Hosea...the Story of an Adulterous Nation
This blog is designed to help you the reader understand some very crucial aspects that even I have to admit I was shocked at to say the least. This is the result of a very powerful family deliverance session on 01.30.16. What I am about to discuss was not only shocking to me but to those who also witnessed the event to what took place had to be witnessed to be believed!
There has been a long standing belief within my me due to training and cases that innocence is protected by God the Father. So I have always felt that somewhere around age of twelve is when we become accountable to God for our actions within our life, thus the transition from childhood to adulthood starts to takes place. It's probably not totally disassociated from puberty, where there is a consciousness of one's own impulses, feelings, drives, desires, and therefore sinful attitudes and passions, and whatever else starts to emerge.
With that stated and what was witnessed as a result of exorcism now changes my mind. I have researched and determined that there is no "age of accountability" identified in scripture, as such. There is nothing in the Bible that says, "Here is the age and from here on you are responsible!" I think the reason for that is because children mature at different paces within their lives. That would be true from culture to culture, and from age to age in history.
Therefore, this blog is going to serve as a very powerful warning and ties into my past blogs about “Who has demons” which I pointed out every human being does until they go through Exorcism and Deliverance. There is a very powerful verse in the bible that I have discussed many times before in my blog series. As the reader you need to take this very stern warning from this day forward. Hosea 4:6 KJV states the following. God instructed the prophet Hosea to record these very powerful words about an adulterous nation, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
As a result of what happened and the warnings about playing around in the paranormal realm thus creating Witchcraft aspects and that how the times have changed and we are seeing end times warnings on all sides if you look properly. My team was present for yet another twist in the kingdom of evils’ plan to destroy the lives of God's people. I helped a member of Christ Jesus regain strength to hold victory and change the outcome of another lineage for the Kingdom of God.
In this case the innocent children were very much plagued with demonic spirits and needed to go through a powerful deliverance session each for themselves. Innocence you say is protected by God... Not held accountable before God.... This statement many say is true an it would be true if the child did not understand that sinning is wrong and coupled with family curses. But that is not the case!
Most children have an understanding at a young age. Well let me tell you all about what happened on 01.30.16. This not only broke my heart it opened my eyes even further to the master plan happening all around us as humans. I cannot get this blog and warning out fast enough!
As a result of sins from lineage in both the Father and Mother I ended up working on an eight-year-old child, who the demons already had attacked and taken hold of him. They made this young boy do unspeakable things, let me just say it involved Bestiality. The older sister who was an eleven-year-old child herself who faced massive rejection and lack of love from the mother. This young girl who was attacked and gave her ability to not see them on her family was clearly being shown the Demonic forces that were present.
Upon entering the home to help and assist this family the young woman was shooting daggers at not only myself but my team members as we entered. She was holding up a fork by her face with the prongs facing me as I sat in a chair across from her talking about God and what was happening. Understand she has been fighting to be the mom (as the mom checked out) in a family where she should still be a little girl.
Now what I am about to say will blow your mind as it did mine. I started to speak about the love of God to the newborn who is just 7 WEEKS OLD CHILD and is underweight. I then went to anoint, pray over and bind spirits off the 7-week-old baby who about broke her neck to look at me with eyes that wanted to kill me!
Just the sound of my voice sent this infant into fits! She followed just me around the room. I then asked my assistant to help and anoint the child with blessed oil. My assistant anointed her 2xs and she spit up and coughed. Her eyes were rolling back in her head and her breathing patterns changed 3xs.
I literally put the bible gently upon the infants’ head and she sat up right with her hand on my assistant’s shoulder, as if she were 6 months old staring at me in the eye. With the bible upon her head gently speaking words over her in the name of Christ Jesus. Her eyes rolled outward in opposite directions at one point and they became snake eyes – slits just like snakes have! Folks I have never seen anything like it. Incredible is what I can say. After the bible was removed off her head, the 7- week-old-child tensed up her face turned bright red, grunted and fell asleep.
The husband had to be helped and when the proper prayer work was completed Lucifer, Lilith then Beelzebub flew up screaming at me saying this to me, “WHO THE F#@^ DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? WE’VE BEEN GIVEN THIS ONE BEFORE YOU WERE CREATED MAN OF GOD! THIS ONE IS OURS!”
All went well God prevailed and all were set free including the eight and eleven-year-old children as well. I’m sharing this so you will realize it doesn’t matter how old your kids are they are not hands- off to the demonic! The witchcraft done by the ancestors, coupled with their own witchcraft sins and multiple cursed items (removed 3 garbage bags) within the home gave them legal right to the entire family!
People, your children did not ask for this torment and that is why it is so important to get your house together and on the same page. God will not let a house divided stand forever. Repent and anoint your children and plead the blood of Christ Jesus over them, and your family, and get your lives right with God. It’s the only way. The children are being handed over and it’s up to the parents to fight for them!
Rev. Bradley Luoma
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution, Part 3
Continued from:
Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution, Part 1
Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution, Part 2
In our continuation on the blog series Spiritual Warfare from the last time I discussed the critical aspect of Submission. I first started off the blog series with Reverence for the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, which I laid this out so that you will understand and learn that one must fear God. The second part was that to truly understand God you need to submit to his ways and thus not your or other human’s ways.
God is a loving God, yes but God is also a God of wrath! Time and time again the Holy Bible discusses the wrath and penalties from God. Just because you know and have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior does not mean you comply with the Kingdom plan.
To truly comply as a person you must submit to Jesus Christ and make him the Lord of your life. This is why the battle of Spiritual Warfare takes place. This is a pure test to see if the person will truly follow and serve the Kingdom of God as they are called to do, or are they just wanting to “go with the flow” and the “ways of the world”.
Today I will discuss the third aspect which is Dependency. Webster's online describes DEPENDENCY as follows:
1. Dependence
2. Something that is dependent on something else; especially: a territorial unit under the jurisdiction of a nation but not formally annexed by it
3. A building (as a stable) that is an adjunct to a main dwelling
When it comes to dependency as relating to God we need to focus on point two (2) from above, something that is dependent on something else. As humans we are to be dependent upon God for all our needs. Sadly, our ancestors Adam and Eve chose to cast this dependency aside when both were tricked to eat the "forbidden fruit".
As a result of our ancestors actions many people, as well as fellow Christians feel they do not need to be dependent upon God, because it is God who created them with an innate desire to be creatures who can do all as long as they give God some sort of credit.
Sadly, this is where we get in trouble and thus the Demons know this about us. As humans we desire to control and thus we have been given an illusion so to speak. Wikipedia describes human’s innate drive to not be controlled as follows: "The illusion of control is the tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events; for example, it occurs when someone feels a sense of control over outcomes that they demonstrably do not influence.”
The effect was named by psychologist Ellen Langer and has been replicated in many different contexts. It is thought to influence gambling behavior and belief in the paranormal. Along with illusory superiority and optimism bias, the illusion of control is one of the positive illusions.
This is where we as humans get into trouble because we will not give the control to the Lord Jesus Christ who is truly in control, yet we profess him as Lord but we do NOT make him the Lord fully over our lives.
Our God is awesome God and our God is huge as well. It is this very God who is the one who holds every molecule in this universe together. God is the one making your lungs work, and your heart beat. Thus you can’t lift your arm without His empowerment. Everything you have is a gift from God.
But while God is a generous provider, none of God's gifts become or are your property. God's gifts are all loans to the person which God could suddenly take back at any time. Your intelligence, your health, your joy, your strength—they are all loans from God. Given this knowledge, what can you truly do apart from God? Absolutely nothing. Which means you are dependent on God for all things, but many refuse to submit to God and become dependent in this manner and that is why they face issues from the Demonic forces.
In the Church, a person is taught to think this is some kind of amazing aspect or gift if you can detect the presence of demons. This person is spoken to that they have “the gift of discernment”, if you can sense some evil aura around you or around others. However, discernment is about wisdom. How much wisdom do you truly have if you won’t or refuse to grasp the super obvious truth that you are dependent on God for all things?
How misguided are you to think it is you who can do anything apart from God? How dense are you to miss how awesome God is and that it is you who will never be anything more than a powerless molecule who was created to love and to serve the One who made you? Sadly in the Church, it is stupidity which is exalted as wisdom, while true wisdom is adamantly rejected. In the Church, a person is taught to memorize a whole list of the glorious powers and attributes we must obtain through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As parishioners we are taught to think that we are incredible creatures who God depends upon to make Him feel complete. We are taught that our happiness is God’s top priority (prosperity gospel and feel good gospels) and that God lives and exists to only bless us. This is all just lies—a smelly pile of manure, which we use to fertilize our growing egos that God exists to please us humans. Therefore those people are already receiving the doctrine of Demons - which we have been warned of.
God does not need us, we need God. Read in the bible in which God stated his great displeasure with us humans, Genesis 6:7 states, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Right there this is a stern warning from God that we are to be in reverence, submission and dependency upon him but our egos get in the way.
Understanding that our absolute dependency on God is what slams us out of our Narcissistic Personna and drives us back down onto our faces in front of Him saying, “Apart from you God I can do nothing, and I am nothing. All that matters is you God being pleased with me and that I glorify you in my life. It is your approval as the only reward that I seek.”
So is this the attitude that is being cultivated in you when you sit around contemplating your wonderful life? You best prepare for a massive spiritual onslaught from demonic forces then as one would deserve this because of not wanting to be dependent upon God at all.
I will continue with the next aspect of TRUST in a blog next time.
Rev. Bradley Luoma, Exorcist
Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution, Part 1
Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution, Part 2
In our continuation on the blog series Spiritual Warfare from the last time I discussed the critical aspect of Submission. I first started off the blog series with Reverence for the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, which I laid this out so that you will understand and learn that one must fear God. The second part was that to truly understand God you need to submit to his ways and thus not your or other human’s ways.
God is a loving God, yes but God is also a God of wrath! Time and time again the Holy Bible discusses the wrath and penalties from God. Just because you know and have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior does not mean you comply with the Kingdom plan.
To truly comply as a person you must submit to Jesus Christ and make him the Lord of your life. This is why the battle of Spiritual Warfare takes place. This is a pure test to see if the person will truly follow and serve the Kingdom of God as they are called to do, or are they just wanting to “go with the flow” and the “ways of the world”.
Today I will discuss the third aspect which is Dependency. Webster's online describes DEPENDENCY as follows:
1. Dependence
2. Something that is dependent on something else; especially: a territorial unit under the jurisdiction of a nation but not formally annexed by it
3. A building (as a stable) that is an adjunct to a main dwelling
When it comes to dependency as relating to God we need to focus on point two (2) from above, something that is dependent on something else. As humans we are to be dependent upon God for all our needs. Sadly, our ancestors Adam and Eve chose to cast this dependency aside when both were tricked to eat the "forbidden fruit".
As a result of our ancestors actions many people, as well as fellow Christians feel they do not need to be dependent upon God, because it is God who created them with an innate desire to be creatures who can do all as long as they give God some sort of credit.
Sadly, this is where we get in trouble and thus the Demons know this about us. As humans we desire to control and thus we have been given an illusion so to speak. Wikipedia describes human’s innate drive to not be controlled as follows: "The illusion of control is the tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events; for example, it occurs when someone feels a sense of control over outcomes that they demonstrably do not influence.”
The effect was named by psychologist Ellen Langer and has been replicated in many different contexts. It is thought to influence gambling behavior and belief in the paranormal. Along with illusory superiority and optimism bias, the illusion of control is one of the positive illusions.
This is where we as humans get into trouble because we will not give the control to the Lord Jesus Christ who is truly in control, yet we profess him as Lord but we do NOT make him the Lord fully over our lives.
Our God is awesome God and our God is huge as well. It is this very God who is the one who holds every molecule in this universe together. God is the one making your lungs work, and your heart beat. Thus you can’t lift your arm without His empowerment. Everything you have is a gift from God.
But while God is a generous provider, none of God's gifts become or are your property. God's gifts are all loans to the person which God could suddenly take back at any time. Your intelligence, your health, your joy, your strength—they are all loans from God. Given this knowledge, what can you truly do apart from God? Absolutely nothing. Which means you are dependent on God for all things, but many refuse to submit to God and become dependent in this manner and that is why they face issues from the Demonic forces.
In the Church, a person is taught to think this is some kind of amazing aspect or gift if you can detect the presence of demons. This person is spoken to that they have “the gift of discernment”, if you can sense some evil aura around you or around others. However, discernment is about wisdom. How much wisdom do you truly have if you won’t or refuse to grasp the super obvious truth that you are dependent on God for all things?
How misguided are you to think it is you who can do anything apart from God? How dense are you to miss how awesome God is and that it is you who will never be anything more than a powerless molecule who was created to love and to serve the One who made you? Sadly in the Church, it is stupidity which is exalted as wisdom, while true wisdom is adamantly rejected. In the Church, a person is taught to memorize a whole list of the glorious powers and attributes we must obtain through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As parishioners we are taught to think that we are incredible creatures who God depends upon to make Him feel complete. We are taught that our happiness is God’s top priority (prosperity gospel and feel good gospels) and that God lives and exists to only bless us. This is all just lies—a smelly pile of manure, which we use to fertilize our growing egos that God exists to please us humans. Therefore those people are already receiving the doctrine of Demons - which we have been warned of.
God does not need us, we need God. Read in the bible in which God stated his great displeasure with us humans, Genesis 6:7 states, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Right there this is a stern warning from God that we are to be in reverence, submission and dependency upon him but our egos get in the way.
Understanding that our absolute dependency on God is what slams us out of our Narcissistic Personna and drives us back down onto our faces in front of Him saying, “Apart from you God I can do nothing, and I am nothing. All that matters is you God being pleased with me and that I glorify you in my life. It is your approval as the only reward that I seek.”
So is this the attitude that is being cultivated in you when you sit around contemplating your wonderful life? You best prepare for a massive spiritual onslaught from demonic forces then as one would deserve this because of not wanting to be dependent upon God at all.
I will continue with the next aspect of TRUST in a blog next time.
Rev. Bradley Luoma, Exorcist
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Jesus Christ & Belief in Purgatory
Many people in faith from different Christian based religions outside of Catholicism have a belief in doctrine similar to Catholic Purgatory. This would thus confuse people, and thus give these people the false beliefs of any spirit lingering around for unfinished business, otherwise known as a “Ghost”. These false doctrines are still in act today and thus they deceive all mankind. The words of Jesus Christ recorded in Matthew 24:4 clearly gives us answers to false doctrines, “And Jesus answered and sayeth unto to them, Take heed that no man deceive you”.
Therefore this belief that one must be held to redeem oneself in order to be accepted by God is wrong. So the search for the truth must be undertaken. This document is not bashing “Catholics” or others for I have met many who do not accept this false belief of Purgatory, but I have also met many who do, especially in this specialized ministry for the Kingdom of God. The intent of this discussion to sharpen your mind to show you the truth of what the Bible states. For the Bible is the absolute key to our lives today, tomorrow and forever.
Question: "What does the Bible say about Purgatory and is it in line with Jesus Christ?"
Answer: According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Purgatory is “a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.” To summarize, in Catholic theology Purgatory is a place that a Christian’s soul goes to after death to be cleansed of the sins that had not been fully satisfied during life.
Is this doctrine of Purgatory in agreement with the Holy Bible or Jesus Christ? Absolutely not!
Jesus died to pay the penalty for all of our sins (Romans 5:8). Isaiah 53:5 declares, “But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” Jesus suffered for our sins so that we could be delivered from suffering. To say that we must also suffer for our sins is to say that Jesus’ suffering was insufficient. To say that we must atone for our sins by cleansing in Purgatory is to deny the sufficiency of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus (1 John 2:2). The idea that we have to suffer for our sins after death is contrary to everything the Bible says about salvation.
The primary Scriptural passage Catholics point to for evidence of Purgatory is 1 Corinthians 3:15, which states, “If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.” The passage (1 Corinthians 3:12-15) is using an illustration of things going through fire as a description of believers’ works being judged.
If our works are of good quality “gold, silver, costly stones,” they will pass through the fire unharmed, and we will be rewarded for them. If our works are of poor quality “wood, hay, and straw,” they will be consumed by the fire, and there will be no reward. The passage does not say that believers pass through the fire, but rather that a believer’s works pass through the fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15 refers to the believer “escaping through the flames,” not “being cleansed by the flames.”
Purgatory, like many other Catholic dogmas, is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of Christ’s sacrifice. Catholics view the Mass / Eucharist as a re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice because they fail to understand that Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice was absolutely and perfectly sufficient (Hebrews 7:27).
Catholics view meritorious works as contributing to salvation due to a failure to recognize that Jesus’ sacrificial payment has no need of additional “contribution” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Similarly, Purgatory is understood by Catholics as a place of cleansing in preparation for heaven because they do not recognize that because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we are already cleansed, declared righteous, forgiven, redeemed, reconciled, and sanctified.
The very idea of Purgatory and other religion doctrines that are often attached to it (prayer for the dead, indulgences, meritorious works on behalf of the dead, etc.) all fail to recognize that Jesus’ death was sufficient to pay the penalty for ALL of our sins. Jesus, who was God incarnate (John 1:1-14), paid the ultimate price for all our sins.
Thus when Christ gave up his life upon the cross (with the two other thieves) who were also upon the cross recorded in John 19:30 discusses what were the last words of Jesus Christ, “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” By the words spoken from Lord Jesus Christ means two things – (1) My Heavenly Father’s will is done as the sacrificed Lamb and (2) His death is sufficient for all – past, present and future.
This leads into why then Christ descended into Hell, known as the “harrowing of Hell”. This harrowing was a directive by the Father to take those held for GOD deemed worthy to be taken back to Heaven to be made pure. For those who had died could not enter Heaven, until the Lamb of God was sacrificed to pay the sins of those who preceded in death prior to Jesus being born.
Jesus died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3). Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 2:2). To limit Jesus’ sacrifice to atoning for original sin, or sins committed before salvation, is an attack on the Person and Work of Jesus Christ. If we must in any sense pay for, atone for, or suffer because of our sins – that indicates Jesus’ death was not a perfect, complete, and sufficient sacrifice. Therefore this makes a mockery out of God. God is not to be mocked (Galatians 6:7), for God is righteous and true.
For believers, after death is to be "away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23). Notice that this does not say "away from the body, in Purgatory with the cleansing fire." No, because of the perfection, completion, and sufficiency of Jesus' sacrifice, we are immediately in the Lord's presence after death, fully cleansed, free from sin, glorified, perfected, and ultimately sanctified.
Hopefully this document has been able to help you and thus sharpen you to speak. For iron sharpens iron and we are commanded to go into the world to those who have been deceived. Many people in the paranormal world hold onto a falseness of assisting those in between worlds, because a priest told them to pray for those in bondage after death. Thus many paranormal teams, spiritual leaders as well as those victims of paranormal activity facilitate this false doctrine of belief and unfortunately this is very wrong.
Rev. Bradley Luoma, SOSM, Registered Exorcist & Certified Instructor for the A.A.E
Therefore this belief that one must be held to redeem oneself in order to be accepted by God is wrong. So the search for the truth must be undertaken. This document is not bashing “Catholics” or others for I have met many who do not accept this false belief of Purgatory, but I have also met many who do, especially in this specialized ministry for the Kingdom of God. The intent of this discussion to sharpen your mind to show you the truth of what the Bible states. For the Bible is the absolute key to our lives today, tomorrow and forever.
Question: "What does the Bible say about Purgatory and is it in line with Jesus Christ?"
Answer: According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Purgatory is “a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.” To summarize, in Catholic theology Purgatory is a place that a Christian’s soul goes to after death to be cleansed of the sins that had not been fully satisfied during life.
Is this doctrine of Purgatory in agreement with the Holy Bible or Jesus Christ? Absolutely not!
Jesus died to pay the penalty for all of our sins (Romans 5:8). Isaiah 53:5 declares, “But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” Jesus suffered for our sins so that we could be delivered from suffering. To say that we must also suffer for our sins is to say that Jesus’ suffering was insufficient. To say that we must atone for our sins by cleansing in Purgatory is to deny the sufficiency of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus (1 John 2:2). The idea that we have to suffer for our sins after death is contrary to everything the Bible says about salvation.
The primary Scriptural passage Catholics point to for evidence of Purgatory is 1 Corinthians 3:15, which states, “If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.” The passage (1 Corinthians 3:12-15) is using an illustration of things going through fire as a description of believers’ works being judged.
If our works are of good quality “gold, silver, costly stones,” they will pass through the fire unharmed, and we will be rewarded for them. If our works are of poor quality “wood, hay, and straw,” they will be consumed by the fire, and there will be no reward. The passage does not say that believers pass through the fire, but rather that a believer’s works pass through the fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15 refers to the believer “escaping through the flames,” not “being cleansed by the flames.”
Purgatory, like many other Catholic dogmas, is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of Christ’s sacrifice. Catholics view the Mass / Eucharist as a re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice because they fail to understand that Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice was absolutely and perfectly sufficient (Hebrews 7:27).
Catholics view meritorious works as contributing to salvation due to a failure to recognize that Jesus’ sacrificial payment has no need of additional “contribution” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Similarly, Purgatory is understood by Catholics as a place of cleansing in preparation for heaven because they do not recognize that because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we are already cleansed, declared righteous, forgiven, redeemed, reconciled, and sanctified.
The very idea of Purgatory and other religion doctrines that are often attached to it (prayer for the dead, indulgences, meritorious works on behalf of the dead, etc.) all fail to recognize that Jesus’ death was sufficient to pay the penalty for ALL of our sins. Jesus, who was God incarnate (John 1:1-14), paid the ultimate price for all our sins.
Thus when Christ gave up his life upon the cross (with the two other thieves) who were also upon the cross recorded in John 19:30 discusses what were the last words of Jesus Christ, “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” By the words spoken from Lord Jesus Christ means two things – (1) My Heavenly Father’s will is done as the sacrificed Lamb and (2) His death is sufficient for all – past, present and future.
This leads into why then Christ descended into Hell, known as the “harrowing of Hell”. This harrowing was a directive by the Father to take those held for GOD deemed worthy to be taken back to Heaven to be made pure. For those who had died could not enter Heaven, until the Lamb of God was sacrificed to pay the sins of those who preceded in death prior to Jesus being born.
Jesus died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3). Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 2:2). To limit Jesus’ sacrifice to atoning for original sin, or sins committed before salvation, is an attack on the Person and Work of Jesus Christ. If we must in any sense pay for, atone for, or suffer because of our sins – that indicates Jesus’ death was not a perfect, complete, and sufficient sacrifice. Therefore this makes a mockery out of God. God is not to be mocked (Galatians 6:7), for God is righteous and true.
For believers, after death is to be "away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23). Notice that this does not say "away from the body, in Purgatory with the cleansing fire." No, because of the perfection, completion, and sufficiency of Jesus' sacrifice, we are immediately in the Lord's presence after death, fully cleansed, free from sin, glorified, perfected, and ultimately sanctified.
Hopefully this document has been able to help you and thus sharpen you to speak. For iron sharpens iron and we are commanded to go into the world to those who have been deceived. Many people in the paranormal world hold onto a falseness of assisting those in between worlds, because a priest told them to pray for those in bondage after death. Thus many paranormal teams, spiritual leaders as well as those victims of paranormal activity facilitate this false doctrine of belief and unfortunately this is very wrong.
Rev. Bradley Luoma, SOSM, Registered Exorcist & Certified Instructor for the A.A.E
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Go Into the Light...A Falseness Exposed, Part 2
Continued from Go into the Light...A Falseness Exposed, Part 1
In this part 2 of the series “Go into the Light” we will embrace how a common practice in the paranormal community and new age ministry of commanding “lost souls/lingering souls” to “go to the light” to be free is dangerous. The marker for this is biblical knowledge of how God operates. Telling or commanding something like this is a FALSE belief as well as practice.
What some of you may not truly understand is that God is a just and righteous God. Thus he will NOT take back his words against those who revolted against what he stands for purity and righteousness. The words spoken against the Fallen Angels (Demons) will stand for infinity against them.
Many false prophets are asserting the same deception in the world. One can easily do internet searches to find these people to align with. Even though the intentions come across as sincere, this belief that “lost souls/lingering souls (which are demons) can be saved that one can help those that are in “limbo to cross over to the light” through some combination of extra-biblical insights and apologetics skills, flies in the face of God.
Through these efforts these individuals who practice this “act” seem to believe that they are able to persuade the demons (posing as once living humans) to go to the Glory of God. In other words you are telling a Demon to repent of their actions, thereby gaining the forgiveness from God that humans feel they should have under an “all loving God.”
We should take heed of the wise counsel of Scripture, for this is God breathed through man to speak to the world back then as well as today. Scripture counsels that, “And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you.” Mark 13:5 (KJV).
This is then followed up by the words written and recorded in Scripture found in Ephesians 5:6 (NIV) “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.”
It is dangerous to propose a false revelation that one can send a “spirit of a loved one into the light” as this contradicts both sacred scripture and 2000 plus years of Church teaching. I am not saying that all church teachings are accurate, for we know that many churches have false leaders in them.
What is being stated, is that you cannot dispel or discount what Christ stated or what the words of the prophets were recorded as true. The sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is sufficient along with the acceptance of what Christ did in one’s own heart for true redemption.
Information about this false doctrine and using God to “usher” in those “lost” spirits to the light of God can be obtained and sought out from different sources (false at that). In searching, one can find if they are willing to work hard enough which claim to be true. I will not name this source, but one can search this out for oneself.
Many of these people also ask Michael the Archangel to take those into the “light of God” to be set free. This too is false! The blessed Archangel Michael is a warrior for God, and does the will of God at the command of God for the Kingdom of God.
One cannot think you can simply command let alone ask the blessed Archangel Michael to take the “these lost souls” into the “light”, thus this practice places Michael the Archangel above God. So when you do this you openly mock God, thus making you a target now for the Fallen Angels.
The problem is the flawed logic and reasoning used to arrive at the conclusion that St. Michael can usher a demon “into the light” and that demons can be saved. This false evidence is partially based on readings from the apocryphal Book of Enoch (not in the official canon of Scripture) and a psycho-mystical book’s. One book that discusses this falseness is Spirit Releasement Therapy which, among other nonsense, teaches “past life regression therapy,” “soul recovery,” and “birth regression”.
It is a very scary situation to see someone engage in a personal relationship as these books teach to do so with a demon to have a discussion over moving the lost souls onward “to the light.” Christ commands we confront demons in his name to cast back to the pit of Hell, not “meet with them”, let alone tell them to go towards the “bright white loving light” which awaits them. The entities being engaged are fallen from heaven, thus cursed by God to never return due to their actions.
This aspect is not to be a counseling session with a lost soul (demon), or a talk over coffee so to speak as to why they are present. This is war! The task of Exorcists & Deliverance ministers is to cast out the snake from our client, or the house of our client. If this snake (demon) starts crying and pleading for mercy, we are to not take pity, or that they need help to “get to the light”, we are to cut off its head – show no mercy.
The general public who have bought into this false doctrine of moving souls into the “white bright light” have been seduced just like the woman Eve in the garden. Demons are the ones posing as these once human souls, thus cannot be saved and returned to heaven to be in glory once again.
The next logical flaw is that after we have asked St. Michael to “take them into the light” we presume that the reason we do not see them (demon) again is that they (demon) are now in heaven. Incredible and yet very dangerous to assume this. The demon has a vested interest in making one think that. This is a way the demons operate to keep a person in delusion.
Now, there is another possibility to this realm of moving towards the “white light.” Perhaps St. Michael, under authority of Jesus Christ did take the lost soul (demon) into the light — the light from the fires of hell where the demon is to be at and that is why those doing this never see them again.
So what then really happened? It’s impossible to know exactly for sure, but one thing is certain – demons posing as lost souls needing help cannot be saved. Perchance God in the divine mercy and love for the person being afflicted by this spirit caused the demon to leave once and for all. God is merciful and, in spite of our imperfections and mistakes, God intercedes because he loves us and he knows us better than we know ourselves.
The view of these individuals who are perpetrating this falseness of moving a soul or spirit onward is unbiblical and completely off base in origin. What this does is supersede God, and that is why this is very dangerous. Basically you are telling God, I’m more powerful that you, see what I can do in your name.
We will advance this further in the last part of this series.
God’s Blessings.
In this part 2 of the series “Go into the Light” we will embrace how a common practice in the paranormal community and new age ministry of commanding “lost souls/lingering souls” to “go to the light” to be free is dangerous. The marker for this is biblical knowledge of how God operates. Telling or commanding something like this is a FALSE belief as well as practice.
What some of you may not truly understand is that God is a just and righteous God. Thus he will NOT take back his words against those who revolted against what he stands for purity and righteousness. The words spoken against the Fallen Angels (Demons) will stand for infinity against them.
Many false prophets are asserting the same deception in the world. One can easily do internet searches to find these people to align with. Even though the intentions come across as sincere, this belief that “lost souls/lingering souls (which are demons) can be saved that one can help those that are in “limbo to cross over to the light” through some combination of extra-biblical insights and apologetics skills, flies in the face of God.
Through these efforts these individuals who practice this “act” seem to believe that they are able to persuade the demons (posing as once living humans) to go to the Glory of God. In other words you are telling a Demon to repent of their actions, thereby gaining the forgiveness from God that humans feel they should have under an “all loving God.”
We should take heed of the wise counsel of Scripture, for this is God breathed through man to speak to the world back then as well as today. Scripture counsels that, “And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you.” Mark 13:5 (KJV).
This is then followed up by the words written and recorded in Scripture found in Ephesians 5:6 (NIV) “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.”
It is dangerous to propose a false revelation that one can send a “spirit of a loved one into the light” as this contradicts both sacred scripture and 2000 plus years of Church teaching. I am not saying that all church teachings are accurate, for we know that many churches have false leaders in them.
What is being stated, is that you cannot dispel or discount what Christ stated or what the words of the prophets were recorded as true. The sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is sufficient along with the acceptance of what Christ did in one’s own heart for true redemption.
Information about this false doctrine and using God to “usher” in those “lost” spirits to the light of God can be obtained and sought out from different sources (false at that). In searching, one can find if they are willing to work hard enough which claim to be true. I will not name this source, but one can search this out for oneself.
Many of these people also ask Michael the Archangel to take those into the “light of God” to be set free. This too is false! The blessed Archangel Michael is a warrior for God, and does the will of God at the command of God for the Kingdom of God.
One cannot think you can simply command let alone ask the blessed Archangel Michael to take the “these lost souls” into the “light”, thus this practice places Michael the Archangel above God. So when you do this you openly mock God, thus making you a target now for the Fallen Angels.
The problem is the flawed logic and reasoning used to arrive at the conclusion that St. Michael can usher a demon “into the light” and that demons can be saved. This false evidence is partially based on readings from the apocryphal Book of Enoch (not in the official canon of Scripture) and a psycho-mystical book’s. One book that discusses this falseness is Spirit Releasement Therapy which, among other nonsense, teaches “past life regression therapy,” “soul recovery,” and “birth regression”.
It is a very scary situation to see someone engage in a personal relationship as these books teach to do so with a demon to have a discussion over moving the lost souls onward “to the light.” Christ commands we confront demons in his name to cast back to the pit of Hell, not “meet with them”, let alone tell them to go towards the “bright white loving light” which awaits them. The entities being engaged are fallen from heaven, thus cursed by God to never return due to their actions.
This aspect is not to be a counseling session with a lost soul (demon), or a talk over coffee so to speak as to why they are present. This is war! The task of Exorcists & Deliverance ministers is to cast out the snake from our client, or the house of our client. If this snake (demon) starts crying and pleading for mercy, we are to not take pity, or that they need help to “get to the light”, we are to cut off its head – show no mercy.
The general public who have bought into this false doctrine of moving souls into the “white bright light” have been seduced just like the woman Eve in the garden. Demons are the ones posing as these once human souls, thus cannot be saved and returned to heaven to be in glory once again.
The next logical flaw is that after we have asked St. Michael to “take them into the light” we presume that the reason we do not see them (demon) again is that they (demon) are now in heaven. Incredible and yet very dangerous to assume this. The demon has a vested interest in making one think that. This is a way the demons operate to keep a person in delusion.
Now, there is another possibility to this realm of moving towards the “white light.” Perhaps St. Michael, under authority of Jesus Christ did take the lost soul (demon) into the light — the light from the fires of hell where the demon is to be at and that is why those doing this never see them again.
So what then really happened? It’s impossible to know exactly for sure, but one thing is certain – demons posing as lost souls needing help cannot be saved. Perchance God in the divine mercy and love for the person being afflicted by this spirit caused the demon to leave once and for all. God is merciful and, in spite of our imperfections and mistakes, God intercedes because he loves us and he knows us better than we know ourselves.
The view of these individuals who are perpetrating this falseness of moving a soul or spirit onward is unbiblical and completely off base in origin. What this does is supersede God, and that is why this is very dangerous. Basically you are telling God, I’m more powerful that you, see what I can do in your name.
We will advance this further in the last part of this series.
God’s Blessings.
By Reverend Bradley Luoma, A.A.E. EXORCIST INSTRUCTOR & SOSM EXORCIST
Friday, August 15, 2014
Satan Would Not Do Good -- Would He?
By Reverend Mark Hunnemann
An argument that is persuading some folks is this--"Satan would not do something good, since he is pure evil". And they then give some extraordinary example of "apparitional humans" doing something that helps someone/s. The term "apparitional humans" is usually used to distinguish between deceased humans and demonic mimicry, but since I don't believe in true human apparitions, I use them as synonyms.
Examples abound of "apparitional humans" comforting or in some way helping to extend the Kingdom of God. What do we make of this?
I can see why this would cause problems for Christians, but we must not put Satan in a box as to what this perfectly evil creature is capable of. His intelligence is way above mine or yours, and intelligent deception will often include losses for the greater cause. What he considers an acceptable loss may not seem so to our inferior intellects. Yes, I have a healthy appreciation for the devil's capabilities. Below are a few examples or reasons for Satanic 'good works' .
Examples also abound of people who were wicked who appear to family to comfort them...does that mean folks on the way to hell may visit loved ones...I think not.
Some examples are more psychological in nature, w/o apparition--what if it is the Holy Spirit comforting a believer in extraordinary way? (e.g. C.S. Lewis) Comforting suffering Christians is a major role of the Holy Spirit.
What if demon did make tactical error...they HAVE to sometimes since they are not God. In other words, demons have had the "tables turned" (Romans 8:28)
Satan is in fight he knows he will lose. Hence, he is desperate, and desperate "persons" will do desperate things.
Satan's intelligence vastly exceeds ours. Like George Washington, he knows the importance of deception in warfare. Only, the devil IS deception. If he perceives that a 'defeat' will serve greater strategy of his, then he will allow defeat.It is well known that Mexican cartels send some shipments of drugs as a decoy to be caught in order for larger shipments to have greater chance of making it through customs/border patrol. How many "human apparitions" who actually help people, actually allow for larger "shipment" of occult to filter in?
A 'healing' by energy healer may bring wonderful results to impress all involved, but the 'good work' will backfire at some point. This is simply an example of bad good works(see below) that is similar to apparitional humans doing 'good'.
As John Gerstner pointed out there are bad good works, and good good works. The latter are done for God's glory, but the former can be the outwardly looking most wonderful actions, but have nefarious motives.
To say an action could NOT come from Satan because it accomplished some good, shows a naive view of warfare in general, and of Satan's massive intelligence in particular.
From my own experience, seemingly apparitional humans who appeared tender and helpful at first, eventually showed that they were really seeking to steal, kill, and destroy.
I end with this, why do you think Paul spoke of Satan's/demons ability to appear as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), if they did not appear to be doing the Lord's work?
That is what the next verse speaks of....
If you allow for any form of apparitional humans, then what is your OBJECTIVE criterion for distinguishing that and demonic mimicry? 1 John 4:1ff calls us to distinguish between Holy Spirit led teachers and demonic led teachers....you cannot read apparitional humans as third option without reading it into the text. We must remain faithful to SOLA SCRIPTURA.
Mark Hunnemann is the author of Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits. It's also available in eBook format.
An argument that is persuading some folks is this--"Satan would not do something good, since he is pure evil". And they then give some extraordinary example of "apparitional humans" doing something that helps someone/s. The term "apparitional humans" is usually used to distinguish between deceased humans and demonic mimicry, but since I don't believe in true human apparitions, I use them as synonyms.
Examples abound of "apparitional humans" comforting or in some way helping to extend the Kingdom of God. What do we make of this?
I can see why this would cause problems for Christians, but we must not put Satan in a box as to what this perfectly evil creature is capable of. His intelligence is way above mine or yours, and intelligent deception will often include losses for the greater cause. What he considers an acceptable loss may not seem so to our inferior intellects. Yes, I have a healthy appreciation for the devil's capabilities. Below are a few examples or reasons for Satanic 'good works' .
Examples also abound of people who were wicked who appear to family to comfort them...does that mean folks on the way to hell may visit loved ones...I think not.
Some examples are more psychological in nature, w/o apparition--what if it is the Holy Spirit comforting a believer in extraordinary way? (e.g. C.S. Lewis) Comforting suffering Christians is a major role of the Holy Spirit.
What if demon did make tactical error...they HAVE to sometimes since they are not God. In other words, demons have had the "tables turned" (Romans 8:28)
Satan is in fight he knows he will lose. Hence, he is desperate, and desperate "persons" will do desperate things.
Satan's intelligence vastly exceeds ours. Like George Washington, he knows the importance of deception in warfare. Only, the devil IS deception. If he perceives that a 'defeat' will serve greater strategy of his, then he will allow defeat.It is well known that Mexican cartels send some shipments of drugs as a decoy to be caught in order for larger shipments to have greater chance of making it through customs/border patrol. How many "human apparitions" who actually help people, actually allow for larger "shipment" of occult to filter in?
A 'healing' by energy healer may bring wonderful results to impress all involved, but the 'good work' will backfire at some point. This is simply an example of bad good works(see below) that is similar to apparitional humans doing 'good'.
As John Gerstner pointed out there are bad good works, and good good works. The latter are done for God's glory, but the former can be the outwardly looking most wonderful actions, but have nefarious motives.
To say an action could NOT come from Satan because it accomplished some good, shows a naive view of warfare in general, and of Satan's massive intelligence in particular.
From my own experience, seemingly apparitional humans who appeared tender and helpful at first, eventually showed that they were really seeking to steal, kill, and destroy.
I end with this, why do you think Paul spoke of Satan's/demons ability to appear as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), if they did not appear to be doing the Lord's work?
That is what the next verse speaks of....
If you allow for any form of apparitional humans, then what is your OBJECTIVE criterion for distinguishing that and demonic mimicry? 1 John 4:1ff calls us to distinguish between Holy Spirit led teachers and demonic led teachers....you cannot read apparitional humans as third option without reading it into the text. We must remain faithful to SOLA SCRIPTURA.
Mark Hunnemann is the author of Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits. It's also available in eBook format.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Salvation is a Gift
Pastor Stephen Piersall
God's Preservation Ministry Soul Care
http://www.gpmsc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/GodsPreservationMinistry
http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/soul-care
There is so much talk in the news, social media, etc. about the end of times. I can understand this with all the shootings, natural disasters, threat of WW III, but we must stop and think what utmost importance in our lives is. The Great Commission in the Bible tells us what we are to be doing right now. In fact, the Disciples asked Jesus when we know of his 2nd coming, which he went into detail about what we are seeing in today’s world. However, the part that is not getting the attention is “Saving Souls.” We need not to put too many concerns of the end of times, as in the Bible, it states about Jesus second coming “it will be like a thief in the night.”
G - God so loved the world that he gave his
O - Only begotten
S - Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
P - Perish, but have
E - Everlasting
L - Life.
To what degree are we doing our part to bring people to Jesus? Are YOU going to church with all your support? Are YOU praying and reading your Bible? Did anyone make a New Year’s resolution to bring people to God, or commit to supporting your local church?
Yes, the end of times is near, but near could be today, tomorrow, or a 1,000 years henceforth. Let’s focus on today, and set a goal for yourself of how many people you can bring to accept the Salvation from our LORD. I would love to hear from you on December 31st.
Plan of Salvation:
Step 1 - Confess that you are a sinner. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God… for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 3:23; 6:23. Death means eternal separation from God forever in a lake of fire. Rev. 20:14, 15 but here´s the good news: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
Step 2 - Realize that you cannot save yourself and that Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8, 9 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
Step 3 - Ask God to forgive and save you. If you sincerely mean it, He will. 1 John 1:8. Then simply receive Christ as your Lord and Savior. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:8, 10, 13 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." John 1:12
Here is a sample prayer. You do not have to pray these exact words, as what you say is the truth and from your heart:
"Dear God, I know I am a sinner and that the wages of sin is death. I realize I cannot save myself, but I believe in your Son, Jesus Christ, who took my place on the cross and died for me. Please forgive me of my sins and save me. I accept Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord and Savior and give my existence to Him. Thank you, Dear God, for saving me."
If you were sincere with God, your sins are forgiven, and you have a brand-new life in Christ! "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become brand new." 2 Corinthians 5:17
You will want to know what to do next and will have questions. We are here to help you in any way we can. We can also find some churches in your local area. In addition, there is another tab to this page that will give you some information about what you should do next.
God Bless You and Welcome to the Kingdom of God †
God's Preservation Ministry Soul Care
http://www.gpmsc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/GodsPreservationMinistry
http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/soul-care
There is so much talk in the news, social media, etc. about the end of times. I can understand this with all the shootings, natural disasters, threat of WW III, but we must stop and think what utmost importance in our lives is. The Great Commission in the Bible tells us what we are to be doing right now. In fact, the Disciples asked Jesus when we know of his 2nd coming, which he went into detail about what we are seeing in today’s world. However, the part that is not getting the attention is “Saving Souls.” We need not to put too many concerns of the end of times, as in the Bible, it states about Jesus second coming “it will be like a thief in the night.”
G - God so loved the world that he gave his
O - Only begotten
S - Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
P - Perish, but have
E - Everlasting
L - Life.
To what degree are we doing our part to bring people to Jesus? Are YOU going to church with all your support? Are YOU praying and reading your Bible? Did anyone make a New Year’s resolution to bring people to God, or commit to supporting your local church?
Yes, the end of times is near, but near could be today, tomorrow, or a 1,000 years henceforth. Let’s focus on today, and set a goal for yourself of how many people you can bring to accept the Salvation from our LORD. I would love to hear from you on December 31st.
Plan of Salvation:
Step 1 - Confess that you are a sinner. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God… for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 3:23; 6:23. Death means eternal separation from God forever in a lake of fire. Rev. 20:14, 15 but here´s the good news: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
Step 2 - Realize that you cannot save yourself and that Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8, 9 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
Step 3 - Ask God to forgive and save you. If you sincerely mean it, He will. 1 John 1:8. Then simply receive Christ as your Lord and Savior. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:8, 10, 13 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." John 1:12
Here is a sample prayer. You do not have to pray these exact words, as what you say is the truth and from your heart:
"Dear God, I know I am a sinner and that the wages of sin is death. I realize I cannot save myself, but I believe in your Son, Jesus Christ, who took my place on the cross and died for me. Please forgive me of my sins and save me. I accept Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord and Savior and give my existence to Him. Thank you, Dear God, for saving me."
If you were sincere with God, your sins are forgiven, and you have a brand-new life in Christ! "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become brand new." 2 Corinthians 5:17
You will want to know what to do next and will have questions. We are here to help you in any way we can. We can also find some churches in your local area. In addition, there is another tab to this page that will give you some information about what you should do next.
God Bless You and Welcome to the Kingdom of God †
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Satan is God/Ruler of This World?
By Reverend Mark Hunnemann
What does it mean to say that Satan is the "god/ruler/prince (archon) of this world"?
"I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. (John 14:30, see 12:31; 16:11; 1 John 5:19)
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." (1John :19) Ummm...that is a pretty strong statement...has it puzzled you, as it has me?
Does it mean that God has delegated the whole earth to Satan--handed the deed over to him, as it were? And if this is the case, then does that mean that every aspect of human culture is intrinsically bad/satanic? Or worse, does it mean that Satan "stole" it from God? Or maybe, God still owns the earth, but has given control over the whole earth to Satan? It sure sounds like some kind of satanic kingdom on earth is being asserted. While in most places, Satan is referred to as the ruler (archon), but in 2 Cor.4:4 (ho theos tou aionos toutou) he is actually referred to as "the god of this world"..."In their case the god of this world as blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.". Yes, the same term used for GOD (theos) is used of Satan in this context...hmmm??!
I raise this question because, on the surface anyway, the phrase "ruler/god of this world" seems to imply some rather nasty or fearful scenarios.Have you ever wondered about this, because it seems to be giving Satan a whole lot of territorial control? (at least until the Last Judgment) And I have noticed that many Christians live in fear due to their interpretation of this phrase--or they have a very negative view of culture in general. It is one of those ideas that tends to color how we view everything else in the bible, so it is important that have a clear/accurate understanding of "the world" and that Satan is "the ruler of this world.".In John 15:18-19 the word kosmos (gk.world) is used six times!
The bible uses the term world in different ways. Sometimes the world refers to the whole creation of God; or the inhabited earth without any reference to sin..the earth in general. However, the human world has fallen into sin, which the bible reminds us of frequently. So, it often uses the term world--either the spatial term kosmos or the temporal term aion--(this is crucial) to designate everything opposed to God. Did you get that, because it vastly restricts and clarifies this notion.
Culture is a mixture of good and bad, so it is not referring to culture, per se. The word "world", is being used in an ethical sense--the world is entirely bad. The world is the kingdom of the Evil One; everything that is opposed to God. We should not be conformed to it.. (Rom 12:1-2) Culture is a broader term than world, and the world is the bad part of culture. It is not our purpose today to discuss the biblical view of culture, but to further refine our understanding of what "god/ruler of this world" means (or does not mean), we need to realize that what we call culture, is not synonymous with world. Simply put, we were/are commanded by the Lord to build culture, in the what reformed theologians call the "cultural mandate." (Gen. 1:28) There are good and bad aspects of our culture, and the bad aspects comprise part of the world.
There is an antithesis, or opposition, between Christ and the world (and Christians are in opposition with the world too). The world hates Jesus because He exposes its evil (Jn. 7:7) The world cannot receive the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:17) The world rejoiced when Jesus was killed (16:20) The disciples were not of the world, just as Jesus was not of the world (Jn 17:14), The most arresting antithesis is found in 1 John 2:15-17..."Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of his eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
So, we may say that the world is all aspects of God's creation that are in opposition to God--be it individuals or aspects of culture. It is over this "realm" that Satan is ruler or god. Unbelievers are blinded by Satan and our sinfulness has corrupted much of the culture we live in. There are two kingdoms in opposition--the Kingdom of God/heaven versus the kingdom of darkness. The world versus the Kingdom of God.
I suppose we could say that the world (in this sense) began in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve acted in opposition to God--they did the will of Satan and not God's will. In Genesis 4 we see the "world' in action--close up and ugly.Cain murders his own brother. In Heb 11:4 we see that Abel was justified by faith alone (faith in the future, coming Messiah) but Cain and his sacrifice were displeasing to God. In that tragic story we see the outworking of God's earlier assertion that there would be antithesis/opposition between the seed of the serpent (those whose master is Satan) and the seed of the woman--true believers (Jesus is their Lord). Adam and Eve knew the gospel, shared it with their kids--obviously, at least one of their children was an unbeliever, Cain.
Ever since the Fall, there have been two streams of humanity: those who are of the world, and those who are not of the world...unbelievers and believers. It is important to realize that those who do not serve Christ, are serving Satan whether they are aware of that or not. The world is the satanically energized, Christ hating, and law-despising individuals and aspects of culture. It is is almost by definition isn't it? Whatever is under Satan's influence, he is "ruler" over. The Devil is the ruler of the world only in the sense that he is ruler over any aspects aligned with him and in rebellion against God. And my response is, duh, of course he is! That should be comforting.... I would think.
But we need to say more...more of what that phrase does NOT mean. Satan is not in sovereign control of even a square inch of the universe--the Lord, God Almighty is (Eph 1:11) in absolute control over every molecule in His vast creation...including any/all aspects of the world! He can take the wicked actions of wicked men (or demons) and bend them so that they will work together for our good (Rom.8:28). God is the infinite/personal Creator of all things...including Lucifer, who rebelled in his free-will. The earth (Heb. eres)and everything in it belongs to the Lord because He created it(Gen.1:1-2:3; Ps.24:1; 50:12 ect) The earth is the palace of the Great King--which is also a theater displaying His glory! Satan's very continued existence is by the word of God's power (Col. 1:16-17)
So, we should flee the world, right? Nope, against what we might think at first, Jesus prays that we would be protected from the Evil One, but "...I do not ask that You take them out of the world." (John 17:15) We are not of the world, but the Father sends us into the world, just as He sent His Son into the world.(17:11-18) We are to shine as lights in the dark world (Matt. 5:14-16) So, we are to be in the world, but not of the world--which is difficult to keep that balance. As the world hated Jesus, so we shall be hated by the world. Maybe we need to remember that,and not go into an extended funk because our faith was not appreciated. I have resolved recently to persevere through trials better than I had been....and by God's grace, it has been liberating.....
Let me conclude by reminding us that Christ has won the victory over Satan and the world. In John 16:11 it says that Satan has been judged--perfect tense (kekritai) "Has been judged and continues in the state of resulting from that judgment." "Now is the judgment of this world (kosmou); now will the ruler of this world be cast out." (John 14:31) "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (Jn. 16:33). Triple amen!!!
One proviso--there is a now/not yet tension in the bible regarding Christ''s victory. NOW Satan has been overcome, but the full realization of that in our experience is NOT YET--that is reserved for heaven. A roaring lion obviously has considerable power...which all of us have experienced to some degree. An under/over emphasis on either the NOW or the NOT YET aspects of Christ's victory over Satan and the world will lead to spiritual mischief.Perhaps I will address this more next time...
However, there is a reason Jesus told us to daily pray for deliverance from temptation and protection from evil (or the Evil One). Basically, it is a prayer for protection from all elements of the world. Please, if you do not do so already, start praying this daily today--especially before going to sleep....for yourself and your loved ones. Amen!
ps...Satan and the devil are the same being (John 13:2, 27)...no extra charge..hehe (some demonologists classify certain demons as "devils"...nope)
What does it mean to say that Satan is the "god/ruler/prince (archon) of this world"?
"I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. (John 14:30, see 12:31; 16:11; 1 John 5:19)
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." (1John :19) Ummm...that is a pretty strong statement...has it puzzled you, as it has me?
Does it mean that God has delegated the whole earth to Satan--handed the deed over to him, as it were? And if this is the case, then does that mean that every aspect of human culture is intrinsically bad/satanic? Or worse, does it mean that Satan "stole" it from God? Or maybe, God still owns the earth, but has given control over the whole earth to Satan? It sure sounds like some kind of satanic kingdom on earth is being asserted. While in most places, Satan is referred to as the ruler (archon), but in 2 Cor.4:4 (ho theos tou aionos toutou) he is actually referred to as "the god of this world"..."In their case the god of this world as blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.". Yes, the same term used for GOD (theos) is used of Satan in this context...hmmm??!
I raise this question because, on the surface anyway, the phrase "ruler/god of this world" seems to imply some rather nasty or fearful scenarios.Have you ever wondered about this, because it seems to be giving Satan a whole lot of territorial control? (at least until the Last Judgment) And I have noticed that many Christians live in fear due to their interpretation of this phrase--or they have a very negative view of culture in general. It is one of those ideas that tends to color how we view everything else in the bible, so it is important that have a clear/accurate understanding of "the world" and that Satan is "the ruler of this world.".In John 15:18-19 the word kosmos (gk.world) is used six times!
The bible uses the term world in different ways. Sometimes the world refers to the whole creation of God; or the inhabited earth without any reference to sin..the earth in general. However, the human world has fallen into sin, which the bible reminds us of frequently. So, it often uses the term world--either the spatial term kosmos or the temporal term aion--(this is crucial) to designate everything opposed to God. Did you get that, because it vastly restricts and clarifies this notion.
Culture is a mixture of good and bad, so it is not referring to culture, per se. The word "world", is being used in an ethical sense--the world is entirely bad. The world is the kingdom of the Evil One; everything that is opposed to God. We should not be conformed to it.. (Rom 12:1-2) Culture is a broader term than world, and the world is the bad part of culture. It is not our purpose today to discuss the biblical view of culture, but to further refine our understanding of what "god/ruler of this world" means (or does not mean), we need to realize that what we call culture, is not synonymous with world. Simply put, we were/are commanded by the Lord to build culture, in the what reformed theologians call the "cultural mandate." (Gen. 1:28) There are good and bad aspects of our culture, and the bad aspects comprise part of the world.
There is an antithesis, or opposition, between Christ and the world (and Christians are in opposition with the world too). The world hates Jesus because He exposes its evil (Jn. 7:7) The world cannot receive the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:17) The world rejoiced when Jesus was killed (16:20) The disciples were not of the world, just as Jesus was not of the world (Jn 17:14), The most arresting antithesis is found in 1 John 2:15-17..."Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of his eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
So, we may say that the world is all aspects of God's creation that are in opposition to God--be it individuals or aspects of culture. It is over this "realm" that Satan is ruler or god. Unbelievers are blinded by Satan and our sinfulness has corrupted much of the culture we live in. There are two kingdoms in opposition--the Kingdom of God/heaven versus the kingdom of darkness. The world versus the Kingdom of God.
I suppose we could say that the world (in this sense) began in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve acted in opposition to God--they did the will of Satan and not God's will. In Genesis 4 we see the "world' in action--close up and ugly.Cain murders his own brother. In Heb 11:4 we see that Abel was justified by faith alone (faith in the future, coming Messiah) but Cain and his sacrifice were displeasing to God. In that tragic story we see the outworking of God's earlier assertion that there would be antithesis/opposition between the seed of the serpent (those whose master is Satan) and the seed of the woman--true believers (Jesus is their Lord). Adam and Eve knew the gospel, shared it with their kids--obviously, at least one of their children was an unbeliever, Cain.
Ever since the Fall, there have been two streams of humanity: those who are of the world, and those who are not of the world...unbelievers and believers. It is important to realize that those who do not serve Christ, are serving Satan whether they are aware of that or not. The world is the satanically energized, Christ hating, and law-despising individuals and aspects of culture. It is is almost by definition isn't it? Whatever is under Satan's influence, he is "ruler" over. The Devil is the ruler of the world only in the sense that he is ruler over any aspects aligned with him and in rebellion against God. And my response is, duh, of course he is! That should be comforting.... I would think.
But we need to say more...more of what that phrase does NOT mean. Satan is not in sovereign control of even a square inch of the universe--the Lord, God Almighty is (Eph 1:11) in absolute control over every molecule in His vast creation...including any/all aspects of the world! He can take the wicked actions of wicked men (or demons) and bend them so that they will work together for our good (Rom.8:28). God is the infinite/personal Creator of all things...including Lucifer, who rebelled in his free-will. The earth (Heb. eres)and everything in it belongs to the Lord because He created it(Gen.1:1-2:3; Ps.24:1; 50:12 ect) The earth is the palace of the Great King--which is also a theater displaying His glory! Satan's very continued existence is by the word of God's power (Col. 1:16-17)
So, we should flee the world, right? Nope, against what we might think at first, Jesus prays that we would be protected from the Evil One, but "...I do not ask that You take them out of the world." (John 17:15) We are not of the world, but the Father sends us into the world, just as He sent His Son into the world.(17:11-18) We are to shine as lights in the dark world (Matt. 5:14-16) So, we are to be in the world, but not of the world--which is difficult to keep that balance. As the world hated Jesus, so we shall be hated by the world. Maybe we need to remember that,and not go into an extended funk because our faith was not appreciated. I have resolved recently to persevere through trials better than I had been....and by God's grace, it has been liberating.....
Let me conclude by reminding us that Christ has won the victory over Satan and the world. In John 16:11 it says that Satan has been judged--perfect tense (kekritai) "Has been judged and continues in the state of resulting from that judgment." "Now is the judgment of this world (kosmou); now will the ruler of this world be cast out." (John 14:31) "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (Jn. 16:33). Triple amen!!!
One proviso--there is a now/not yet tension in the bible regarding Christ''s victory. NOW Satan has been overcome, but the full realization of that in our experience is NOT YET--that is reserved for heaven. A roaring lion obviously has considerable power...which all of us have experienced to some degree. An under/over emphasis on either the NOW or the NOT YET aspects of Christ's victory over Satan and the world will lead to spiritual mischief.Perhaps I will address this more next time...
However, there is a reason Jesus told us to daily pray for deliverance from temptation and protection from evil (or the Evil One). Basically, it is a prayer for protection from all elements of the world. Please, if you do not do so already, start praying this daily today--especially before going to sleep....for yourself and your loved ones. Amen!
ps...Satan and the devil are the same being (John 13:2, 27)...no extra charge..hehe (some demonologists classify certain demons as "devils"...nope)
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Whom Do We Call?
By Paul Joao
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always.
1 Samuel 2:35
In a recent episode on the Paranormal State, where Ryan Buell and his team came into a client home and understood that there was a demonic activity their where he calls on Jesus for help to remove the demon from the home. Which creates a problematic problem for those who do not understand the rules of authority of Jesus and calling on His name would not understand the imcaptions of this view. At the same time the verse above, one Samuel 2:35 implies that people who are a faithful priest and an anointed person will stand firm with God and His people. On the same level, in the field of the paranormal people who need help in the house cleaning or remove demonic sometimes who are not train nor have the understanding of the matter will sometimes resort to themselves to do the task. Even at times paranormal celebrities will use a term, provoke or claim over implies a person that has authority of a high power just as if those who believe in Jesus Christ who has the authority over demons at the same time how a person do. That is not a Christian or does not believe in Christianity believe that they the authority of demons. Which raises questions how do a person tell the public the rules and the Biblical application of the use of provocation? Which in this paper will demonstrate some of the Biblical verses that apply to this topic?
In order to begin, Mark 1:23-26 is famous passage that demonstrates this view, how Jesus was able to remove a demon from a person or told a demon to leave the place. Much like in the paranormal field when investigators will bring a priest to remove the demon and if the priest is not well trained or does not believe in demons what does a person do? Over the years, people had to rely on demonologists for help when the answer is located in the Bible. That is faith to believe in and it comes when a person has receives Jesus as their savior but it does not end there. This not magic wand grants people some special authority. It comes from learning the Bible being devote in Bible studies, one area that would be great is doing a Bible study during an investigation, just to see what happens. In any case, a person should have faith to believe in, which is the next topic.
Faith what is it, Mathew 17:14-20 demonstrates this as Jesus apostles could not do the work of God because they did not believe. The reason is people who do this line of work or a calling from God. At times if they are not train, they end like Paul and the slave girl that is located in chapter 16: beginning at verses 16-21. When Paul did what was right and people who use this line of work for fame will not see the benefit because in, Acts 22-28 when Paul and Silas were in jail they sang and rejoicing and suddenly earthquake shock the prison opening their cells and unbinding them from their chains. When the prison jailer was surprised and he seen, what power of faith comes when a person believes in the power of Jesus Christ? Much like in the Paranormal when the client feels like they are not in prison due to the demon that traps the person from getting help, that authority alone is when people are conceived that its they are dealing with the only one authority. However, not all people believe that and there is the last topic that deals with it.
That is how to tell people which authority to use that is located in the book of the Bible, Matthew 12:25-27 where Jesus mentions how Satan cannot command Satan it does not work. In the field of the Paranormal, where people in a “not of” view of Christianity often tell demons to flee and they leave for a short time but often they come back making matters worse for the family. It might not show up for a awhile but cases where people have to come back to a location and deal with problem number of times, may consider trying calling on Jesus for help. On the other hand, the use of cleansing techniques like sage or others that will not do the same effect will make the cleansing or the use of the same method as calling on Jesus. In the end, if the person did not know Jesus what do they do then. A problem is in the paranormal field, when people will use it, calling on Jesus. As this reminds people what could happen if they only believe in.
What does all mean, when a person reads the book of John chapter five starting at verse five, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” We should look past dealing with darkness or the practices of it and look for Light or the Holy Power that comes from Jesus as we embraces the Biblical Truths that allows a person to become a holy person of God. That has the authority because they have the faith as Jesus to win a soul for the kingdom of God.
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