Resheth: When the Net Breaks — Spiritual Warfare, Soul Ties, and the Power of the Holy Spirit

Resheth: When the Net Breaks — Spiritual Warfare, Soul Ties, and the Power of the Holy Spirit

Teaching by Prophet Lovy L. Elias · Watch on YouTube · 6 March 2026

The net that has held you captive is breaking tonight — but only the Holy Spirit can show you what has been trapping you.

Every believer faces invisible spiritual structures — nets, pits, arrows, patterns, and demonic networks — that restrict destiny and drain life. Understanding these realities requires not carnal study but genuine revelation by the Holy Spirit, and deliverance comes not through self-effort or legalism but through Jesus' finished work and the power of communion with God.



Teaching Overview

  1. Believers must discern spiritual realities — nets, pits, arrows, incantations, and demonic networks — by the Holy Spirit, not by carnal understanding.
  2. Sexual relations are spiritual transactions and exchanges that transfer blessings, deficits, and even demonic spirits — they are not soul ties, which require a vow and covenant before God.
  3. True freedom from sin and spiritual bondage comes through communion with God and the power of the Holy Spirit, not through legalism, self-effort, or Bible study disconnected from the Spirit.
  4. The Holy Spirit is superior to scriptural study — Logos will never be above Rhema — and the fivefold ministry including prophets is essential for the perfection of the church.
  5. The fruit of a ministry is not the character of the minister but the transformation produced in people's lives — healing, deliverance, and closeness to Jesus.

Key Distinctions

ProphecyPrediction
What it isGod speaking through a vessel to change a person's destiny or reveal His heartShowing knowledge of future events to demonstrate prophetic standing
SourceDivine revelation through inquiry of the LordInformation, pattern recognition, or secondhand knowledge
PurposeTransformation of destinyDisplay of prophetic gift
Who defines itGod, who chooses when and what to speakThe one who speaks
What happens without itA prophet stays silent rather than manufacture a wordPeople speak and call it prophecy when it is not
MysterySecret
What it isSomething that happened and is known but whose nature is being uncoveredSomething entirely unknown until God chooses to reveal it
Example in ScriptureCreation — we know it happened; Scripture uncovers howWhat God shows only to those who fear Him and draw close
Found in the BibleYes — the Bible is full of mysteriesNot explicitly written — given directly by God to the one who fears Him
Effect on the recipientIncreases understanding of known eventsChanges the trajectory of destiny completely
Who receives itAny reader of ScriptureThose who fear God and draw near to Him
True ChristFalse Christ
What the title meansThe Anointed One — Jesus, the Son of GodA false anointed one — someone claiming to carry divine anointing they do not have
Biblical warningJesus warned of false Christs risingMatthew 24 — "false Christs and false prophets shall rise"
What they denyNothing — He is the fullness of GodThey deny the power of the cross while using the language of anointing
Common confusionPeople call them "false Jesus" — but there is no false JesusThe error is in misreading "Christ" as a name rather than a title meaning "anointed"
Soul TieSexual Exchange / Transaction
What it isA covenantal bond between two people whose destinies are joined before GodA spiritual transaction in which participants exchange blessings, deficits, sicknesses, and spirits
How it is formedThrough a deliberate vow and covenant made before GodThrough sexual intimacy
Biblical exampleJonathan and David; Joshua and Moses; Jesus and the believerTwo people becoming intimate — one with 100 blessings, one with minus 100
What transfersCovenantal commitment and shared destinyBlessings, curses, sicknesses, spiritual deficits, and even demonic spirits
Can it be brokenIt is a solemn covenant — not dissolved by separationYes — the transaction depletes one party progressively
Common errorPeople call every sexual relationship a soul tieCalling it a soul tie when Scripture requires a vow and covenant before God
Carrying Your CrossCrucified With Christ
When it was taughtBefore Jesus' death and resurrection — spoken to the disciplesAfter Jesus' resurrection — the apostolic revelation
Who it applies toDisciples following Jesus before the crossBelievers who have died and risen with Christ
What it implies about sinSin is still present and must be mortified dailySin is already dealt with — the believer is already dead to it
Scriptural basisLuke 9:23 — "take up your cross daily"Galatians 2:20 — "I am crucified with Christ"
The danger of misapplying itTreating sin as still alive makes it alive — this is legalismMissing this produces no transformation, only striving
Spiritual DiscernmentFleshly Discernment
What it isKnowing people and spirits according to what God reveals by the Holy SpiritJudging people and situations by what is observable — behavior, reputation, background
Example in ScriptureSimeon recognizing the Messiah in the infant Jesus by the Holy SpiritThe Pharisees knowing Jesus came from Nazareth and dismissing His divine identity
What it producesAccurate knowledge of identity, assignment, and spiritual conditionMisidentification — calling the anointed a sinner, calling the prophet a heretic
Can it be learnedIt flows from relationship with the Holy SpiritAnyone can do it — it requires no spiritual depth
First AdamSecond Adam
Who he isAdam — the first man, head of creationJesus Christ — head of the new creation
What he took onEve's sin — he ate the fruit to maintain the soul tie and remain with herHumanity's sin — He became sin for us
What he could not doRemove the guilt of sin — he could only maintain the prophecyHe took on sin, died, rose again, and broke the bonds of sin entirely
His act wasA sacrifice of love — choosing covenant over personal innocenceRedemption — choosing humanity over His own glory
ResultHumanity continued; the prophecy of family was preservedHumanity is saved; sin's power is broken
FruitCharacter
What it isTransformation produced in the lives of those who encounter a ministryThe personal behavior and moral conduct of the minister
How it is testedBy tasting — encountering the ministry and observing what happens to peopleBy observing the minister's actions and lifestyle
Biblical exampleThe blind man: "I was blind, but now I can see"The Pharisees judging Jesus: "We know this man is a sinner"
What a tree doesProduces fruit for others — it does not eat its own fruitExists — it is what it is regardless of fruit
Danger of confusing themYou will reject genuine ministries whose character you disapprove ofYou will accept false ministers who present good character but produce no transformation
Prayer in BondagePrayer with Freedom
What happensGod hears the prayer and can still answer it for others through youGod works fully through you — for others and for yourself
Biblical exampleThe children of Israel in Egypt — God heard them but answered by sending MosesDaniel free in Babylon — full spiritual function and breakthrough
The limitationYou can bless others but struggle to receive for yourself — you are caught in a netNo such restriction — what God does through you also flows to you
How to identify itYour prayers work for everyone else but not for your own lifeConsistent fruit in your own life, not just in others

The Devices of the Enemy in Spiritual Warfare

  • The art of war is founded on deception — the enemy rarely attacks with direct force but uses lies and strategy to lower a believer's guard.
  • Spiritual warfare manifests in distinct forms: pits (the spirit of death), arrows (troubles and pain that fire in rapid succession), incantations (curses spoken through elements of creation), and demonic networks (organized evil that traps believers without their awareness).
  • A net is not merely a trap — it is a network of evil people and demonic agents operating together to restrict destiny and produce shame, reproach, and the absence of progress.

"Everything in creation is a conduit for something. Some of you are not fighting against spells. Some of you are not fighting against witchcraft. Some of you are fighting against incantations."

"When people are waiting for your downfall, you are caught in a net. But your enemies will be disappointed."

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Signs of Being Caught in a Demonic Net

  • A net produces consistent shame and embarrassment — not a temporary setback, but a chronic pattern of humiliation that defines a person's life.
  • A net produces the absence of progress — the believer can move on a leash but is always pulled back, never breaking through to the greater opportunity waiting on the other side.
  • A net means what you work for benefits others but never returns to you — your labor feeds the network while your own life remains depleted.

"If your life consistently produces shame, you are caught in the network of evil ones."

"Because you are caught in a net, you can do something and a greater opportunity can be on the other side, but you'll never get to the other side, because you are caught in a net."

Psalm 25:15 and the Breaking of the Net

  • David's declaration — "My eyes are ever towards the Lord, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net" — reveals that a believer can be caught in a net without knowing it, alive but unable to move forward.
  • The net in Psalm 25 is not merely a physical trap — in its full translation it is a network of evil agents, a diabolical and organized demonic system.
  • God's promise is a special deliverance — He plucks the foot out of the net, not through the believer's striving but through keeping eyes fixed on the Lord.

"My eyes are ever towards the Lord. For He shall pluck my feet out of the net. You are caught in a net and you don't know."

Prayer, Bondage, and the Sovereignty of God

  • Being in spiritual bondage does not prevent God from hearing prayer — the children of Israel cried out from Egypt and God heard them — but God answers by delivering the person, not by working everything fully through them while they remain bound.
  • A believer caught in a net can bless others through prayer and gifting, yet struggle to receive the same blessing themselves — this is not a sign that God is absent, but a sign that the net must be broken.
  • The example of Daniel in Babylon demonstrates that great giftedness and spiritual function do not override bondage — Daniel's gift benefited an entire nation, yet he himself remained a servant in captivity until God raised Cyrus to deliver them.

"Because you are in bondage doesn't mean God can't hear you. When you're in bondage God will still hear you."

"It did not matter how well his gift functioned. He still functioned under restriction. That his gift could benefit everybody else, but not themselves."

Soul Ties, Sexual Transactions, and Spiritual Exchange

  • A soul tie is not formed by sexual relations — it requires a deliberate vow and covenant made before God between two people who recognize their destinies are bound together.
  • Sexual relations are spiritual transactions and exchanges — when two people become intimate, there is a transfer of blessings, deficits, sicknesses, and spiritual conditions based on the spiritual capacity of each person.
  • Repeated sexual exchanges with spiritually depleted individuals progressively drain a believer's life and can transfer demonic spirits — lust, anxiety, anger, and spiritual emptiness are among the conditions that transfer through these exchanges.

"Sleeping with somebody doesn't create a Soul tie. That's not what it does. There is no Soul tie without a vow and a covenant before God."

"Sex is a transaction. It's an exchange. When you are with somebody there is an exchange."

"You can even exchange spirits. A demon is like, oh, oh, this is an easy. They jump to the other side."

The First Adam and the Second Adam

  • Adam did not sin through deception — it was the woman who was deceived and in transgression; Adam ate the fruit knowingly, as an act of covenant love, choosing to remain with Eve rather than be separated from her.
  • Adam's act prefigures Christ's — he took Eve's failure upon himself as his own, just as Jesus took humanity's sin upon Himself; the difference is that the first Adam could only maintain the prophecy and could not remove guilt, while the second Adam died, rose again, and broke the bonds of sin entirely.
  • Jesus is called the second Adam not because the first Adam failed, but because Jesus completed and surpassed what Adam began — He took on sin, removed its power, and restored what was lost.

"He made Eve's failure his own yet he never messed up."

"The difference between the first Adam and the second Adam is this. The second Adam could take on the sin, but he could not get rid of it. The second Adam could take the sin, die and come back to life and save us."

The Holy Spirit, Scripture, and the Supremacy of Rhema

  • The Holy Spirit is not a supplement to Bible study — He is the prerequisite for it; the Pharisees read the Torah faithfully and still crucified the Messiah because the Holy Spirit never illuminated what they studied.
  • Logos will never be above Rhema — scriptural knowledge is information that enables a believer to piece together what the Holy Spirit speaks, but it is not the source of anointing, deliverance, or transformation.
  • Jesus did not tell the disciples to go and study — He told them to wait until the Spirit came upon them, because witnessing and ministering without the Holy Spirit is impossible.

"You cannot read Scripture without the Holy Spirit. Logos will never be above Rhema."

"Your study is information. That when the Holy Spirit speaks, you can piece it together with scripture. But scripture is not above the spirit."

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The Power of the Cross and the Danger of Legalism

  • What breaks the power of sin is not self-effort, behavioral discipline, or willpower — it is communion with God; disciples were broken men until the Holy Spirit was fully in them.
  • The command to carry the cross daily was given before Jesus' resurrection to His disciples who were still living before the event of the cross — after Jesus died and rose, the apostolic revelation shifted: believers are crucified with Christ, already dead to sin.
  • Heaven is not entered by good behavior, niceness, or self-righteousness — it is entered because Jesus died for us; if a believer's salvation rests on their own conduct, they have placed themselves under a covenant that cannot save them.

"What breaks the power of sin is communion with God. Not you stopping — what breaks the power of sin is communion with God."

"If you carry your cross, you're making sin alive. Because that means sin is not gone yet."

"What takes you to heaven is not how nice you are. It's not the good deeds you do. It's not self-righteousness."

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True and False Christs, Prophets, and Fruit

  • There is no false Jesus — Paul declared that whether Christ is preached out of envy, jealousy, or contention, he rejoiced that Christ was being preached; the enemy has no advantage when Jesus is spoken about.
  • The Bible warns of false Christs — false anointed ones — not false Jesuses; "Christ" is not Jesus' last name but His title meaning "the anointed," and false Christs are those who claim anointing while denying the power of the cross.
  • The fruit of a minister is not their character but the transformation in those who encounter them — healing, deliverance, closeness to Jesus, and life change; a tree does not eat its own fruit but produces it for others.

"The word Christ means anointed. When we say Jesus Christ, Christ is not his last name. Christ means He is anointed."

"A tree doesn't eat its own fruit. A tree produces fruit for others to eat. When people have come in contact with your ministry, what happened to them?"


Key Definitions

Net (Resheth) — A demonic network of evil agents operating in organized coordination to trap a believer's destiny — producing consistent shame, absence of progress, and the inability to break free despite apparent forward motion.

Soul Tie — A covenantal bond formed only when two people make a deliberate vow before God that their lives and destinies are joined; it requires covenant, not proximity or intimacy. As Prophet Lovy stated: "There is no Soul tie without a vow and a covenant before God."

Sexual Exchange / Transaction — The spiritual dynamic that occurs in sexual intimacy, in which both participants transfer blessings, deficits, sicknesses, spiritual conditions, and even demonic spirits based on each person's spiritual capacity.

Christ — Not a surname but a title meaning "the Anointed One." As Prophet Lovy stated: "When we say Jesus Christ, Christ is not his last name. Christ means He is anointed."

Rhema — A direct, living word spoken by God to a specific person in a specific moment — superior to Logos (the written Word) in that it carries immediate divine authority and revelation; Logos serves to confirm and piece together what the Holy Spirit speaks.

Fruit (of ministry) — The transformation produced in the lives of those who encounter a ministry — healing, deliverance, and closeness to Jesus — not the moral character or behavior of the minister themselves.

Pit — A spiritual assignment of death. As Prophet Lovy stated: "A pit is the spirit of death. When a pit has been dug for you, you enter into it, you die."


Key Takeaways

  • Spiritual bondage operates through networks, not isolated attacks — recognizing the specific form of warfare — pit, arrow, incantation, or net — is essential to receiving the right deliverance.
  • Sexual relations are spiritual transactions that transfer blessings, deficits, and spirits — what is exchanged in intimacy goes far beyond the physical, which is why repeated unequal exchanges progressively deplete and destroy destiny.
  • The Holy Spirit is not an enhancement to Bible study — He is the foundation of it — without Him, even rigorous knowledge of Scripture leads to missing Jesus entirely, as the Pharisees demonstrated.
  • Legalism is not holiness — it is the prolonging of sin's power — the believer who is crucified with Christ is already dead to sin; striving to carry the cross after the resurrection keeps sin alive rather than finished.
  • True fruit is transformation in others, not the character of the minister — testing a ministry by the minister's behavior misses the standard Jesus Himself set, which is what happens to people who encounter that ministry.

Reflection Questions

  1. Are there consistent patterns in your life — shame, financial stagnation, spiritual depletion, or near-breakthrough followed by sudden setbacks — that may indicate you are caught in a net? What would it mean to truly fix your eyes on the Lord as David did in Psalm 25:15?

  2. Have you been dependent on Bible study, church attendance, or moral discipline as your primary source of spiritual growth — rather than genuine communion with the Holy Spirit? What would your walk with God look like if the Holy Spirit were your first resource rather than your last?

  3. Considering the teaching on sexual exchanges and spiritual transactions, are there relationships in your past or present that have spiritually depleted you? Have you brought these before God with genuine repentance, or are you still carrying the weight of those exchanges?

  4. Where in your life have you been applying the standard of carrying your cross — striving through self-effort to overcome sin — rather than resting in the reality that you are crucified with Christ? What would shift if you stopped making sin alive through legalism?

  5. When you evaluate teachers, preachers, or ministries, are you judging by character and presentation, or by fruit — by what actually happens in the lives of people who encounter that ministry? Which leaders in your life have produced genuine transformation in you?


Prayers and Declarations

Stand up and lift your hands to heaven. Any partner you have ever had in your life.

"Father forgive me anywhere I went, who I spoke to. There was not in line with your will, forgive me. By reason of the blood of Jesus, let the hold of that spell be broken off me."


"She took your stars, but tonight the net will break. And you'll be restored."


"I promise to you also, tonight the net will break. And you'll be restored."


"May you, your children and your house be saved."


"May angels be activated in your life."


"You infirmity and sickness. Out of her. I break the spell. I break the curse. Out of her now. You snake that is wrapped around her stomach. Wrap around her life."


Scripture References

  • Psalm 25:14 — "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant." (KJV)
  • Psalm 25:15 — "Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net." (KJV)
  • Psalm 22:1 — "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?" (KJV)
  • Proverbs 5:1-5 — "My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell." (KJV)
  • 1 Timothy 2:14 — "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (KJV)
  • Galatians 2:20 — "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (KJV)
  • Ephesians 4:11-12 — "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." (KJV)
  • Luke 24:49 — "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." (KJV)
  • Acts 1:8 — "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (KJV)
  • Philippians 1:18 — "What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice." (KJV)
  • Luke 7:36-50
  • Romans 7:17
  • 2 Chronicles 20:20

Golden Nuggets

"A pit is the spirit of death. When a pit has been dug for you, you enter into it, you die."

"You are caught in a net and you don't know. You are not dead, but your foot is trapped."

"Sleeping with somebody doesn't create a Soul tie. There is no Soul tie without a vow and a covenant before God."

"Sex is a transaction. It's an exchange. That is why if one person has some sicknesses, you sleep, you exchange the sicknesses."

"What breaks the power of sin is communion with God. Not you stopping — what breaks the power of sin is communion with God."

"You cannot read Scripture without the Holy Spirit. Logos will never be above Rhema."

"If you carry your cross, you're making sin alive. Because that means sin is not gone yet."

"A tree doesn't eat its own fruit. A tree produces fruit for others to eat."

"The word Christ means anointed. When we say Jesus Christ, Christ is not his last name. Christ means He is anointed."

"Jesus will never go back on the cross. If He has to get back on the cross, it means what He did was not enough."


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