Biblical Examples Of Biblical Teachings

Biblical example
A Biblical example of this was King Saul. Saul was threatened by David and tried to kill him. He used various tactics hoping to kill David, but without success, because God was with David. The entire story gives us many insights into what some refer to as "the control spirit" which is active in many segments of church life today, including the Pentecostal/full gospel/charismatic circles.
Saul's downhill progression began when he felt compelled to offer a sacrifice himself - something beyond the scope of his God-given authority. Christian leaders today can get into problems when they seek to take on an activity or ministry which God has not called them or authorized them to do. What is begun in the power of the flesh can only
Nevertheless, he did not heed the voice of the Lord through the prophet Samuel. He had been instructed to destroy everything pertaining to the Amelekites he was assigned to destroy.
Saul, by sparing the Amelekites king and the best of the sheep in contradiction to the prophet's instructions, disobeyed God and further compromised his leadership. As Samuel explained, "Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft" (1 Samuel 15:23). Once a leader willfully disobeys the clear instructions of the Lord, the door is opened to evil spirits.
On that day Samuel the prophet told Saul, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you" (vs. 28). Even so, it was many years before Saul's death and David's coronation. Yet as far as God was concerned, Saul had lost the kingdom.
God sent Samuel to anoint David king over Israel. At that moment, the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. At the same time, the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and he was instead troubled by a distressing spirit. David was brought in to sing in the presence of Saul. This music, combined with the spiritual anointing now on David's life, caused the evil spirit to leave, so that Saul could function
Ultimately, witchcraft is about obtaining power contrary to God's expressed will. It does not have to be by using incantations and spells. Leaders and church members who seek to obtain power and influence by illicit means are guilty of using witchcraft, as Saul did.
The control spirit has done a lot of harm in hindering moves of the Holy Spirit as they have been starting. We can see that the control spirit was effective in slowly killing the true move of the Holy Spirit in the post-apostolic church. When teachings started appearing saying "Do nothing without the bishop", and bishops began to fight and squabble over doctrine, liturgy and personal power it wasn't long before the Holy Spirit was grieved and marginalized within the very church of God. They may have referred to Him in their creeds and liturgies but He was either taking a back seat in the church or not even there.
The church became prostituted to the interests of temporal power and the Orthodox and Roman Catholic systems were the results. The leadership got so bad at some times in some places that when the Muslims later took over the Christians actually preferred the new leadership to what existed before. Islam would never have gotten off the ground had the church not been so corrupted by the 7th