From: jesus_is_lord To: List Member Subject: "The [unclean] spirit refuses to leave me now..." Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 1:51 PM jesus_is_lord Dear Christian Friends: Greetings in the name of the ONLY wise God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I will once again take a circuitous route in getting to the subject/body of this email. Though the first part will talk about our people (Christians), this email is about an unbeliever who wrote me about an unclean spirit that is pestering him. There are a number of Christians on this list who are doing exploits. There may be something in this man's case that will help you. With the increase of occult activity on hellivision, hellywood, music, schools, business, books, etc. there is a good possibility you have met or will meet somebody who is plagued by an evil, unclean spirit. People like this man are channeling thinking they are contacting good spirits. They end up on a slippery slope. Jeremiah Films has an excellent video on channeling entitled, "Who Goes There?" Their website is http://www.jeremiahfilms.com As with anything, the answer to this problems is the gospel of Jesus Christ. In my response to the spirit-plagued man, I ask him some questions that may be of assistance to others. What you will read is not hocus-pocus-run-around-the-house-three-times, curse-the-devil-three-times-and-jump-up-and-down. There are many professed Christian ministries that prescribe a whole lotta "return the curse forty-two times, etc." Let's just do plain Bible. If the doctrine is in our King James 1611, go wit' it and we'll be straight. Then we can show somebody else straight. If it ain't Bible, it must be rejected. *****AN INVISIBLE THIEF IN OUR MIDST***** The Devil is a deceiver. The Devil is a thief. When you play with the Devil, you need to take some spiritual inventory afterwards 'cause something is missin'. A thief STEALS. Many professed Christians think they can play with the Devil and hit home runs with Jesus. It'll never work. I'm a broken record with this, but I got to get on hell for a moment--hell-i-vision, that is. When hellivision is part of your life, you playin' with the devil. There's something missin' in you. Believe it. John 10:10 The THIEF cometh not, but for to STEAL, and to kill, and to destroy. A thief takes your stuff by stealth. He don't want you to catch him breaking up. He's sneaky. A robber, on the other hand, is a stick up man who just straight up "chumps" you and takes your stuff. With a thief, you don't know he done been there until you see your stuff gone. (I received this good revelation from preaching at a funeral I attended a few weeks ago.) That said... Professed Christians sometimes write to ask advice on a problem. They know something is MISSING in their relationship with the Lord (they typically have no power) but they can't figure out why. The thief has done his work well. He done stole their stuff and nobody is fingering the culprit--BECAUSE HE IS THEIR FRIEND AND GIVES THEM WHAT THEY LIKE. I ask the defeated, weak, powerless, sin-laden professed Christian a series of questions including "Do you watch hellivision? Hell-ywood?" How many times am I told that that question is irrelevant or "I don't watch that much", etc.? They refuse counsel and walk away the same way they came. Even professed Christians don't want to go to a main source of the devil's foothold in their life--because they enjoy playing with him. And he is cleaning their clocks. Their chummy friend is a thief and they got the nerve to complain cause their goods are missin'. *****"YOU SPYING OUT MY LIBERTY!"***** "You spying out my liberty always talking about hellivision!" Actually, I am not. Christians have liberty to do RIGHT and NEUTRAL things, hallelujah. Before I got saved I did NOT have the liberty to do right. I couldn't even think a right thought. I was in BONDAGE to sin and wrong. I am now under the perfect law of liberty to do RIGHT. The perfect law of liberty is not liberty to do licentiousness. It is liberty to do right. Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be NOT entangled again with the yoke of bondage. [hellivision is an entanglement with the yoke of bondage which is sin even though Galatians primarily speaks about bondage of the law.] 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only USE NOT liberty for an occasion to the flesh... [Hellivision is an occasion to the flesh.] James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 1 Peter 2:16 As free, and NOT using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. I keep hammering home hellivision because I have MUCH to gain from those who walk in the POWER of the Holy Ghost. Hellivision and true power don't mix. Hellivision ain't the only thing, but it is a major thing in many Christians lives. I want EVERYTHING that the Lord has for me and it is to my advantage, and the advantage of the body of Christ, that every member KNOW his spiritual gifts and exploit them. Somebody out there has a word of wisdom for me. Somebody else got a word of knowledge, somebody else got a teaching, another helps, etc. I WANT WHAT YOU GOT but you can't fully exploit it if you playing with the Devil. Hellivision is hindering a lot of Christians. Yes, you can have a ministry and watch it (I did) but you are MISSING something. There is a breach in your spirit. I'm feebly trying to be a repairer of the breach...a restorer of paths to dwell in (Is 58). Hellivision will bring evil spirits into your life. They will influence you and they are so sneaky you will think that what you are saying and doing is part of your personality when in actuality an intruder is prodding you along. Rebellious wife, you ain't just an "independendent spirit" you got a spirit called Rebellion and serving it is as the sin of witchcraft according to Samuel. He says stubborness is as idolatry. I am convinced my devils came as a child through hellivision, hellywood, secular music, books, etc. Even Christians can be influenced by the Devil. All you got to do is resist the promptings of the Holy Ghost. All you got to do is play with the Devil. Satan provoked David to number Israel. Satan influenced Peter to rebuke Jesus' statement concerning His passion. Satan even tried to provoke JESUS in the wilderness. Please don't think he won't try to provoke you and me. Give Satan a toehold, he'll make it a foothold and then he'll make it a stronghold. You'll end up plundered and asking "What happened?" A thief cleaned your clock and took away what little you had. *****MARCHING TOWARD THE FINAL SHOWDOWN***** The god of this world is driving his slaves on to the final showdown--all the hellbounds and hypocrites. Satan keeps their minds filled up with ...the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life 1 John 2:16 Hellivision quickly goes to all three of these and it does it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The prince of the power of the air is using his abilities to the hilt as those airwaves bring his arsenic into homes all over the world (thanks for the reminder Bro. GB). Folks sit, so receptive, so desirous of poison. They get up in worse shape than when they sat down with the thief. He steals their common sense and replaces it with his doctrines-- **murder is termed abortion and it is a woman's choice, **sodomy is termed homosexuality and it is an alternative lifestyle, **whoredom is called an affair and it's fun, **rebellion becomes funny and it is encouraged from childhood up. Mama in one room watching her trash. Daddy in the next watching his trash. Junior upstairs in his room watching his trash. And everbody wonders why there is not domestic harmony. Why is junior rebelling? Why do daddy watch pornography? Why does mama have a man on the side? Why is everybody dissatisfied? The Devil likes it like this. Confusion. Breakup. The Devil seeks to pervert anything that God has created. In this case, the family, the most basic unit of any society. I may know more divorced and remarried people than people who are married to the same person they started out with. The Devil keeps his slaves in bondage to sin. They love sin so he keeps 'em filled up with it. He has something for every taste. Satan's minions keep the slaves oppressed, yet the slaves say "We are free! Following Christ is oppressive." [aside: Even professed Christians talk about "the good ol' days" like there was something good in their lives outside of Christ.] Oh, such strong deception. They have relinquished their minds to the Devil and the Lord helps them to do it more. Why? 2 Thessalonians 2:10 ...THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, that they might be saved. 2:11 And FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE: 2:12 That they all might be damned who BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. People in this world believe lies and always question the truth. "The Bible was just written by men", yet they believe everything they read in the newspapers. See what I'm saying? They believe, extol and TEACH Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche (even in high school), Bertrand Russell, Sade and Machiavelli--all reprobates--but when it comes to Jesus the ONLY wise God and Saviour, He is spoken of as a byword. They won't give King Jesus the glory but if a man comes in his own name, him will they glorify. Romans chapter 1 breaks it down. In the end, people world over will worship the beast and the dragon (Satan) that gives power to the beast. They will have allegiance to Satan! They will be possessed. Many are possessed right now but we don't even realize it. I've had a pastor's wife tell me that spirit possession is imaginary...There were possessed people in the Bible and that ain't changed. It has increased. I can't give all the reason we do not/will not recognize it, but I perceive many can't see it because **they don't believe it, **they are not spiritually sensitive, **they got their own resident devil influencing them **or perhaps there is so much of it we think it is normal. A professed Christian man wrote me once saying his daughter has schizophrenia. I told him psychology is from the devil. He said his daughter got it because she resisted the advances of a young man. I told him Nay. Doing the right thing brings power to a person not evil. He didn't want to hear it. His trust is in the sorcerers called psychologists. I have no PhD but I can say with all certainty that people that are "diagnosed" with schizophrenia of a truth got Legion, that's what they got. They don't need medicine, a straight jacket, and a padded cell, they need Legion CAST OUT and Christians are the ones to do it! Not some Catholic priest that got a devil his own self. Unfortunately, most would end up like the sons of Sceva in Acts. "Jesus I know. Paul I know. But who are you?" We are seeing the last "rallying" of Satan's troops. He is moving them out into more blatant occult worship and mass devil possession. The time is fast approaching when the slaves will actually garner their feeble forces against Him that will sit upon white horse. His name is Faithful and True... Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 19:12 His EYES were as a flame of fire, and ON HIS HEAD WERE MANY CROWNS; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture DIPPED IN BLOOD: and HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD. 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and CLEAN. 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and HE TREADETH THE WINEPRESS OF THE FIERCENESS AND WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. What a suicidal mission they will be on. That said, here is the email exchange. *****THE EMAIL***** I was hoping you could lead me to some help. I got into channeling 9 months ago and contacted a spirit. The spirit refuses to leave me now, even though I have (and continue to do) prayed to Jesus for help & forgivness. I've tried casting th spirit out in Jesus's name but that doesn't work either. Any advice? *****MY RESPONSE***** Dear Friend: Greetings and thanks for writing with your concern. First of all, the devil is scared of Jesus and powerless against him, so that means that there is a problem with you or your life, my friend. You are in a state that allows that foul spirit to oppress you. In order to help you discover the problem, I've got to ask you some questions...Most of these require yes or no answers. Were you raised in church? When was your first experience with the occult? Why did you invite this spirit into you? Do you consider yourself a Christian? If so, why and how do you know you are a Christian? Have you repented of your sins? Do you read the King James Bible everyday? Do you live for Jesus? Have you been baptized? Do you attend church regularly? Have you discussed this with your pastor? Do you believe Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to God? Do you believe the Bible is the ONLY word of God? If you consider yourself a Christian, how do you know you are a Christian? Did you destroy all occult items? Do you watch hellivision and/or hellywood? Do you listen to secular music? Who are your friends--Christians or non-Christians? What is your goal in life? Are you a teenager or adult? I do not want responses to the following questions, but you need to answer them for yourself...do you view or read pornographic material? do you fornicate or commit adultery? do you commit sexual sins on yourself? [to the list--I hate even saying the "s" word but this was less grievous to me than utilize another word] When you reply back to me, please keep the same subject line because I receive a lot of email and I want to promptly answer yours. for Jesus' sake, tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com ...I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 2:4, 6 *****SECOND EMAIL***** Were you raised in church? Yes I was. When was your first experience with the occult? When I was 20. Why did you invite this spirit into you? I was lonely and wanted a friend. If so, why and how do you know you are a Christian? I honestly don't know. Have you repented of your sins? Yes. Do you read the King James Bible everyday? I try to. Do you live for Jesus? I'm trying to. Have you been baptized? Yes, twice. Do you attend church regularly? No. Have you discussed this with your pastor? I discussed this with a pastor. Do you believe Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to God? Yes. Do you believe the Bible is the ONLY word of God? Yes. If you consider yourself a Christian, how do you know you are a Christian? I don't really know. Did you destroy all occult items? Not yet but I don't use them (Ouija Board). Do you watch hellivision and/or hellywood? Yes. Do you listen to secular music? Yes. Who are your friends--Christians or non-Christians? Mostly, non-Christians. What is your goal in life? I want to live a good, decent life. Are you a teenager or adult? Adult, **. *****MY RESPONSE***** Dear Friend: Greetings. Please read this email in its entirety. You can be rid of this unclean spirit, but it depends on you and what you do with Jesus Christ. If and when Jesus Christ becomes your Lord and Saviour, that foul spirit will leave you. Period. Let me help you understand what it means to be saved and born again. Let me help you understand how to become a Christian... Getting baptized does not make you a Christian. Doing good deeds does not make you a Christian. The Bible says that you are a sinner. You have transgressed God's holy commandments. You have ignored his commandments and gone in the ways of the devil. So has every other man and woman. The end of the devil will be the lake of fire and so it will be with everyone that follows his ways. God does not want man in hellfire. He did not make man to go to hellfire. Hell was prepared for THE DEVIL, not man-- Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, PREPARED FOR for the devil and his angels: Again, God does not want man in hellfire so He sent His Son to die for the many sins of man. His Son is Jesus. According to the Bible, another name for Jesus Christ is the Word. The Word (Jesus Christ) is God Himself-- John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Jesus shed His blood on the cross for the sins of the world. That includes all YOUR sins. 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. After Jesus died on the cross, He was buried. On the third day, He arose from the dead and was seen by over 500 witnesses. He is now ascended to the right hand of the throne of God. He sent the Holy Ghost to CONVICT the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. Friend, do you realize that you are a sinner and that you need to be saved? Do you realize that you have lived your whole life doing things the way YOU want to do them? Do you readily admit that you have ignored the God of the Bible? He has given us guidelines for life and you have ignored those guidelines. You have not lived for the Lord and it appears that you still do not live for Him. Are you prepared to live for the Lord? Are you grateful for what He did for you? Do you want to serve Him and glorify Him or do you want to remain in the devil's kingdom? I can't answer these questions for you but if your answer to any of them is "no" then you are not ready to be saved from wrath and born into God's family. Jesus said, "Repent ye, and BELIEVE the gospel." The gospel is God's message to you that you are a sinner and you need to be saved by the blood of Jesus. Jesus is a wonderful Master. He will change your thoughts and desires. He will make you a NEW creature-- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. If you are dissatisfied with the devil's dung--you're going no where fast in this world (and sliding towards the fiery pit in the next)--then you need to make up your MIND that Jesus is the one you want. Say "No!" to the Devil and "Yes!" to Jesus. Ask the Lord to have mercy on you. Ask Him to forgive you for your sins, your sorcery, your witchcraft, your uncleanness in thought and deed. Ask Him to make you a new creature with new desires. Ask Him to give you a new mind, hallelujah. Ask Him to HELP you and make you a praise to His name. Tell Him you believe He shed His blood for your sins and that He rose the third day. If you want Jesus, REJECT the devil RIGHT NOW OUT LOUD. If you want Jesus, CALL ON HIS NAME OUT LOUD, RIGHT NOW. Tell Him, "I need you, Jesus! I NEED you! Please help me. I can't make it without you. I don't want the devil to be my father anymore." Shawn, you need to read this paragraph again and again until you understand and then you need to ask Jesus all the things listen herein-- "Lord please have mercy on me. I've sinned against you and against heaven. Lord please forgive me of my sins. Please forgive me for looking to the devil for a friend--I was a fool. Please forgive me for the magic, the sorcery, the witchcraft, the uncleanness of my heart and body. Lord please cast out the foul spirit(s) that have been harassing me. Lord please make me a new creature with new desires. Lord please give me a new mind that desires to serve you. Lord please make me a praise to your name and your doctrine even though I do not understand all that that means right now. Lord please help me to cast down the rudiments of this old world that I may obtain your ways. Lord I believe in the blood you shed for my sins. Lord I believe you rose from the dead with all power. I hear you can do anything AND I BELIEVE IT! Please have mercy on me and help me to live for you! Thank you Lord, in Jesus' name, amen.." Friend, if Jesus is Who you want and you decide to call on his name, you need to do some HOUSE CLEANING. Do you hear me? You need to be like the people in Acts 19 that destroyed ALL their curious arts. I don't care how much they cost you--you need to HATE all that stuff, they are the devil's tools to put your hind parts in an everlasting, burning hot, lake that burneth with fire and brimstone! Do you hear me? In the following passage, some unbelievers were trying to cast out an evil spirit but it backfired on them. As a result, many people were afraid and burned up their books. THEN the word of God grew mightily and PREVAILED. Friend, if you want to PREVAIL over the devil and walk in the POWER of the Lord, then you got to mean BUSINESS-- Acts 19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. You need Jesus living in your soul... If you decide to call on the Lord Jesus Christ, I'd be privileged to help you in your new walk. (1) You need to start reading your Bible everyday. Start with the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, so you can learn more, more about Jesus and when He was on this earth. Read them through twice. Then go on to the rest of the New Testament. Keep reading, keep reading. Many religious devils are deceiving people today and your only protection is the Bible. If you don't have a King James Bible, I'll send you one if you desire, just send me your address. If you get saved, PLEASE read the Bible or else the devil will lead you into more error, just of a different nature. I suggest that you not go traipsing all around the internet for information either because there is a lot of false information. They will use Bible verses but they will use them out of context and confuse you with false doctrine. The bottom line is READ THE WORD EVERYDAY. Even when you get in a good church you need to read the Bible for yourself, because some people may sincere but they still may not be interpreting correctly. Let the Holy Ghost teach YOU. He will anoint you to understand. I John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (2) You will need to find a Bible believing church where you can serve. This excludes the Catholic religion and many denominations. We have links to several lists of churches across the country and the world so if you need help, I can direct you to those. If you become a Christian, you need to be in church. There you should find new friends (but don't ever put your trust in man because sometimes we let each other down), a new way to live, opportunity to learn more about the word, opportunities to serve the Lord, opportunities to fellowship with others who have been born again. In this day and age, it ain't easy to find a church, but it can be done. If you decide not to call on the Lord at this time, please print this email out and keep it anyway. The day may come when you will. Harden not your heart this day--behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto you this day--whether you accept or reject "be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." Hallelujah and amen. I perceive that there are many in your situation--and there will be many more as the devil steps up his efforts for the final showdown. He is deceiving people. I will close for now, feel free to write anytime. One last thing. A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled, "Are you inviting devils into your life?" which you may want to read http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/horror.htm If you have a succubus see, http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/incubus.htm I pray that you will choose the new life in Christ. You will not be free any other way. Somebody may do some hocus-pocus on you and the spirit may seem to be gone, but he won't be and he will still be influencing you. If you try to straighten yourself up you will be like the man in the following-- Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. Please write anytime. I would like to know how you are doing. for Jesus' sake, tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com ...I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 2:4, 6 *****CONCLUSION***** There is a good Unshackled! testimony on this at www.unshackled.org Go to the "Archives" and listen to program 2546 (I believe...the title is something like Occult/Witchcraft) Daniel 11:32 ...the people that DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG, and DO EXPLOITS. 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall INSTRUCT MANY: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. for Jesus' sake, tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com ...I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 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