Overcoming Jezebel, Athaliah, And Belial In The ... - Kanaan Ministries

Verse 15 ties Belial with unrighteousness, darkness, infidels, and idolatry. The firstreference to Belial in the Word of God ties him to idolatry. The Corinthians had beensaved from a lifestyle of idolatry.As stated before, I believe that Belial is an end-time spirit that will be an enemy of theChurch. We are to separate ourselves from all uncleanness and filthiness that isassociated with this ruling spirit.The church at Corinth also had a problem with carnality. There was strife, envy,contention, sexual impurity, and even drunkenness taking place within the church. Theapostle Paul wrote the letter to Corinth to correct these problems and to set things inorder.v. Touch Not The Unclean Thing2 Corinthians 6:17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saiththe Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you …”The Corinthians had come out of a lifestyle of idolatry. Paul admonishes them toseparate themselves completely from their former lifestyle and to TOUCH NOT THEUNCLEAN THING.The Knox version says, "And do not even touch what is unclean…" As believers, weare not to TOUCH what is unclean. There are unclean spirits attached to what isunclean. The word unclean is defined as that which is dirty and filthy.Idolatry is unclean. It is considered spiritual whoredom and adultery. It is departing fromthe Lord and breaking covenant. As the Lord's people, we are to keep ourselves awayfrom all that is unclean.Belial is associated with uncleanness. According to Galatians 5:19, uncleanness is awork of the flesh. We are not to allow uncleanness to be named once among us assaints (Ephesians 5:3). God has not called us unto uncleanness but unto HOLINESS (1Thessalonians 4:7). These verses tie uncleanness to fornication.Fornication is from the Greek word “porneia” meaning harlotry, adultery, incest, andidolatry. There was a man in Corinth that was guilty of sexual relations with his father'swife (1 Corinthians 5:11).The Taylor translation says, "Something so wicked that even the heathen don't do it …"The Phillips version says, "Immorality of a kind that even pagans condemn …” Thisman was judged and turned over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh. Again, theonly time Belial is mentioned in the New Testament is in Paul's second letter to Corinth.124