When we see the atmosphere of anti-Semitism on college campuses and elsewhere, we can react by injecting our own anger and judgment into the atmosphere. But the people engaging in these acts of wickedness are being controlled by the spirit realm. And a spiritual problem requires a spiritual answer. God’s answer to the problem is to send His love. And we must be moving in God’s love if we expect to have any impact on what is happening.

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Today we are immersed in a spirit world that is more and more filled with hate and contention. These spiritual forces are motivating people to commit the acts of anti-Semitism that we see abounding right now. And it is a mistake to assume that we cannot be influenced by these spirits ourselves. We need to search our hearts and eliminate any openness to anti-Semitism or hatred that could be used by satan.

We need to be clean ourselves if we are going to be effective in changing the hearts and minds of people who are engaging in the wickedness that we see happening. That includes our reactions because we can react to what we see by demanding God’s judgment on people. But God is far more aware of the wickedness of mankind than we are. And His response to that wickedness was to send His love.

God so loved the world that He sent His Son, not to condemn the world but so the world would be saved through Him. Christ comes as our deliverer to release us from the spirits of the world that are controlling us. And if we are going to be effective in releasing people from the spirits that are controlling them, we must have the one force that is powerful enough to do that, which is the power of God’s love. We immerse ourselves in His love and believe for the love of God in Christ to be expressed through us. That is what the world needs right now.

Key Verses:

• Ephesians 6:12. “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but … against the world forces of this darkness.”
• 2 Corinthians 10:4. “The weapons of our warfare are … divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.”
• Matthew 18:18. “Whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven.”
• Matthew 24:12. “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.”
• John 3:16–17. “God did not send the Son … to judge the world, but that the world might be saved.”
• Isaiah 55:8. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:1–13. “When the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.”
• John 21:15-17. “Do you love Me? … Tend My sheep.”
• Ephesians 3:14–21. “Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge.”
• 1 John 4:16. “The one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”

Quotes:

• “The way that we would deal with everything that’s going on right now is not at all the way God wants to deal with it.”
• “What the world doesn’t need right now is the Body of Christ being a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal. They’re surrounded by enough confusion.”
• “The only thing that doesn’t fail is love. The only thing that is not partial is love.”

Takeaways:

1. All the anti-Semitism and hatred that we see in the world today is coming from the spirit realm and must be dealt with from the spirit realm.
2. God’s answer to all the problems in the world was to send His love. Out of His love for us, God sent His Son not to judge mankind but to deliver us from the spirits of wickedness that control us.
3. In the crucifixion of Christ, satan was trying to kill God’s love. Today he is trying to kill God’s love coming forth in us. That is where our battle is; it is not against people.
4. Our human love is inadequate. We need the impartation of God’s love.