New Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
James Strong, LL.D., S.T.D.
Thomas Nelson Publishers 1990 edition
An evil stronghold of oppression in the life of a Christian is
an issue that must be dealt with. Though many Christians deny they
can be oppressed by evil spirits the truth is they can. Our mind
and emotions (a part of our soul),and our flesh, are the areas the
devil attacks. Many Christians have no peace but will not believe
they are oppressed by evil spirits. They have been tricked by these
evil spirits into believing they have to live this way. Satan and
his evil spirits are telling them that there is no hope for them
and that they will have to live this way as long as they live in
this world. This is a lie from Satan! As Christians we can have
peace in our life. Psalm 119:165: Great peace have they which love
thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Philippians 4:7: And the
peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. John 14:27: Peace I leave
with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
God never intended for His people to carry the burdens that lead to
evil oppression. Jesus Christ came to bear our cares and burdens,
and through Jesus Christ Christians can live in peace and freedom.
Living in peace and freedom begins with knowing the truth of Gods
Word. John 17:17: Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is
truth. John 8:31-32: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Whether newly saved, or saved a long time, there is something we
can do as believers to maintain our peace and freedom and that is
to forgive others. I have a document on forgiveness containing
scripture and a prayer. We must be willing to forgive others (and
our self) if we want to continue living and walking in Gods peace
and freedom. Matthew 18:33-35: Shouldest not thou also have had
compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? And
his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors, till he
should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly
Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not
everyone his brother their trespasses. I John 2:9: He that saith he
is in the light and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until
now.
God understands that we are human and we cannot forgive on our
own this is why He sent Jesus Christ to help us. Matthew 26:41 says
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Though our
flesh is weak we cannot ignore Gods Word or His rule to forgive
others and just hope that God will forget it. He does not forget
his Word and what it says about forgiveness. Not only does God know
what His Word says; but Satan knows it, and Satan also knows that
he has the legal right to attack our mind (even after salvation)
when we have un-forgiveness in our heart. Psalm 139:23-24: Search
me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see
if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting. There are three wills in this world: Gods will, our
will (a part of our soul), and Satans will. The Hebrew word for
soul in the Old Testament is nephesh, neh-fesh; sense appetite
breath desire greedy heart life lust mind pleasure will. The Greek
word for soul in the New Testament is psuche, psoo-khay; breath
heart mind. The Greek terms exactly correspond respectively to the
Hebrew. GODS WILL FOR US IS CLEAR! II Peter 3:9: The Lord is not
slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
long suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance. II 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. It is not Gods will
for any person to die lost, but for all to come to repentance and
salvation through Jesus Christ. When we accept Jesus Christ as our
Savior we become new. However, we must not forget that our enemy
the devil will try and entice us to walk in some of our old bad
habits by attacking our soul (mind, will, and emotions), and our
flesh.
It is no secret what the devils (Satans) will is. Look at John
10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy II Timothy 2:26: And that they may recover themselves out
of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his
will. The devil will try to steal anything he can from Christians,
especially our salvation, if we allow him. He will try to steal our
understanding of Gods Word, our peace of mind, and our very life!
BUT, IF WE FINISH READING JOHN 10: 10 WE SEE THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME
TO GIVE US LIFE I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly.
To live in abundance does not mean to live in oppression to the
devil. After salvation anything the enemy continually tempts you
with, causing you to give in to his temptation time and time again,
is an area of oppression or bondage. Christians can have more than
one area of oppression at a time and all areas must be dealt with,
leaving nothing hidden. It is that very area we may think does not
matter, or perhaps are embarrassed to deal with, that keeps
allowing temptation back time and time again. Satan needs just one
area of our life to help him open other areas. Satan doesnt care
what sin a Christian falls for just as long as he (Satan) can keep
his foot in a door. He only wants a crack in one door so he can
open it further eventually opening other doors in our life. It is
then that we lose our ability to overcome temptation; or to be a
good witness and bear fruit. Many people, because of a lifetime of
sin, have at least one area (or door) open to Satans temptations
even after Salvation. When we get saved it is just like getting out
of Egypt, but it will take time to get Egypt out of us. For
example, at salvation a person may be instantly delivered from
alcohol or drugs, but might still have a problem with lust. The
open door of lust, if not shut, can lead to a stronghold of
perversion in their life. This stronghold of perversion can
eventually re-open other doors that God shut at salvation; such as
the doors of alcohol or drugs. An open door of sin will allow a
vicious cycle or pattern to continue in the life of a Christian
unless it is dealt with. We must give every area of our life to
God. When a person gets saved they sometimes continue smoking,
drinking, or even doing drugs. I have often wondered why God did
not instantly set every person free from all bondage and addiction
the moment they became a Christian. I knew that God was more than
able to do it, and that most people desired to be free from their
addictions. Besides, if they were free they could serve God better.
Or could they? It may be hard for us to understand, but God
realizes people sometimes have bigger issues than addiction to
cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs. You may think, what could be bigger
than cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs? What about bondage to pride for
example? How can a Christian serve God better with pride in their
life? Proverbs 16:18: Pride goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall. God could set a person free from
addictions, any time, but He knows there are deeper issues (i.e.
pride, stubbornness, fear, rejection, lust, etc) which are not as
obvious to them as the addictions; however, are equally as
important. God wants to reveal to us the deeper issues and bondages
in our life so that He can completely set us free from them all.
This must be clear; God does not tempt us to do evil. James
1:13-14: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,
and enticed. God does not cause bondage and addiction, nor is it
his desire for us to be in bondage and addiction. However, it is
the other deep rooted issues in our life that have allowed or
caused bondage and addiction to remain in our life even after
salvation. It does not mean that we are not saved. It just means
that we must become so tired of living in bondage and addiction
that we are willing to give everything to God and allow Him to
reveal the deeper issues in our life, so that we can receive
freedom and emotional healing. Again, this does not mean that we
are not fully saved (that would be ridiculous) it just means we may
struggle even after salvation until our deeper issues are dealt
with. It means our emotions are wrapped up in things that we have
been afraid to face, or have subconsciously blocked out. God knows
it will take time for us to deal with the things we have been
avoiding most of our life. He knows that if we tried to face
everything at once it would emotionally destroy us.
It is after salvation that God begins to work with us.
Philippians 1:6: Being confident of this very thing, that he which
hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of
Jesus Christ. God will complete His good work in our life, even if
this means leaving us to face our struggles (for a time) until He
can reveal to us all that is in our heart. He must get Egypt out of
our heart and away from all its spiritual bondages and practices.
Deuteronomy 8:2: And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble
thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether
thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. II Chronicles 32:31:
God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his
heart. God already knows all that is in a persons heart, but it is
the person who must see in order to deal with it. God wants our
mind and our emotions (heart) to be free from deep emotional
bondage and issues, just as much as He wants the addictions
(manifestations) of this bondage out of our life. At times, in
order to complete His work in us, He will try us. Not tempt but try
or prove us. James 1:13-14: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed. Lust is listed under the soul
and is not just a thing of the flesh. The Hebrew word for soul in
the Old Testament is nephesh, neh-fesh; sense appetite breath
desire greedy heart life lust mind pleasure will. The Greek word
for soul in the New Testament is psuche, psoo-khay; breath heart
life mind. The Greek terms exactly correspond respectively to the
Hebrew. God is not the cause of the bondage and enticement in our
life. It is our own deep underlying issues (in our soul) that cause
and also allow temptation and addiction in our life. Though God did
not and does not cause it to come into our life He will sometimes
leave it in our life for a time so that we will know all that is in
our heart. It is only because He wants us to see the true reason we
have been running to things like smoking, alcohol, and drugs in the
first place. He knows that when we learn this we will stop running
to these life suppressing and life controlling things and run only
to Him. It is our deep suppressed issues that keep us from drawing
closer to God. These issues are the true reason many are in bondage
to life controlling substances (which can include overeating). We
run to these things because deep inside we are struggling and we
subconsciously think that doing these things will bring some
temporary relief, but instead these things become addictions.
Instead of relief we are just adding more problems to our life and
these problems become emotional and physical life controlling
addictions. However, God can heal us emotionally and physically if
we would just turn everything in our life over to Him no matter
what it is! Through Jesus we can overcome any problem. He
understands exactly what we are going through. Hebrews 4:15: For we
have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet
without sin. Isaiah 53:4-5: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. The Greek word for
infirmities in Hebrews 4:15 (above)and Romans 8:26 (below) is
astheneia, as-then-i-ah; feebleness (of body or mind) malady moral
frailty disease infirmity sickness weakness. People may not think
of infirmity being feebleness of the mind, or moral frailty, but
the Greek translation shows us that infirmity can mean both body
and mind! Romans 8:26: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered. Scripture also tells us that when we are
physically, mentally, and morally weak, and we just do not know how
to pray, the Spirit of the Lord will help us!
God knows that trying to serve Him with deep issues in our life,
which we do not acknowledge are there (i.e. moral frailty,
feebleness of mind, weakness, etc.); or things that we
subconsciously may not want to get rid of (i.e. lust, perversion,
etc.) can have a worse end result than cigarettes, drugs, or
alcohol. If we do not allow God to search our heart we could
eventually lose our salvation. Psalm 139:23-24: Search me, O God,
and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there
be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Notice, again, that scripture includes the mind (thoughts). Many
times the evil that enticed us before we were saved leaves such an
impression on our heart and mind that we will struggle with it even
after salvation. It is hard for us to lay down the things we are
addicted to when we do not really know the reason we are addicted.
In order for us to face our deeper rooted emotional bondages and
issues God may leave us with our addictions, for a time, until we
cry out to him asking him to reveal to us all that is in our heart
and mind, so we can completely serve Him and walk in His
freedom.
How many times have you heard Christians say that they have
begged God to take the desire for cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs
away from them and the desire would not leave, or would perhaps
leave for a time and then come back? It is because they were only
asking him to take away the manifestation (symptom) of the problem
and not the true problem. What made them turn to these life
controlling substances in the first place is what they should be
asking God. It is only when we willingly surrender everything in
our life to God be it fear, pride, perversion, stubbornness,
rebellion, anger, un-forgiveness, weakness of mind, or moral
weakness, etc that God will completely set us free from the
manifestations that we really do not want. Such as: cigarettes,
alcohol, drugs, overeating, etc. It is not that God cannot set us
free, because he absolutely can. It is because we have a lifetime
of emotional strongholds that He knows will take time for us to
face. He knows that the bondage and addictions were only the result
of these emotional strongholds. God knows that when we become
Christians it may take time for us to face the emotional issues
that many of us have had all our unsaved life. God knows that if we
tried to face then all at once it could destroy us, emotionally,
physically, and spiritually. That is why God takes us a layer at a
time a day at a time. For some, it starts immediately after
salvation. Others may be saved years before they begin to face deep
issues. God must give us time so that He can reveal issues to us
only as we are able to handle them. He in turn strengthens us and
helps us through it. He also knows that there are some Christians
who may not be willing to give certain things up right away, either
consciously or subconsciously, they hang onto things like lust,
perversion, pride, etc. Of course, they are being inspired by Satan
and his evil spirits to hang onto these things! There is
information on the evil inspiration behind lust and perversion and
what these evil sexual spirits are called in my documents on
Lilith. It is Satan and his evil spirits who entice us through the
desire of our own soul. The Hebrew word for soul in the Old
Testament is nephesh, neh-fesh; sense appetite breath desire greedy
heart life lust mind pleasure will. The Greek word for soul in the
New Testament is psuche, psoo-khay; breath heart life mind. The
Greek terms exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew. If a
Christian does not get rid of pride, lust, perversion, etc. they
will not surrender their life entirely to God and this is where
Satan keeps them in bondage. This is why God maylet them continue
to keep the things (habits and addictions) they do not want, until
they are willing to give up the pride and other things they do
want. It is only when we are willing to completely give it all up
that we can walk daily in the freedom that God has given us through
His Son Jesus Christ.
It is pride which causes many Christians to think they have
their life under control, but their addictions prove otherwise. It
is also this same pride that keeps them from admitting they have
problems. When they finally become so tired of the bondage and
addiction it is then that God can reveal to them the pride, lust,
or perversion or even fear, or stubbornness, etc. that may have
allowed bondage and addiction to continue in their life even after
salvation. It is Gods will for all Christians to live in true peace
and freedom; but God may let bondage and addiction remain in our
life, for a time, so that we will know the inward problems and
issues that we have not dealt with. Ephesians 3:16: That he would
grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit in the inner man. It is our inner man
which houses the real root cause to our bondage and addictions.
When our inner man (soul) begins to be strengthened by the power
and might of Gods Holy Spirit then all of the issues that we have
been holding in will eventually be revealed. For some Christians,
if God were to instantly set them free from bondage and addiction,
and their emotional issues and strongholds were not revealed to
them, then the bondage and addiction would eventually come back.
With Gods help all our issues can be resolved. Though many of our
issues may be deep, with Gods help, our desire to be set free can
become deeper. God knows that, as Christians, if He had not placed
within our conscience a deep desire to be free from bondage and
addiction then we may never have been willing to deal with the
problems that were deep within our inner man our soul (mind, will,
and emotions). It is when these issues are left unattended that God
knows we are in real danger of losing our eternal salvation! In
order to keep this from happening God may leave us with our bondage
and addiction until our deeper issues are revealed to us. It is not
that God couldnt deliver a person instantly from bondage to
cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs when they were first saved and for
some of He has but for others he knows that their emotional issues
are deeper than their addictions. Gods ways are not our ways and
His timing is not our timing. God knows each of us personally. God
knows that for some pride, stubbornness, or even perversion would
keep them from truly living for Him more so than cigarettes,
alcohol, or drugs ever could! God does not want His people to be in
bondage. He does not want us to be addicted to life controlling
substances. He wants us set free. But, many times it is our
emotional state of mind that keeps these things in our life. It is
our emotional state that He is most concerned about. He knows that
our walk with Him is the most important thing we will ever have. He
also knows that He cannot let our unresolved emotional issues and
our irrational state of mind keep us from truly knowing Him and
worshipping Him. He wants us to worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
John 4:23: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for
the Father seeketh such to worship him. Psalm 145:18: The Lord is
nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in
truth. Many times it is our own ignorance to the truth of Gods Word
that keeps us bound. For some, even without their emotional
problems, it is the unclean objects in their home that invite
bondage and addiction (and the evil spirits inspiring it) to visit
their life. I have a document of what these unclean objects are,
ask for a copy.
God does not cause bondage and addiction, He simply takes us
from the point we are at, and then draws us closer to Him and
eventually away from all bondage, addiction, and life controlling
substances. God wants us to be addicted to him. He wants us away
from all sinful lifestyles and patterns of addiction (or
generational patterns of iniquity). He wants us away from all
sinful and unclean objects of dcor. Many Christians simply need to
learn the truth of Gods Word. We need to understand how He feels
about Christians living in sin. This includes the sin of having
unclean images of decoration in their homes.
For many Christians, if they were instantly set free from
bondage and addictions at the time of salvation, but were left with
pride and other issues in their life, they would begin to think
they didnt really need Gods help to quit their addictions and think
that they had just quit on their own. This attitude could result in
their prideful and eventual falling away from God. Proverbs 16:18:
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall. By our self we can do nothing! John 15:5: I am the vine, you
are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
Christians who have a stronghold of pride and a spirit of
haughtiness cannot see how much they really need God, and because
of this they attempt to take all the glory for what God does in
their life. Isaiah 42:8: I am the Lord: that is my name: and my
glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven
images. Examples of a stronghold of pride and a spirit of
haughtiness are Christians who will not admit, or even acknowledge
the fact, that they can be bound by evil spirits; or Christians who
think they can control Gods Holy Spirit.
If you are dealing with any problems, or addictions, ask the
Lord if there are deeper issues in your life that He wants you to
see. Gods ways are not our ways; His wisdom is much deeper than
ours. Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts. Ask God to help you deal with the
deeper issues, and before you know it the bondage and addictions
will go away too. Addictions are just a result of deeper issues
anyway and God can, and will, set you free. He will heal your body
from any damage or desire for these life controlling
substances.
Important note: God does not cause bondage and addiction, nor
does he bring it upon anyone. He does not use life controlling
substances to teach us a lesson. We are the ones who bring the sin
into our life and God is the one who sets us free. Why some are
instantly set free at salvation and why some arent only God truly
knows. But this is clear; who the Son sets free is free indeed.
John 8:36: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed. Scripture is clear on this but sometimes it takes time
for scripture to register to us. This is why salvation is just the
beginning of our walk with God. Bible reading and prayer are the
next step; and then forgiveness. See my document on forgiveness.
John 17:17: Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 8:31-32: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Reading
Gods Word is the only way to understand and maintain our freedom
through Jesus Christ!
I gave only a few examples of why a Christian might continue to
be in bondage to life controlling substances (such as smoking,
alcohol, drugs, etc); but if you are in any type of bondage and
oppression always seek Gods direction through prayer and, if He
leads, fasting to find the reason. You could be in bondage to an
addiction (like smoking) because you have a problem (issue) with
fear, and not pride. Smoking gives the allusion that it subsides
fear, however, instead of the fear subsiding the smoking increases.
When you try to quit smoking inevitably something fearful will
happen so you grab another cigarette. In your attempt to quit
smoking, Satan will torment you with fear, even in your dreams and
fear does have torment. I John 4:18-19: There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He
that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him (Jesus
Christ) because he first loved us. You must pray and ask God for
His perfect love which casts out all fear! Only then will you be
able to overcome addiction through your faith in Jesus Christ.
A lot of Christians do not realize that most fear is influenced
by evil spirits (as is pride, rebellion, rejection, etc). God does
not intend for His people to walk in an evil spirit of fear. He
intends for us to walk in power, love, and a sound mind. II Timothy
1:7: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power,
and of love, and of a sound mind. There is however a healthy kind
of fear, which is the fear of God. The fear of God should be
present in every Christians life. Godly fear does not lead to
addiction, or torment, it only leads people closer to God and to
His knowledge and commandments. Psalm 96:9: O worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Proverbs
1:7: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction. Deuteronomy 8:6: Therefore thou
shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God to walk in his
ways, and to fear him. Deuteronomy 10:20: Thou shalt fear the Lord
thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and
swear by his name. Psalm 145:19: He will fulfil the desire of them
that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
People, including Christians, unknowingly allow (or invite) evil
spirits of fear into their life through many different sources some
being movies and video games; or even negative words from others,
like family, friends, the news media, etc. The spirit of fear can
also enter a persons life through trauma, such as: sexual, mental,
and physical abuse; or the death of a loved one (or friend). A
spirit of fear and torment can play a major role in a traumatized
persons life and have a negative impact on their future unless it
is turned over to God completely. Many times fear is still
prevalent in a Christians life because they have not totally given
their hurts, un-forgiveness, or anger over to the Lord. When things
become too hard for them to handle many will pick up old habits and
addictions (such as smoking) instead of picking up their Bible.
A Christian entertains a spirit of fear when they watch movies
and programs which promote fear. Or have things promoting these
movies and programs (i.e. posters, T-shirts, etc). A spirit of fear
can even be brought into our life through negative words. In a
Christians life a spirit of fear can be enhanced by continually
speaking negative words of fear, instead of words of faith. In some
cases, the person them self may not necessarily be speaking the
words of fear but are listening to others speak them, and are in
turn having fearful thoughts. These fearful thoughts are influenced
by evil spirits who are using others to speak the fearful and
negative thoughts for them. Many Christians condemn themselves for
having bad or evil thoughts, but just because evil thoughts come to
their mind this does not mean the thoughts originated there. These
evil and fearful thoughts are being placed into their mind by evil
spirits that are working through doorways the person has allowed
either through the unclean items the person has allowed in their
home, or even the negative and fearful people the person associates
with. The fact is, the same evil spirits who also put bad and
fearful thoughts into the minds of our forefathers are putting bad
and fearful thoughts into our mind, and they are doing it through
doors that have been opened to them through our unclean and
religious pagan dcor, or through other means, including people.
Though long ago our ancestors did not have movies and other media,
evil spirits still brought bondage and fear to their life through
negative words or through their own unclean objects of religious
dcor. Fear is fear; no matter how it comes into our life it brings
bondage with it. Satan and his evil spirits bring evil thoughts and
bondage into our life through many different avenues and then try
to condemn us for having the evil thoughts that they are giving us!
Romans 8:1: THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit. Under intimidation from evil spirits many Christians are
tormented by evil thoughts and fears as perhaps were some of their
ancestors. When they become Christians, Satan and his evil spirits
will go into overtime trying to influence them to remember old
fears whether through negative words (either their own, or a family
members) or through the spiritually unclean things they were, or
perhaps still are, being exposed to including evil entertainment
and household dcor. Nevertheless, under the direction of evil
spirits, old fears start to come back to their mind. If they, as
Christians, entertain this fear the end result could be bondage
again to fear. Romans 8:15: For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Faith is the opposite of fear and
this is why it is so important for us, as Christians, to fill our
mind with the faith that comesfrom hearing and speaking Gods Word.
His Word will feed our soul and our spirit. Romans 10:17: So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. As
Christians, we must stop feeding our mind (which also includes our
soul)with the same sin and fear that is promoted by a world
consumed with evil. As Christians living in this world, we can walk
as scripture says in II Timothy 1:7 in power, love, and a sound
mind.
Many Christians do not know, or apply scripture to their life.
By learning and applying the power of Gods Word to our life we can
have freedom from evil spirits, including the evil spirits of fear.
Gods Word will cleanse and heal us from any trauma we may have
experienced in our life. Ephesians 5:26: That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. In order to
maintain our freedom we must not allow, or encourage, the spirit of
fear back into our lives. Romans 8:15: For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Many Christians allow and
also encourage fear back into their life when they are enticed by
evil spirits to watch things (like horror movies) or participate in
things (like halloween). By watching or participating in things
that promote fear Christians invite the spirit of bondage to fear
into their life and their home. Some may say they are not fearful,
yet they have an unusual attraction to scary things. This is an
unquenchable stronghold that must be stopped. Watching fearful
things will feed a spirit of fear, and this is why many people are
strangely drawn to things that scare them. If they would quit
watching scary things and feeding their fear then their unusual
desire to watch, or for some their torment from watching, would
soon subside. If they would fill them self with the Word of God,
the spirit of fear would eventually leave altogether. II Timothy
1:7: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power,
and of love, and of a sound mind. A person might watch things that
are scary and all the while insist they are not afraid, but fear
can manifest itself in many different ways (such as: smoking,
alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, etc). Though many are in bondage
to these addictions they still may insist they have not been
affected by a spirit of fear. I would encourage them to pray and
ask God what it is that is causing them to be in bondage and
oppression. They may be surprised!
By watching or by allowing fearful things to be brought into our
home we become a generational door of visitation for evil spirits
inviting them into our house to entice or torment the members of
our own household, and also our future generations! Due to this
open door (that we have allowed in our home) our children may have
an unusual attraction to scary things as they grow older. Will a
spirit of fear torment them, or even their children? By giving in
to evil enticement to watch or participate in things that promote
fear many Christians connect and even invite an evil pattern of
fear into their life. This pattern of fear can be generational,
which may be why they them self were drawn to it in the first
place. Through their actions and/or unclean dcor their ancestors
may have unknowingly invited it to visit them! Now they are
unknowingly inviting it to visit their children by allowing it
access into their home! Many Christians struggle with a spirit of
fear and do not know it is a generational pattern in their family.
Perhaps their parents did not struggle with fear but a grandparent
did. A spirit of fear could have skipped a few generations but
still lingered, or was allowed to remain and visit, because of
spiritually unclean items that they or their previous generation
owned. Some of these unclean items may have been passed down,
although the one who passed them down may not have noticeably
struggled with fear but maybe a previous generation did. Either
way, they were still a generational connection, due to their
spiritually unclean item(s). Perhaps the unclean items were not
passed down to them but were purchased from a store, bringing fear
into their home even the same fear that had been in a previous
generation. It has been my experience that people having angel
statues and images struggle with extremefear and depression. Isaiah
42:17-20: They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed,
that trust in graven images, that say to molten images, ye are our
gods. Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see. Who is
blind, but my servant? Or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? Who is
blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lords servant? Seeing
many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not. Information concerning angel statues and images,
including their actual pagan and sexual history, is found in my
document on angel statues and images. There is also a prayer of
repentance to break the spirit of fear, and many other generational
iniquities in my documents of lists and prayers. Having pagan
imagery (no matter where or who we get it from) will create
doorways that allow or lure evil spirits into our home to tempt us
and our family members. They will keep trying until they find just
the right person to torment unless we stop them in our generation
by getting the unclean things out of our home and life. Deuteronomy
7:26: Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house,
lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shall utterly detest
it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. The
Hebrew word for abomination in Deuteronomy 7:26 is towebah,
to-ay-baw; or toebah, to-ay-baw; something disgusting an abhorrence
especially idolatry an idol an abominable (custom, thing). If we do
not remove these things and close all doors, evil spirits will
attack our soul (mind and emotions) with fear and other problems,
or even entice us emotionally through temptations and lustful
thoughts and actions. Lust does affect a persons soul. The Hebrew
word for soul in the Old Testament is nephesh, neh-fesh; sense
appetite breath desire greedy heart life lust mind pleasure will.
The Greek word for soul in the New Testament is psuche, psoo-khay;
breath heart mind. The Greek terms exactly correspond respectively
to the Hebrew. James 1:14-16: But every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath
conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. I Peter
2:11: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. II
Corinthians 2:11: Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
Evil temptation can lead Gods people into sin. Repeated sin
and/or unclean items in the home cause many Christians to again
reconnect their self to a generational pattern of iniquity (and to
a bondage of fear). After Jesus Christ had already set them free.
Romans 8:15: For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father. 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. Galatians 4:8-9: Howbeit then, when
ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no
gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of
God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto
ye desire again to be in bondage? There is more information about
generational reconnection through unclean images, and what these
images are, on my website; please be sure to read all my documents
for a complete explanation. Generational reconnection can apply to
bondage other than just the bondage to fear. It can also apply to
bondages such as: generational patterns of anger, jealousy,
alcoholism, drug addiction, divorce, depression, suicide, eating
disorders, cutting/self-torture, lust, perversion, lying, stealing,
poverty, witchcraft, idolatry, stubbornness, rebellion, racism,
etc. I have another document with information concerning suicide.
You may not know of any other family members who have struggled
with the same bondages you are dealing with, however, if fear or
any other bondage is having a major hold on your life there is a
good chance these same things were also a problem for some of your
ancestors (forefathers). Just by having paganism (which is
idolatry) in our homes we potentially reconnect the same type of
iniquity our ancestors had to our own life even the same iniquity
(same problems and temptations) of ancestors who may have lived
three or four generations ago. Every generation that has unclean
pagan and idolatrous imagery lengthens the chain for evil
visitation and temptation. Exodus 20:3-5 and Deuteronomy 5:7-9:
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me. John 14:15: If ye love me, keep my
commandments. John 14:21: He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved
of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Notice scripture says iniquity will visitthe generations who did
not bow! I have more documents explaining the heavenly looking yet
pagan imagery that Christians are displaying in their homes and
churches, and how having this false and supposedly Christian
imagery breaks Gods commandment and causes bondage in the life of
many Christians. These documents are about pictures of Jesus and
angels. I also have a document of many suggested things to remove
from our homes and churches. If you would like you can ask me for
copies of these documents. Meanwhile, in this document we will
discuss other abominations that are being brought into Christian
homes, again bringing bondage into their life.
Idolatry and iniquity go hand in hand. I Samuel 15:23: For
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. After reading this scripture we cannot
remain stubborn by continuing in our idolatrous religious
traditions, passed down to us by our religious forefathers, or as I
Samuel 15:23 reveals we will add rebellion and witchcraft to our
sin of idolatry. Isaiah 42:17-20: They shall be turned back, they
shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to
molten images, ye are our gods. Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind,
that ye may see. Who is blind, but my servant? Or deaf, as my
messenger that I sent? Who is blind as he that is perfect, and
blind as the Lords servant? Seeing many things, but thou observest
not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Our sin of idolatry
started when we unknowingly and blindly participated in religious
tradition. Without questioning it we repeated the traditions of our
religious forefathers, and continued displaying their same false
religious and pagan imagery in our own homes and churches. Each
generation that has blindly participated in this religious
tradition has been a link in a chain, allowing evil visitation to
continue. If just one person in their generation would have
searched Gods Word concerning this religious imagery they would
have seen how God feels about any form of reverence towards images.
The religious chain of mans tradition could have been weakened and
eventually broken. It is after salvation that we become truly
responsible for knowing and following the truth of Gods Word, and
it is the grace of God which bringeth salvation that teaches us
this. Titus 2:11-12: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in
this present world. Psalm 119:11: Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, that I might not sin against thee.
It is not only the false Christian imagery that is causing
bondage (such as bondage again to fear) in many Christian lives,
but there are other false religious and even ritualistic items in
their homes that they should not have (such as: dream catchers,
amulets, medicine wheels, medicine bags, Indian statues with
headdresses and pipes, etc). Many Christians do not know that some
of their fears, and even their addictions, have been brought on by
the false spiritual relics in their home. By having these relics
they are possibly reconnecting their self to the same iniquity
(temptations and practices) as some of their ancestors. These items
may only be copies of what their ancestors might have once had, or
ritualistically worshipped, but these copies still represent false
religion and its practices. Whether or not their ancestors ever
worshipped these items, or items similar to these, they still
should not have these false religious and ritualistic items in
their home because of what the unclean items represent. Having
these unclean items could be one reason they are in bondage to life
controlling substances, such as smoking. For example, people with
Indian heritage tend to have a hard time with addiction to tobacco.
What they may not know is that tobacco was, and still is, used in
prayer to a false Indian god called the great spirit. By sprinkling
tobacco on the ground, or sending up tobacco smoke, ritualistic
offerings are made to the great spirit. There are evil spirits that
strongly tempt people of Indian heritage to smoke, mainly because
their ancestors have prayed to this false god, called the great
spirit, using tobacco as part of their prayer ritual. Though their
ancestors did not realize it was a false god they were praying to!
They (not knowing it was wrong) prayed for members of their family,
and even their future members, using tobacco rituals. Now, some of
these members are in bondage to smoking and do not know why they
cannot seem to quit! (Not knowing that they are even enhancing
their own bondage by having ritualistic dcor in their home!) Once
the person(s) who was prayed for begins to smoke they in essence
reinforce ancestral prayers. They reinforce prayers that have been
made on their behalf to a false god, and to the evil spirits that
lurk behind this false god. Their own ritualistic dcor also played
its part in opening the door for evil visitation and temptation.
Unknown to the person it is the same evil influence behind their
ancestors false worship that is influencing or contributing to
their own desire to smoke. Note: for many, although they (or even
their ancestors) may have eventually in their lifetime turned away
from false religion and turned towards Christianity they still
continued to keep their ritualistic dcor. It is because they have
kept their ritualistic objects that they have kept the spiritual
door of false religion open in their life. God is not honored
through ritualism, or its relics. When we are saved we must stop
practicing, and/or get rid of anything having to do with false
religion. We should never forget our heritage; only its false
religious practices and dcor. It is influence from evil spirits
behind false religion that make many peoples temptation to smoke
become stronger. Through continued smoking, addiction to nicotine
then becomes a stronghold in their life. We must realize that
unclean dcor not only opens the door for evil visitation but it
allows evil influence to remain in our life and our home, even
after we are saved. Along with evil influence come many temptations
temptations which lead to physical and spiritual bondage!
Many people who smoke do not even know that tobacco has a
spiritual connection to false religion, and that unclean dcor
enhances or invites this connection. The reason tobacco is used in
false forms of Indian worship is because their false god referred
to as the great spirit is worshipped through nature (creation);
which is totally contrary with the Word of God. Romans 1:25: Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. The
Greek word for creature in Romans 1:25 is ktisis, ktis-is;
creation, creature. God wants all people of all races to come to
His saving grace through His Son Jesus Christ. But, we cannot bring
our false religious methods (or our ancestors false methods) of
worship into our walk with God. God will not accept ritualistic
methods, including its dance or its dcor, as a means of worshipping
Him. The great spirit is not the same God that Christians worship.
The Bible says you can only get to the One and Only True God
through His Son, Jesus Christ; not through nature. Exodus 3:14: And
God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM John 8:58: Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Seeing nature
should make us want to know who created it, not make us want to
worship it, or more precisely use it as a connection for
worship!
Before going any further I must make something clear, I am not
in any way coming against the Indian race, Japanese race, or any
other race. This is a Spiritual teaching, not a racial teaching. I
will be discussing beliefs and customs that are contrary to the
Word of God and Gods commandments, NOT people!
Recognizing the root of addiction, and/or its generational
connection, is the key to deliverance. Once any reconnection in a
Christians life is recognized and dealt with through prayer, and
certain cursed items are removed from the Christians home (such as
the dream catchers, statues and images with feathered headdresses,
feathered pipes, etc) temptation to smoke becomes easier to resist
and overcome. The same is true with marijuana (hemp), as with
tobacco. One reason many are drawn to marijuana is because their
ancestors may have used hemp as part of a religious ritual to a
false god. It is not only Indian false religion that uses nature in
a ritualistic way, but people of Japanese heritage use hemp as part
of a false religious and ritualistic belief. They falsely believe
hemp can ward off evil spirits. They even use hemp rope inside
their temples. In Japanese sumo wresting (possibly one of the
oldest martial arts practices) the highest ranking sumo wrestler
ritually cleanses the sumo ring before each match while wearing a
hemp rope around his belly, along with white zigzag folded paper
strips to ward off evil spirits. This folded paper is a Japanese
practice called origami. Sumo wrestlers worship Japanese Shinto
gods called kami (innumerable gods or spirits). See Shintoism in
Japanese history. Sumo wrestling, and Japans annual festival called
matsuri, is their way of entertaining their Shinto kami gods. Kami
gods are the same gods kamikaze flyers are named after. These
suicidal pilots will give their life for their gods. The total
opposite of Christianity where Our God Jesus Christ gave his life
for us! Shintoism is Japans native religion. It includes ancestor
worship and necromancy. See my document for explanation on
necromancy. Also, for more information on the false religious
practice of Shintoism search the ancient history of Japanese
religion. Information on other false religious practices such as:
martial arts, shamanism, and yoga can be found in my documents.
You may wonder how having unclean items in your home could have
anything to do with addiction to tobacco or marijuana, but
Christians should not place ritualistic items in their homes or
they will have the same evil problems and addictions that these
unclean and cursed items represent. Evil spirits are drawn to
cursed items and with evil spirits come evil temptations. Note: In
the case of the ancient Japanese false religion [Shintoism]; or
even the ancient Chinese false religion [Taoism], some of the
cursed items to remove from your home would be statues and images
of any of their false gods, dragons, any martial arts
paraphernalia, etc. For the dangers of martial arts see my document
on martial arts.
You may also wonder how smoking and items in your home could
have anything to do with ritualism. I will give you this example.
Perhaps you have Indian in your ancestry. You are sitting in a
house that has objects/items symbolic of Indian false religion,
which are ritualistic symbols and images of their false worship,
and you are smoking. What if, at one time, your ancestors bowed
down to or worshipped items similar to the ones in your house,
performing rituals with them or even offering up prayer and strange
fire to them? Leviticus 10:1-2: And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of
Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and
put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord,
which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord,
and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. Remember that
tobacco when lit is used by Indians as a means of worship; it is
strange fire. Even if the tobacco is not lit, but sprinkled out on
the ground as an offering, we are not to offer nature as a means of
prayer to God. Jesus Christ is the only offering that God accepts.
When you are sitting at home amongst these unclean objects, in the
same type of ritualistic surroundings (as your ancestors), and you
are smoking; with the smoke rising what do you think God sees when
he looks down on this? Has God seen something similar to this
before, even by your own ancestors? In Ezekiel the Bible shows us
one way that God sees. Ezekiel 8:3: the spirit lifted me up between
earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God This
description is similar to aerial photography. Looking down God sees
our ritualistic items and the smoke rising, and be assured it is a
site he has seen in times past!
When someone is smoking they may not necessarily be worshipping
others gods but with the environment they live in and the smoking
combined, they have created an inviting environment for the devil
and his evil unclean spirits. This environment creates a
spiritually evil doorway into the persons home and allows Satan a
foothold (possibly even a generational foothold) for his evil
temptation in that persons life. In other words, the spiritually
unclean environment they are living in is one reason they are
tempted to smoke, or to continue smoking. The evil spirits that are
drawn to this type of environment will continually provoke, or
tempt a person to smoke. I understand that cigarettes have nicotine
in them and once a person starts smoking nicotine increases their
desire for another cigarette, however, every battle we face is
(first) spiritual before we ever act out on it physically. As with
any temptation, evil spirits first provoke the temptation. Once we
physically act out the temptation(s) it slowly becomes an evil
stronghold of bondage or addiction in our life. Ephesians 6:12: For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
God can heal and deliver us from anything, including nicotine,
but we must first understand how we contributed to temptation by
allowing evil doorways into our homes, and lives. If we do not
remove the doorways eventually we will be tempted back into
bondage. Deuteronomy 23:14: For the Lord thy God walketh in the
midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies
before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no
unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. God will not walk
in the midst of our unclean things. If we do not remove the unclean
things from our camp (our home) then we will allow Satan access.
Once access is allowed and a stronghold is developed then Satan and
his evil spirits will do everything they can to keep us bound, even
if they have to use our emotional circumstances against us. For
instance, we may get upset about something and the first thing
Satan and his evil spirits will do is whisper to us; dont you think
you need a cigarette? The same can be said for alcohol or anything
else a person may be in bondage to; including fear. When we get
upset about something Satan will whisper to us; arent you afraid,
then immediately we are afraid. However, God did not give us a
spirit of fear and we do not have to be fearful. II Timothy 1:7:
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind. Romans 8:15: For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 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. God can
and will set us completely free but it is we who mustunderstand how
we are falling for these overwhelming temptations time and time
again. A lot of the time we invite evil temptation through the
spiritually unclean environment in which we live. Until we change
this by removing the unclean objectsthe vicious cycle of bondage
will continue. Any object, or replica of any object, which has ever
been used as a spiritual mediator for any type of false worship is
an unclean object that does invite (and allow) evil visitation no
matter what you are doing with it, the object is still what it is
an abomination! When Satan sees his unclean objects in our homes he
considers it a welcoming environment, and an open invitation for a
visit. By changing the spiritually unclean environment of your home
(by removing the cursed unclean objects) in time you can be totally
set free from the desire or temptation to smoke, or anything else
that may have you in the grip of bondage. A clean house will also
lessen the spiritual attack against your mind.
Important Note: Satan does not want his things removed. He may
try and stop you with thoughts of fear and doubt (or possibly
through the negativity of other people). This alone should convince
you of the importance of removing these unclean objects. After all,
if having these things did not matter it would not raise such a
stink when you get rid of them. Usually when Satan knows you are
going to get rid of them, and he cannot stop you, then he will try
and use others to stop you. If that doesnt work then he will try to
make you go overboard and get rid of everything, but you must not
do that either. I have a suggested list of things to remove (in a
separate document); however, you still must pray, and only get rid
of the things that the Holy Spirit is leading you to get rid of He
will guide you in all truth. John 14:16-18: And I will pray the
Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:26: But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. When cleaning out
your home do not go overboard and begin thinking everything is bad,
or go around telling others their stuff is bad. You must pray for
wisdom and direction before you can begin sharing this message with
others. God has a time for everything and you must not get ahead of
God. You must keep a balance in everything you do. A person who has
a lot of unclean objects in their home may feel overwhelmed when
they begin removing them, however, under the direction of the Holy
Spirit and through Gods Word you need to remove the objects anyway.
In time you will be able to think clearly, understand the Word
better, and pray! Extra note: It is not only the unclean objects in
our home that affect us; living in a house full of clutter is
enough to depress anyone! If you are feeling depressed try going
through some things that you do not need, or use, and just get rid
of them.
If you do not believe that objects can cause the environment to
take on a whole new meaning spiritually then consider how false
religions (such as the New-Age movement) use objects to change the
spiritual mood of a room. What false religion calls feng shui. Many
of their objects include Christian idols and images! Yet more proof
that if these idols and images were really Christian then a false
religion would not use them. In New-Age false religion they take
many images including our so-called Christian images and combine
them with things like waterfalls and candles. Candles for the most
part are harmless, unless purchased from a New-Age store, or
labeled with spiritual connotations. But, by bringing other
spiritually harmful objects, including Christian icons/images, into
the same room and putting them all together the atmosphere of that
room takes on a whole new meaning; opening spiritual doorways into
our home and our mind that are not harmless! Having so-called
Christian idols and images is deceptive enough but placing them
with objects such as waterfalls and candles is spiritually
detrimental especially to a persons mind. They are opening
themselves up for spiritual deception. This spiritual deception
goes even deeper when combined with New-Age and other relaxation
music (which is spiritually harmful in itself). What many people,
including Christians, do not realize is that by having these things
in their home they have opened up the door for spiritually evil
visitation (which in the Christians case can be a generational
reconnection to Satans realm of deception). When any person has
these things in their home, whether they have intentionally set
them up for a spiritual purpose or not, they are still living in an
inviting evil atmosphere. This same type of atmosphere is used by
people who practice New-Age and Eastern Transcendental Meditation,
or TM. Which are false religions!
People who practice TM do not realize the spiritually evil
deception that is behind this practice. In TM your mind goes into a
trance state that is very harmful to you both mentally and
spiritually. When practicing TM you might feel that your body is in
a certain place of peace and tranquility but it is a spiritual
deception. This practice comes from Eastern Religion and is very
popular in the false religion of Yoga (Hinduism). Some of the
leaders of this false religions refer to themselves as gurus and
believe that they are Christ reincarnated. These leaders who
believe they are Christ reincarnated believe that Jesus and the
Christ are not one in the same, but are two different people, or
beings. They believe that Jesus is not the Christ. WHICH IS AN
ABSOLUTE LIE OF SATAN! I John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that
denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth
the Father and the Son. Those who teach this lie believe the Christ
(and not the Holy Spirit) entered Jesus at his baptism, leaving him
just prior to his death, and even now continues to indwell others
who are the supposed chosen ones. Mark 13:22-23: For false Christs
and false prophets shall rise, and shew signs and wonders, to
seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed:
behold, I have foretold you all things. This scripture is not
limited to Eastern religions, or other nations and beliefs, but
also holds true when Christians chase after miracles, or the people
performing them, and not the true Miracle maker who is Jesus the
One and Only Christ.
False Eastern and New-Age religions teach people to believe that
they themselves are little gods (or little hrists). This is a
counterfeit concept to the true Christian belief that Jesus Christ
is living in the heart and life of those who accept Him as their
Savior. Many false doctrines and practices are especially deceiving
because they use Christian words and phrases, and many Christians
cannot tell the difference. One example is the word meditation.
Because this word is in the Bible Christians think it is harmless
to practice the Eastern method of meditation. The Bible tells us to
meditate on the word of God, not to clear our minds. Christians do
not know the difference because they do not know what the
scriptures say. They have not adhered to the following scriptures:
Psalm 119:15: I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect
unto thy ways; 23but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes; 48
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in thy statues; 78but I will meditate in
thy precepts; 97: O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the
day; 148that I may meditate in thy word. Psalm 1:2: But his delight
is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and
night. The Eastern meditation form of clearing the mind; or
imagining being in another place with the help of tranquility
(relaxation) music or sounds, is not the meditation that the Bible
refers to.
One reason Christians stay in bondage is because of the
spiritual doorways (unclean decoration) in their homes. Christians
also stay in bondage to addiction and are oppressed, because of
evil spiritual doorways that have been opened in their mind and
emotions. These evil doorways have been opened through their own
participation in the practice of false religions. Practices that
they do not understand are evil. Such as: Yoga, meditation, bowing
to statues as in Catholicism, Buddhism, praying to spirits other
than God, relying on horoscopes, fortune tellers, etc. For example,
Christians are deceived into believing that Yoga is only an
exercise, but the fact is Yoga is Hinduism. Practicing yoga, or
misguidedly using it as exercise, will open spiritually evil
doorways in a persons mind and emotions. The word Yoga means to
yoke. Look up its Sanskrit meaning. People who use this Hindu
method of nature worship as an exercise are actually yoking with
the false belief of Hinduism and the evil spirits that are behind
it. Yoga postures, or asanas, are salutations to the sun god. See
my document on yoga, an abomination of sun worship.
The Bible prohibits any and all occult practices, and this
includes all forms of idolatry and nature worship, divination, etc.
Deuteronomy 4:16-19: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a
graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or
female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the
likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of
any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish
that is in the waters beneath the earth: And lest thou lift up
thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to
worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 17:2-3: If
there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord
thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in
the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And
hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not
commanded. II Kings 17:16: And they left all the commandments of
the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves,
and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal. I Chronicles 16:26 and Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the
people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. I Chronicles 16:26
and Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the people are idols: but the
Lord made the heavens. Jeremiah 19:13: And the houses of Jerusalem,
and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place
of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have
burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out
drink offerings unto other gods. Zephaniah 1:5: And them that
worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that
worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham.
Deuteronomy 27:15: Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or
molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands
of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the
people shall answer and say, Amen. Deuteronomy 18:9-12: When thou
art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou
shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, and that useth divination,
or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer,
or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto
the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth
drive them out from before thee. Leviticus 19:31: Regard not them
that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be
defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 20:6, 27: And
the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face
against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. A
man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,
shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones:
their blood shall be upon them. Isaiah 8:19: And when they shall
say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto
wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto
their God? For the living to the dead. Isaiah 8:19 New Living
Translation reads: So why are you trying to find out the future by
consulting mediums and psychics? Do not listen to their whisperings
and mutterings. Can the living find out the future from the dead?
Why not ask your God? Isaiah 19:3: And the spirit of Egypt shall
fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof:
and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them
that have familiar spirits, and to wizards. Jeremiah 27:9:
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,
nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers
Acts 7:43: Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star
of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I
will carry you away beyond Babylon. I John 4:1-3: Beloved, believe
not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of
God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard
that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. The
Hebrew word for spirit(s) in Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6;
Deuteronomy 18:10-12; Isaiah 8:19; and Isaiah 19:3 is owb, obe; a
mumbleskin (from its hollow sound); hence, a necromancer
(ventriloquist, as speaking from a jar)bottlefamiliar spirit.
When Christians participate in any practice that is contrary to
the Word of God it will result in evil bondage, addiction, and
oppression of the mind, flesh, and emotions (soul). God does not
want Satans things, or practices, in the temple of our home or
mind! Jesus Christ died for us to set us free from the curse, but
will we continue to stay free while practicing or living among the
accursed?
Acts 19:18-19: And many that believed came, and confessed, and
shewed their deeds. 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. The Greek word for curious in Acts 19:19 is periergos,
per-ee-er-gos; magic. Deuteronomy 7:26: Neither shalt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it:
but thou shall utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it;
for it is a cursed thing. Joshua 6:18: And ye, in any wise keep
yourselves from the accursed thing lest ye make yourselves accursed
when ye take of the accursed thing and make the camp of Israel a
curse, and trouble it. See my documents concerning familiar
spirits, necromancy, ventriloquism, and pantomime.
The main thing that Christians need to know is the truth behind
the false spiritual practices they are participating in, or
allowing their children to participate in, and how it is being
disguised as innocent. They need to know the true meaning behind
the things they have in their home, because it is hindering their
relationship with God and is keeping them in bondage and addiction.
Any Christian can re-open a generational door of iniquity (which
includes a generational pattern of bondage and addiction) in their
life by having cursed objects in their home that are symbolic of
false religion and their gods. These cursed things are an
abomination to the One and Only True God! Deuteronomy 7:26: Neither
shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a
cursed thing like it: but thou shall utterly detest it, and thou
shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. Joshua 6:18: And
ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing lest ye
make yourselves accursed when ye take of the accursed thing and
make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. Deuteronomy 23:14:
For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver
thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy
camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
from thee. II Corinthians 6:16-17: And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God;
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out
from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing; and I will receive you. Acts 15:20: But that we
write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and
from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. I John
5:21: Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. I
Thessalonians 1:9: For they themselves shew of us what manner of
entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to
serve the living and true God. The Hebrew word for cursed in
Deuteronomy 7:26 and for accursed in Joshua 6:18 keep yourselves
from the accursed thing is cherem, kheh-rem; usually a doomed
object dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly
destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing). The
Hebrew word for accursed in Joshua 6:18 lest ye make yourselves
accursed is charam, khaw-ram; to seclude to devote to religious
uses (espec. Destruction) make accursed (utterly) destroy forfeit.
The Greek word for idols in II Corinthians 6:16 and I John 5:21 is
eidolon, i-do-lon; an image, (i.e. for worship) a heathen god or
the worship of such. Having images and statues of reverence was
(and is) a practice of heathens, pagans, and of people who may have
once served God but turned their back on Him. I Chronicles 16:26
and Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the people are idols: but the
Lord made the heavens. See my document on pictures of Jesus
concerning the heathen god Zeus and what Christians are now calling
this image! By bringing abominations into our home we could forfeit
our relationship with God! The truth is any image of reverence from
any culture including Christian culture is only an idolatrous
imitation of a heathen god. Exodus 20:3 and Deuteronomy 5:7: Thou
shalt have no other gods before me. See my document idols. The One
and Only True God and His Son Jesus Christ, who are members of the
Godhead, can never be reverenced or honored using images.
Throughout the Bible you cannot find one single incident where Gods
people used a picture or statue of a man to try and portray the
Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). Colossians 2:8-9: Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after
the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead
bodily. Acts 17:29-30: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or
silver, or stone, graven by art and mans device. And the times of
this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every
where to repent.
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A prayer of repentance and deliverance from a pattern of sin
[iniquity] can be found in my document of suggested items to remove
from our homes and churches, it contains lists and prayers. I also
have more documents explaining the true pagan history behind the
things on my list, not just our so-called religious Christian dcor.
But, our traditional and so-called Christian dcor does have a pagan
origin!
(Also see my document on the connection between soul and
spirit)
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