2 Levels of Jezebel

I often tell others that there are two sources of false teaching:

1. Those that teach falsely.
2. Those that are false teachers.

There are those that are sincere in their devotion to the Lord but they are missing foundational, fundamental doctrines for some reason. Sometimes they grow up in old wineskin environments and never really emerge out of them. Maybe in the course of time, if they keep seeking after the Lord, they will get the wrinkles ironed out and teach the way of God more accurately. They are like Apollos. Apollos was teaching falsely for a period of time. He was missing some parts but when presented with truth he embraced them.

"Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately." Acts 18:24-26

He needed some growth in what he was believing and teaching. This was affecting his ability to experience God more freely. Yet when truth was presented to him he tested it and embraced it. And so he grew. He was then able to help with enabling the church to grow on a greater basis.

"When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On arriving, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed." Acts 18:27

I have taught falsely in my early years and had the Lord pull me back in and straighten me back out and then resend me back to the body to assume my place. It happens to everybody.

False Teachers are something all together different. They have not responded to the Lord as he has tried to convict them over the course of time. Their motives have remained impure and, even though they may have once had pure doctrine, they stray from God in all facets and completely leave the straight path. The entire chapter of 2 Peter 2 is devoted to false teachers in the Body of Christ, men and women who once new God on some level. Verse by verse this is what the chapter says about them...

• They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them. 
• Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
• In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.
• God is holding them for punishment on the day of judgment.
• They follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.
• Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander celestial beings They blaspheme in matters they do not understand.
• They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.
• They will be paid back for the harm they have done.
• Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
• They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you (Christians) 
• With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!
• They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. 
• They are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
• For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.
•  They had once escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 
• (They once knew the way of righteousness.) It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 
• Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

I see the Jezebel spirit in much the same way. I think their is conviction and an opportunity for repentance for those that have it. I think there are those that have some of the characteristics of Jezebel from their unredeemed past and it is a matter of them getting spiritually healed and cleansed under the right set of circumstances in the Lord.

But I also think there is the person who has a Jezebel spirit who has rejected God's conviction for so long that they get to a point where God hands them over. And at that point I am not sure they can be saved. This includes Christians who have the Spirit of God in them but have refused to work out their salvation in fear and trembling.

"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." Philippians 2:12,13 

This person has stopped walking with God and their names get blotted out of the Book of Life because they refuse to do his work and so be changed in the process.

"Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds (works)  complete in the sight of my God...The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,...." Revelation 3:2,5

 I believe there are different levels of oppression and possession. But regardless of the degree, we go where God sends us and we say what God tells us to say in light of all circumstances.

If the person with the Jezebel spirit doesn't repent she will suffer. God does give her time to repent. Revelation 2 is clear on it. My Third Encounter with the spirit from February, 2005 to May, 2008 showed me that. There is a time of repentance.

"In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2

Pray for others that are struggling with this. Discern and see what you should see and talk to the Lord about your responsibility.

Be Blessed,
JEB