Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians

The Beginnings of All Things Created
Lesson 4

The LORD GOD's Spirits of Counsel, Creation,
Deep Sleep (Slumber), Deliverance,
Discerning Spirits, Evil (Trouble), Faith

The Spirits of Counsel, Creation, Deep Sleep, Deliverance, Discerning Spirits, Evil and Faith of the LORD GOD could each have individual books written about Them. Their Works, their Will, their Ways, their Nature, and their complex interrelationship that forms our LORD GOD can never be known completely by man, although, as a man walks closer and closer to the LORD GOD, more is understood. In 002 Beginnings, we introduce you to the basic makeup of your LORD GOD. We are not covering any Spirit in detail, but focus on revealing enough of each Spirit that you are able to form a concept about who the individual Spirits are. We are laying a basic foundation, so as you continue in Becker Bible Studies, this knowledge of your LORD GOD can be added as it is revealed to you.

Spirit of Counsel

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? (Isaiah 40:13-14 AV)

1 ¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; (Isaiah 11:1-2 AV)

The seven Spirits given to Jesus Christ from the LORD GOD allowed Jesus Christ to accomplish the Works his Father had Willed. The Spirit of the LORD and the Spirits of Counsel, Might, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge and Fear of the LORD worked together through Jesus Christ to fulfill the LORD GOD's Will and Works.

28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! (Deuteronomy 32:28-29 AV)

Because there can be no understanding, without counsel, and no wisdom without understanding, we can know that the Spirit of Council prepares the way for the Spirit of Understanding which paves the way for the Spirit of Wisdom.

Notice how the Spirits of Council, Understanding and Wisdom were three of the Spirits which rested on Jesus Christ. When the Spirit of Council is accomplishing a Work of the LORD GOD, the Spirits of Understanding and Wisdom are often present at the same time. The Spirit of Knowledge usually Works with this group as well. And as we learned previously, to have true knowledge of the LORD GOD results in the "fear" of the LORD GOD, thus, the Spirit of Knowledge prepares the way for the Spirit of Fear of the LORD. None of these Spirits would be present, if the Spirit of the LORD had not first come to Jesus.

The resulting Work of the Spirit of Counsel results in the Spirit of Might being able to complete His Works. Oftentimes, the Spirits of the LORD GOD are interconnected and rely on each other to complete the Works necessary to allow the other Spirit to complete His Works. The Work of one of the Spirits, leads to the Work of another. As your studies progress, you will start noticing and expecting to see certain Spirits to be working together to complete a Work of the LORD GOD.

This knowledge is important to you, personally. It allows you to ask the LORD GOD specifically for the help you need in completing your Works for the LORD GOD. For instance, if we were having difficulty preparing this lesson today because we were unable to interpret a difficult passage, a prayer requesting the Spirit of Understanding to come to us would be appropriate.

If we understood the Scripture, but were unable to realize the significance of the revelation, a prayer requesting the Spirit of Wisdom would be a proper course of action.

If we got into an extreme human rut, and were unable to know, understand, or wisely complete the Work the LORD GOD has asked us, we would seek the Spirit of Counsel. When the LORD GOD's Spirit of Counsel is given to us, we would receive advice and instruction inside ourselves to help us determine the direction necessary to become spiritually connected again with the Spirits of the LORD GOD.

If we were to ask the LORD GOD for the Spirit of Understanding, while in our natural life human rut, we might receive that Spirit, but be unable to do anything about it because we were traveling in the wrong direction in the first place. That is why it is so critical that a person know the Spirits of the LORD GOD to accomplish His Works, and so special when your relationship is personalized with Him to that degree.

Spirit of Creation

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4 AV)

26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:26-27 AV)

1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2 AV)

Spirit of Deep Sleep, Slumber

7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. (Romans 11:7-11)

9 ¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: (Isaiah 29:9-13 AV)

This false fear is encouraged through the implementation and enforcement of laws made by men, which leads to religious traditions and practices that are irrelevant to the LORD GOD.

Spirit of Deliverance

18 ¶ And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. (Judges 15:18-19 AV)

The Spirit of Deliverance assists the person in obtaining freedom. That is His job. He is not responsible for the needs of the person once the deliverance has been effected. That is why it is necessary to call out to the LORD GOD after deliverance if additional needs develop as a result.

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. (2 Kings 13:17 AV)

In other words, if you are being controlled, restrained or troubled by forces that prevents your freedom to do the LORD GOD's Work, call on the Spirit of Deliverance. The LORD GOD will send the amount of His Spirit of Deliverance needed to obtain and preserve your freedom from that restraint.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. (Joel 2:32 AV)

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19 AV)

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: (Heb 11:35 AV)

Remember, works for the LORD GOD are measured by fire and categorized as gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay and stubble. The finer the measure, the better the reward.

There are some situations that can develop where a Christian's captivity, persecution or even bodily death, would result in the magnification of the LORD GOD's Works, and glorify Him more. These situations must be measured by the Christian, and if the Christian chooses to reject deliverance with the expectations of great reward to follow, the LORD GOD honors and rewards that decision. Note: The LORD GOD does not make a "martyr". A martyr is made by the choice and free will of a person to accept captivity, persecution and death to be a witness to the LORD GOD.

Please understand this. Situations requiring Christians to make life and death choices are not as common today, as they will be tomorrow. Soon, all Christians will be faced with the pressures of determining the LORD GOD's Will in the most stressful, torturous, lonely, and demanding circumstances. We must respond in the way that brings the most magnification on the greatness of the LORD GOD and His Works, as well as representing our King and Lord Jesus Christ in a way that glorifies him and makes him proud of us.

If the LORD GOD has provided you with the Spirit of Deliverance, your release from captivity is provided for by Him. It's okay to accept deliverance, and may be prudent to continue on in freedom to further spread His Works to His Glory. On the other hand, if that defining moment has come to a Christian, when all of the teachings and direction and powers of the LORD GOD come together at that one place in time.....that one moment that defines everything that Christian is.....a situation that magnifies the LORD GOD in all His Power, and Might, and Glory....and it is worthy and good and righteous......the Christian may choose to reject deliverance. If the choice to continue in captivity and persecution even unto death and lying in a grave for a time, all for the glory of the LORD GOD,, then that Christian will receive great reward by Him.

Spirit of Discerning Spirits

Every baptized Christian receives these Spirits of the LORD GOD, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. As we have learned through our current study, a Christian has the ability to request and receive other portions of different Spirits of the LORD GOD to complete His Will and Works.

So how does the gifts of the Holy Spirit fit in with the complex relationship already shared between the LORD GOD and His people?

While Jesus Christ was with his followers on earth, he spoke the Words of the LORD GOD. His followers had direct access to the LORD GOD through Jesus Christ. After Jesus Christ was crucified, buried, and then resurrected (Praise be to the LORD GOD!), he was seated at the right hand of His Father. Jesus Christ continues to sit at this honored position next to the LORD GOD in heaven presently.

While Jesus is in heaven, he is separated from his followers who are not in heaven with him. As a result, the ability to communicate with the LORD GOD was removed, because His messenger was removed from our immediate presence.

When Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and was glorified, he sent a helper and comforter to Christians to communicate with him and the LORD GOD, and allow the LORD GOD and him to be able to communicate with the followers. This helper is the Holy Spirit.

When a believer is baptized in the Holy Spirit, the ability to communicate with the LORD GOD and Jesus Christ in heaven is activated through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Christian is able to know the things that are given to him by the LORD GOD and Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. Along with the communication ability, a newly baptized Christian receives a special gift from the LORD GOD. This gift is different for each believer, but all gifts come from the LORD GOD through Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, to the newly baptized. The receiving of the gift from the Holy Spirit confirms to the believer that an connection and an ability to communicate with the LORD GOD and Jesus Christ exists.

The gift given to a believer is a portion of one of the Spirits of the LORD GOD that will rest on the newly baptized. That gift of one of the Spirits of the LORD GOD is given specifically to that believer and is chosen by the LORD GOD to assist in completing his Will and Works through that particular person.

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 AV)

Note: Christians have the ability to discern good and evil through their living their spiritual lives. As a Christian matures in his spiritual life, his ability to discern good and evil increases through practice. This discernment between good and evil does not involve the Spirit of Discernment directly, but is created through a Christian continuously exercising their discernment abilities by observing differences between good and evil.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:14-16 AV)

Spirit of Evil (Trouble)

This is the hardest Spirit for us to teach......for two reasons. The first is because we love our LORD GOD with all our hearts, soul and mind, and to even mention the word "evil" in association with our Father causes us to be ashamed of ourselves. The second reason it is so hard to teach is because we have angered the LORD GOD when we talked around the subject as if we were ashamed of Him. For these two reasons, we strive to be very exact in our teaching to glorify the LORD GOD and all of His great Spirits and Works.

14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 15 And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. (1 Samuel 16:14-15 AV)

Note how the LORD GOD's Spirit of Evil in Scripture always indicates that He comes from the LORD GOD. In fact, Satan also has six spirits that we will discuss further on in this book.....not one of them are the spirit of evil.

Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. (1 Samuel 16:16 AV)

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. (1 Samuel 16:23 AV)

To cause the Spirit of Evil to depart from Saul through the use of holy music might be confusing to you until you consider the results. As long as Saul stayed in the spiritual life, and allowed David in his presence, with the holy music playing and Saul concentrating on the LORD GOD, all was well. When Saul left the spiritual life for the worldly natural life, the Spirits of the LORD GOD who refreshed Saul and made him well, departed. These spirits were replaced by the Spirit of Evil which caused him trouble, which in turn, caused him to once again seek psalms from David to make him spiritually well. This cycle controlled Saul, and allowed the LORD GOD's Will to be accomplished.

Once you have an understanding of how the LORD GOD uses His Spirit of Evil, a familiar recognition of this Spirit should be more apparent to you. How many times have you seen faithful church goers enter into their congregation with heavy and troubled hearts and leave a couple hours later refreshed, reinvigorated and well after listening to and participating in the songs of hope and praise with fellow believers?

Oftentimes, this refreshed filling is confused with worship, but it is not. It is the removal of fear from a persons spiritual soul. When the Spirit of Evil troubles a soul so much, that the person seeks refuge into the spiritual world that is filled with praise songs for the LORD GOD, the person is made whole and filled once again with the Spirits of the LORD GOD.

Imagine how potent and powerful the congregations could be if all of their members had no need for the Spirit of Evil to trouble them, and they were able to maintain the Spirits of the LORD GOD continuously. True worship of the LORD GOD would have to occur when they gathered, because there would be no need to attend to them; the focus would, instead, be on the LORD GOD!

Spirit of Faith

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: (1 Corinthians 12:7-10 AV)

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:21-23 AV)

Faith is a gift to all Christians by the LORD GOD to allow them to believe in Jesus Christ, and this faith comes from Him. Additionally, when Christians receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, they receive additional faith from the Holy Spirit's fruit.

Some Christians receive an additional portion of the Spirit of Faith as one of their gifts from the baptism of the Holy Spirit. All of these "faiths" are the same "faith", but differ in purpose for the Will of the LORD GOD.

13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. (2 Corinthians 4:13-14 AV)

The Spirits of the LORD GOD could each have individual books written about them. Their Works, their Will, their Ways, their Nature, and their complex interrelationship that forms our LORD GOD can never be known completely by man, although, as a man walks closer and closer to the LORD GOD, more is revealed. In 002 Beginnings, we are trying to introduce you to the basic makeup of your LORD GOD. We are not covering any Spirit in detail, but focus on revealing enough of each Spirit that you are able to form a concept about who the individual Spirits are. We are laying a basic foundation, so as you continue in Becker Bible Studies, this knowledge of your LORD GOD can be added as it is revealed to you.

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MLA Style Citation:
McFarland, Kathy L. "The LORD God's Spirits of Counsel, Creation, Deep Sleep (Slumber), Deliverance, Discerning Spirits, Evil (Trouble), Faith." The Beginnings of All Things Created Jan 2005.   <http://www.guidedbiblestudies.com/002spi4.htm>.

APA Style Citation:
McFarland, Kathy L. (2005, January) "The LORD God's Spirits of Counsel, Creation, Deep Sleep (Slumber), Deliverance, Discerning Spirits, Evil (Trouble), Faith." The Beginnings of All Things Created Retrieved   from http://www.guidedbiblestudies.com/002spi4.htm

Chicago Style Citation:
McFarland, Kathy L. (2005) "The LORD God's Spirits of Counsel, Creation, Deep Sleep (Slumber), Deliverance, Discerning Spirits, Evil (Trouble), Faith." The Beginnings of All Things Created (January), http://www.guidedbiblestudies.com/002spi4.htm (accessed )

About the Author

Kathy L. McFarland is a Becker Bible Studies Teacher and Author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She is a Religious Studies student of Liberty University, Hebrew language student attending Israeli taught Ulpan and a Homeschool parent teaching the things of God. She is also well-known as a child advocate of innocent children tortured and suffering from the abuse of sexual perversion, out-of-control violence, and pathetic neglect by a carnal world gone mad.

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