
You must never forget the Word in you in the face of obstacles.
Spiritual victory is won before the battle. By accepting God’s Word in your spirit.
God says, “I am with you,” so keep that in your spirit if it’s been a long time.
And in the face of the adversary, don’t accept fear, God is with you, according to what He has told you, the Word has no expiration or expiration date.
The Word is renewed every morning.
The Christian is never weak because of the One who is in him. Christians are mysterious. The devil is afraid of him.
What’s the secret? The spirit of God, that is, the spirit of the Word in him.
The Word is the connection you need for your whole life.
Don’t get distracted listening to the Word. The devil’s job is to make you forget the Word. But the work of the Holy Spirit is to destroy the devil
Your position must be with the Holy Spirit.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, Let Us Pray… →
Lord Jesus, I belong to you.
Forgive me, I recognize that I’ve done a lot of damage.
Visit my soul, visit my spirit, touch my life.
Lord, sanctify my spirit and my soul.
Restore my spirit and soul.
May Your spirit dwell in me always.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.