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realized a few days later for the first time, what my God had done for me when he gave me my
wife. You see after I was saved and held her in my arms, I knew there was a new kind of love
there. God started teaching about that new kind of love right away but I didn’t know it until
about 9 months later. This is what happen to put me aware of God working in my life and using
my wife as a way to see this wonderful kind of love.
My wife and I got into an argument, and after a while it had ended, although feelings were still
not right just yet. I was setting at the kitchen table while she was washing dishes. I had been
studying the Bible just before the argument started, and was trying to get back to my study. I
knew that I was wrong and God was dealing with me, but I just couldn't swallow my pride. At
that time God put these words in my heart and I will never forget them:
He told me, is it not better to take wrong upon yourself, is it not better you be defrauded, for
this was the nature of Christ, he took the sins of the world upon himself, leaving us an example
to do the same for others. Even though I was wrong God helped me to understand his kind of
love, it takes wrong upon it's self. I was able to get up from the table and go over to the sink
where my wife was, and ask her to forgive me. I told her that God wouldn't want this in our
home. I told her that I had allowed myself to be used by spirits that were not of the nature of
God, and that I don't want them to use me to hurt her.
When I had finished talking to her the holy spirit moved upon both of us and we started to cry
as we held each other. Oh, wouldn't you just know I thought I had learned all God wanted me
to know about that? Then came the real test!
Some time later we got into another argument, this time she was wrong and she would admit it
if you would ask her. Here I am over at the table reading again. The very same thing is
happening. Oh, but it's different this time, now she's wrong. I started to pray, God ! you know
the last time I went over and ask her forgiveness. She needs to obey your word and make this
right. Then God answered, Is it not better to take wrong upon yourself, for this is well pleasing
in my eyes, for in this is my nature revealed. So here I go again back to kitchen where the wife
is to ask her forgiveness. The Lord loved us so much he blessed us in the same way as before
with his presence. As soon as the Holy Spirit had finished ministering to us, Satan started to put
things into my mind. You were right this time, you sure are going to live a hell of a life, giving in
to her all the time. Well I put that right out of my mind and didn't let him get anywhere with that
talk, although I was wondering if my wife even knew what was going on.
Well, I got my answer about three weeks later. I was having a hard time finance wise, and a lot
of other things were causing me to be depressed. I was in bad spirit on this particular day and
taking it all out on, guess who? yes the wife. All day she took my abuse. I was so angry, and
late that afternoon I was sick from being so angry. The anger had caused me to be totally
exhausted.
I can remember we were in my truck coming from town, and my wife patted me on the arm
and said, " Honey, don't worry about it, I love you and we've got these spirits whipped." You
see the Lord said he gave us the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and Whatsoever we loose on
earth shall be loosed in Heaven and whatsoever we bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven.
God's word tells us that the gates of hell will not prevail against his church (The Bride). We
have the keys to overcome the gates of hell, We Keep Them Locked !
What God was telling us we can loose his loving spirit or the spirits that are not of his nature.
My wife and I decided not to let the spirits of the devil be loosed through our vessels. We found
that being righteous in the eyes of God is to do what God has appointed us to do. To put it the
way the word tells us, is to do what God has commissioned us to do. We see in the word of
God that the wedding garment (the fine linen) of the church or (The Bride) is her
righteousness. So the bride is a vessel just like Jesus. Jesus didn't let Satan use his vessel
contrary to his Father's will. The same way that Jesus bound the spirit of the Devil, is the way
all of us will have to bind the spirits that want to use our vessels for unrighteousness. This is the
way the word reveals to us who we are fighting. It is the spirits that want to use our vessels
contrary to what God has commanded us to do, that is who we are fighting.
