Eli: Justification versus Sanctification (Excellence in Ministry) - A Study of One Father's Denials and Destruction

by Dr. Steven A. Wylie

Overview

ChurchBuster Spirit:
 Spirit of Denial
 Spirit of Defilement
 Spirit of Disappointment
 Spirit of Favoritism
 Spirit of Indifference
 Spirit of Mockery

Eli exemplifies a person in ministry leadership who knows that there is wrongdoing and corruption but refuses to take care of business and instead attempts to ignore it.

Suffering from disappointment in his offspring and with no one qualified to leave his legacy to, Eli opted to ignore the issues and the very obvious and well publicized sins of his family and allowed his life's work to crumble before his very eyes.

When things fall apart an "Eli" acts surprised that things were so bad. To say that Eli "turned a blind eye" would be an understatement when compared to the damage that was allowed to continue not only in his family but in the Temple of God and in the lives of the people as a result of Eli's denial.

Eli's ChurchBuster was justification of his actions instead of sanctification of his life. Eli also justified the sins of his sons instead of admonishing them to sanctify themselves and be holy.

In his disappointment and self-indulgence along with an unwillingness to do what he had been called to do by the LORD, Eli failed to rule in his own house as well as in his own ministry and lived just long enough to see the judgement of the LORD upon his house and ministry.

Let's allow Eli's failures to be lessons by which we learn to do things in truth and righteousness.

Here is Eli's ChurchBuster Episode.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160958002
Publisher:	Surrendered Heart Music
Publication date:	09/10/2019
Series:	ChurchBusters - The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and the Spirits That Will Destroy the Men , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

About the Author

I was born into a family lineage that included many generations of occult practitioners and evil-doers, and was the first person in my family to receive Jesus Christ. As a young child, I experienced the touch and calling of the Lord, but fell away in anger and hurt as the witchcraft and generational evils tried to destroy my life and family.

As a young boy I started playing musical instruments and writing songs, but it was not until Jesus took hold of my life (as a young adult in 1973) that it all started to flow as true music. Back then, the contemporary Christian music industry was still in its infancy and the style of worship that many Churches enjoy today was only beginning to develop but I began to express myself through the songs that I would craft and later go on to record and publish.

In high school I had two teachers that left lasting impressions on me. One was a pastor’s wife who encouraged me in creative writing and expression and the other was an English teacher that I really did not like because she was hard on all of us, but especially on me (deservedly so).

She was very disciplined and strict, but I learned how to write properly and somehow, in spite of my rebellion and resistance, she instilled a love for language and communicative writing in me.

Over the years, every living member of my family has received Jesus as their Lord and Savior and is sold out to Him. Most are serving in either a pastoral position or similar ministerial capacity. Most are active in praise and worship in their own churches as well as in evangelistic outreaches.

“ChurchBusters: The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and the Spirits that will Destroy the Men” was first written in 1996 but through circumstances placed on the shelf until 2013 at which time it was dusted off and editing and revisions began. Those revisions were stopped before completion that year and ChurchBusters was once again shelved.

Those revisions were completed in 2019. Each of the 13 episodes is a stand-alone study and collectively comprises the entire Season One works known as “ChurchBusters: The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and the Spirits that will Destroy the Men”.

Another season is in the process of being written and will be released as the Lord’s timing allows.