The Spirit Of The Amalekites

Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
    7  And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Victory over the Amalekites
    8  Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
    9  And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
    10  So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
    11  And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
    12  But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
    13  And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
    14  And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15  And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah nissi: 16  For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Have You Ever Wondered Why Does God Hate The Amalekites??...

The Amalekites were constant thorns in Israel's Side...

When you begin to study it out...

The Amalekites were good at causing people to...
A. Doubt the miracles when there is no reason to doubt
B. Diminish the miracles
C. Oh that's not that big of a deal
D. That would probably have worked itself out anyway
E. DO YOU REALLY THINK GOD IS WITH US?

Amalekites killed the weak and the feeble
A. Targeted the young, feeble, cripple
B. Targeted the elders
C. Should be the pillars
D. Should be the strength

One encounter with the Amalekites cause them to doubt forever when there was absolutely no reason to doubt!

WHEN THEY GOT TO THE PROMISE LAND...
A. Surely it was a land that flowed with milk and honey
B. Took 2 men to carry the grapes on their shoulders

No reason to doubt the miracle
A. They had the proof of the promise on their shoulders

But because of that Spirit of the Amalekites...
A. 10 spies said no way
B. We are grasshoppers
C. Wondered in the wilderness for 40 years
D. Not having obtained the promise

When David came to Ziklag
A. Burned to the ground
B. Wives and children taken
C. David's 2 wives taken
D. Ahinoam – Hebrew meant POWER
     Abigail – Hebrew meant JOY

The Amalekites had stolen David's POWER and JOY...

ONCE AGAIN THATS THAT AMALEKITE SPIRIT...
A. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO DOUBT GOD
B. YOU LOSE YOUR POWER AND YOUR JOY

The Bible says all the men wept all night long
A. Until there was no more power to weep
B. They wanted to stone David

How did David get out of it?
A. Called for the ephod (praise garment)
B. David encouraged himself in The Lord
C. In other words...He took a walk down memory lane
D. He remembered how God had been with him
E. He stirred up his FAITH

THEN HE ENQUIRED OF THE LORD...
A. Shall I pursue?

1 Samuel 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

God told Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites...
A. Ever person
B. Every animal

1 Samuel 15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
    2  Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
    3  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass

    7  And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
    8  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
    9  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
    10  Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
    11  It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

When Samuel returned...

    12  And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
    13  And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
    14  And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
    15  And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

So Samuel asks for the king of the Amalekites to be brought to him...

    32  Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
    33  And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
    34  Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35  And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

That spirit of the Amalekites is always trying to bring doubt...

No wonder Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

I believe that Spirit of the AMALEKITE is trying its best to get in our churches...

That's one reason churches aren't experiencing the miraculous like they should
A. Why no Apostolic demonstration
B. Why Gifts of the Spirit are not operating like they should

If that spirit of the AMALEKITE can get into our spirits...
A. Cause us to DOUBT God...

GOD HATES THE SPIRIT OF THE ALALEKITES...

God is moving like never before at CFO..

I feel impressed in the Holy Ghost...
A. The devil is going to try and Get you to doubt what happenings around here...
B. Try to discredit it
C. Tell you to question "Is a God Really Among Us?"
D. Can I be used in the gifts?
E. Can God really use me?

In Nazareth, Jesus couldn't do many mighty works...
A. Because they tried to explain Him anyway
B. Because of their unbelief

I'm telling this church...

WE NEED TO KILL THE SPIRIT OF THE AMALEKITES...

WE NEED TO WALK IN APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY...
WE NEED THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TO OPERATE...
WE NEED APOSTOLIC DEMONSTRATION...
WE NEED FIVE FOLD MINISTRY...

We can't allow disbelief...
We can't all explaining away of what a God did...

We need to let Jesus work...