Demons in the real world.
There ARE demons in the real world, the world outside of books, movies, and television, the world outside of fiction.
Non-fiction demons.
It's true, it's factual but try and tell people this and you'll most likely get a squinty-eyed skeptical look, or perhaps one of those nods with that telling smile. You know what telling smile I'm talking about, the one that should a person look closely enough at they'd know they were victims of condescension. People might listen half-heartedly all the while they are internally shaking their head quite vehemently, not believing a word but letting you rattle on and on as you like simply because they know better than to try and argue with you. To argue with you would be quite pointless because you are set in your ways, in your beliefs, and refuse to listen to common sense. You take the Bible of all things and hold that up as your proof when the book is a mere fable mingled history of sorts. You take what Jesus, a God of the Bible, has to say and believe it to the exclusion of your very senses- you know those senses that clearly tell you (should you choose to listen to them) that demons are not at all real in any way, shape, or form. Sure, tell a fictional story about them, or even try in a fanciful way to convince people they're real, but we know you're just doing it because of the money, but DO NOT for one moment truly believe they are really, really, really, real.
OR.
Yes, that is a big OR. OR, if you do want to believe they're real do so in such a way it's more convenient to believe in them. You know, as harmless things, at best slight nuisances. Believe in them in a mere passing sort of way, do NOT try to make them common place and everyday happenings. Tell people you once saw a ghost, or that you can communicate with people on the other side on occasion. Tell them you believe to a point, but no more. Surely do NOT tell them that you believe demons are surrounding all people at all times trying to seduce them spiritually into giving up on the truth, on the love of our Savior and His amazing sacrifice. If you tell them that you WILL get that eye rolling, condescending smile with a nod and maybe even a light pat on the hand or forearm that shows a tenderness that doesn't really exist.
Demons in the real world, non-fiction demons have ONLY one purpose- to keep you from Christ and His truth, which in turn will keep you from eternal life, from salvation through Christ.
Demons KNOW that you won't turn into a spirit being upon death- you don't have that right because you are NOT just a spirit being as they are, you are flesh and blood as well, you are a creature called a human being, you are part of mankind, not angel kind. You will NOT turn into an angel upon death, they know this and it suits their purpose wonderfully to let you keep deceived upon that point. Demons WANT you to believe you turn into a spirit being upon death, they want you to believe in LIES, not in truth. Demons know that you are NOT automatically guaranteed eternal life just because you appear to be a living angel of light crammed into human flesh. Demons KNOW that you will NOT get eternal life in any other way than to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and have His FAITH, His TESTIMONY, keeping HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The demons KNOW this and will do all in their power to keep you from being one of those remnant which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
You think you're guaranteed an afterlife, but you are not.
So many are deceived into believing they die and instantly are transported into a spiritual body that will either ascend or descend, but MOST believe in only ascension because NO ONE wants to truly believe they will ever descend. Those who do believe they will descend and are caught up in making sure they do that will be awfully disappointed when they wake up from death's sleep to realize they are NOT going to live forever in any sort of hellish state. They'll be punished as they deserve and no more, literally, they'll be no more after that punishment. They'll be no more them, forever and ever. If you're reading this right now be honest and ask yourself if you can ever really imagine there never being a you in existence on some level. Because you ARE you believe you always will be somehow even if it is all a big mystery. Or perhaps you do truly believe that everything ends at death and there is no more anything on any level after death. You too will be shocked when you are awakened after death's sleep only to find that you were wrong and must now live with that refuse of faith by suffering according to your unforgiven, unrepentant sins and ONLY then will your belief be realized and you will be NO MORE. But you'll be no more only after you are confronted fully with the FACT there was something more than everything stopping at death, and you refused it.
There will come a time when every single human being that has ever lived will know the truth and know where they accepted that truth or denied it. There truly will be a lot of gnashing of teeth and upset at that point, and a lot of tears because it'll all be too late and while they'll want to instantly place blame somewhere else to see if they can't get a reprieve, they'll be made to see very, very, very clearly every single opportunity they had to believe and how they rejected all of those opportunities.
It is often only when a thief is caught that they are repentant, not for what they've done so much, but over having been caught. It'll be true for ALL who have rejected the truth in Christ, they'll feel that awful repentance but only because they got caught not believing, not because they truly have a love for Jesus and all He's done for them. They would NOT be happy in eternity, and there will be NO eternity for those who choose sin over Jesus.
Demons love lies, they love deception and all around us the world is FILLED with a lot of deception so much so it would be impossible to number the deceptions.
Demons will stop at nothing to deceive.
These spiritual creatures are living around us but they are not without spiritual enemies working to thwart their evil. There are 2/3rds more spiritual creatures that belong to GOD and these work just as hard to bring every opportunity to all people everywhere to find and believe in the truth of salvation through Jesus Christ our LORD.
The trouble here is the same as it was for Eve and Adam in the beginning. They chose to believe a lie rather than the truth. And once we choose to believe a lie and continue in that lie we are shutting out the truth that God's spiritual creatures would reveal to us. We are building a wall around ourselves. We are putting on blinders that we would hate to take off because the light of the truth is so incredibly revealing. That truth will reveal our true state of NOTHINGNESS without God. We are NOTHING without God, NOTHING! And we don't want to believe in ourselves as nothing beings. We would much rather wear the blinders that allow us to believe we are something, even if it is only the tiniest of somethings, that's all it takes to keep from the truth.
People will continue to CHOOSE to believe the lies that make them feel most comfortable within themselves. The lie of total unbelief in any God or Jesus. The lie of believing in a Santa Claus-like God. The lie of believing in their own goodness. The lies people choose are endless and easily supplied by all the demons living around us.
If you think you've never been influenced by a demon, think again. Just ask yourself if you've ever done anything at all in your entire life that you couldn't believe you did. Seriously, has there ever been even a small something or other that you couldn't believe you did? Perhaps it was something you said. It doesn't matter what it was, what matters is that demons love to whisper in our ears and if you think they cannot whisper their evil at us think again- they can even live inside of us if circumstances allow. What those circumstance are I'm not entirely sure, but I know for a fact that demons can even possess children and it doesn't have to be the full blown spin your head around and spew filthy both verbal and that of the vomit sort. Not all demons possession is characterized by the wild men in the cemetery.
Mat 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Some demon possession as noted yesterday effected young people by making them fall down and thrash about- such as one with epilepsy. Do you think the father of that young man would have even dared bring him about crowds if he were likely to be violent towards everyone around him? No.
Demons are real and the next time you are involved in an argument NO matter how seemingly justified it is, you can be assured the demons are surrounding you and urging you on to say hurtful things- even if they are true- the demons want you to show a spirit of dissension not love.
I am serious, just in case you were wondering, very, very serious about ALL of this.
I wholeheartedly believe that demons use all the influence they can over us to get us to sin, to keep us from God, from the LOVE found ONLY IN JESUS CHRIST!
Satan himself tempted Jesus in the wilderness, but you can be assured Satan did NOT stop trying to influence Jesus right up until His very last breath.
So go ahead and choose not to believe in the reality of demons, but if you choose that path just remember you are choosing to NOT believe in the Word of JESUS Himself. And if you are choosing not to believe in the Word of Your Savior, you must be choosing to believe in the word of the Savior's enemy- Satan. Think about it please, and more importantly, PRAY about it all!!!!!!!
Pray, pray, pray! Communicate with GOD, He will help you, He will help us all find HIS truth and ONLY HIS TRUTH if we are sincerely desiring to find it all. And if we're not even sure if we are sincere, pray to be given that sincerity all the while comprehending how truly WORTHLESS we are, and the WORTH we need to have is ONLY found outside of ourselves in CHRIST!
All through HIS GRACE, HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALL THROUGH HIM IN ALL THINGS!
AMEN!
There ARE demons in the real world, the world outside of books, movies, and television, the world outside of fiction.
Non-fiction demons.
It's true, it's factual but try and tell people this and you'll most likely get a squinty-eyed skeptical look, or perhaps one of those nods with that telling smile. You know what telling smile I'm talking about, the one that should a person look closely enough at they'd know they were victims of condescension. People might listen half-heartedly all the while they are internally shaking their head quite vehemently, not believing a word but letting you rattle on and on as you like simply because they know better than to try and argue with you. To argue with you would be quite pointless because you are set in your ways, in your beliefs, and refuse to listen to common sense. You take the Bible of all things and hold that up as your proof when the book is a mere fable mingled history of sorts. You take what Jesus, a God of the Bible, has to say and believe it to the exclusion of your very senses- you know those senses that clearly tell you (should you choose to listen to them) that demons are not at all real in any way, shape, or form. Sure, tell a fictional story about them, or even try in a fanciful way to convince people they're real, but we know you're just doing it because of the money, but DO NOT for one moment truly believe they are really, really, really, real.
OR.
Yes, that is a big OR. OR, if you do want to believe they're real do so in such a way it's more convenient to believe in them. You know, as harmless things, at best slight nuisances. Believe in them in a mere passing sort of way, do NOT try to make them common place and everyday happenings. Tell people you once saw a ghost, or that you can communicate with people on the other side on occasion. Tell them you believe to a point, but no more. Surely do NOT tell them that you believe demons are surrounding all people at all times trying to seduce them spiritually into giving up on the truth, on the love of our Savior and His amazing sacrifice. If you tell them that you WILL get that eye rolling, condescending smile with a nod and maybe even a light pat on the hand or forearm that shows a tenderness that doesn't really exist.
Demons in the real world, non-fiction demons have ONLY one purpose- to keep you from Christ and His truth, which in turn will keep you from eternal life, from salvation through Christ.
Demons KNOW that you won't turn into a spirit being upon death- you don't have that right because you are NOT just a spirit being as they are, you are flesh and blood as well, you are a creature called a human being, you are part of mankind, not angel kind. You will NOT turn into an angel upon death, they know this and it suits their purpose wonderfully to let you keep deceived upon that point. Demons WANT you to believe you turn into a spirit being upon death, they want you to believe in LIES, not in truth. Demons know that you are NOT automatically guaranteed eternal life just because you appear to be a living angel of light crammed into human flesh. Demons KNOW that you will NOT get eternal life in any other way than to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and have His FAITH, His TESTIMONY, keeping HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The demons KNOW this and will do all in their power to keep you from being one of those remnant which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
You think you're guaranteed an afterlife, but you are not.
So many are deceived into believing they die and instantly are transported into a spiritual body that will either ascend or descend, but MOST believe in only ascension because NO ONE wants to truly believe they will ever descend. Those who do believe they will descend and are caught up in making sure they do that will be awfully disappointed when they wake up from death's sleep to realize they are NOT going to live forever in any sort of hellish state. They'll be punished as they deserve and no more, literally, they'll be no more after that punishment. They'll be no more them, forever and ever. If you're reading this right now be honest and ask yourself if you can ever really imagine there never being a you in existence on some level. Because you ARE you believe you always will be somehow even if it is all a big mystery. Or perhaps you do truly believe that everything ends at death and there is no more anything on any level after death. You too will be shocked when you are awakened after death's sleep only to find that you were wrong and must now live with that refuse of faith by suffering according to your unforgiven, unrepentant sins and ONLY then will your belief be realized and you will be NO MORE. But you'll be no more only after you are confronted fully with the FACT there was something more than everything stopping at death, and you refused it.
There will come a time when every single human being that has ever lived will know the truth and know where they accepted that truth or denied it. There truly will be a lot of gnashing of teeth and upset at that point, and a lot of tears because it'll all be too late and while they'll want to instantly place blame somewhere else to see if they can't get a reprieve, they'll be made to see very, very, very clearly every single opportunity they had to believe and how they rejected all of those opportunities.
It is often only when a thief is caught that they are repentant, not for what they've done so much, but over having been caught. It'll be true for ALL who have rejected the truth in Christ, they'll feel that awful repentance but only because they got caught not believing, not because they truly have a love for Jesus and all He's done for them. They would NOT be happy in eternity, and there will be NO eternity for those who choose sin over Jesus.
Demons love lies, they love deception and all around us the world is FILLED with a lot of deception so much so it would be impossible to number the deceptions.
Demons will stop at nothing to deceive.
These spiritual creatures are living around us but they are not without spiritual enemies working to thwart their evil. There are 2/3rds more spiritual creatures that belong to GOD and these work just as hard to bring every opportunity to all people everywhere to find and believe in the truth of salvation through Jesus Christ our LORD.
The trouble here is the same as it was for Eve and Adam in the beginning. They chose to believe a lie rather than the truth. And once we choose to believe a lie and continue in that lie we are shutting out the truth that God's spiritual creatures would reveal to us. We are building a wall around ourselves. We are putting on blinders that we would hate to take off because the light of the truth is so incredibly revealing. That truth will reveal our true state of NOTHINGNESS without God. We are NOTHING without God, NOTHING! And we don't want to believe in ourselves as nothing beings. We would much rather wear the blinders that allow us to believe we are something, even if it is only the tiniest of somethings, that's all it takes to keep from the truth.
People will continue to CHOOSE to believe the lies that make them feel most comfortable within themselves. The lie of total unbelief in any God or Jesus. The lie of believing in a Santa Claus-like God. The lie of believing in their own goodness. The lies people choose are endless and easily supplied by all the demons living around us.
If you think you've never been influenced by a demon, think again. Just ask yourself if you've ever done anything at all in your entire life that you couldn't believe you did. Seriously, has there ever been even a small something or other that you couldn't believe you did? Perhaps it was something you said. It doesn't matter what it was, what matters is that demons love to whisper in our ears and if you think they cannot whisper their evil at us think again- they can even live inside of us if circumstances allow. What those circumstance are I'm not entirely sure, but I know for a fact that demons can even possess children and it doesn't have to be the full blown spin your head around and spew filthy both verbal and that of the vomit sort. Not all demons possession is characterized by the wild men in the cemetery.
Mat 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Some demon possession as noted yesterday effected young people by making them fall down and thrash about- such as one with epilepsy. Do you think the father of that young man would have even dared bring him about crowds if he were likely to be violent towards everyone around him? No.
Demons are real and the next time you are involved in an argument NO matter how seemingly justified it is, you can be assured the demons are surrounding you and urging you on to say hurtful things- even if they are true- the demons want you to show a spirit of dissension not love.
I am serious, just in case you were wondering, very, very serious about ALL of this.
I wholeheartedly believe that demons use all the influence they can over us to get us to sin, to keep us from God, from the LOVE found ONLY IN JESUS CHRIST!
Satan himself tempted Jesus in the wilderness, but you can be assured Satan did NOT stop trying to influence Jesus right up until His very last breath.
So go ahead and choose not to believe in the reality of demons, but if you choose that path just remember you are choosing to NOT believe in the Word of JESUS Himself. And if you are choosing not to believe in the Word of Your Savior, you must be choosing to believe in the word of the Savior's enemy- Satan. Think about it please, and more importantly, PRAY about it all!!!!!!!
Pray, pray, pray! Communicate with GOD, He will help you, He will help us all find HIS truth and ONLY HIS TRUTH if we are sincerely desiring to find it all. And if we're not even sure if we are sincere, pray to be given that sincerity all the while comprehending how truly WORTHLESS we are, and the WORTH we need to have is ONLY found outside of ourselves in CHRIST!
All through HIS GRACE, HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALL THROUGH HIM IN ALL THINGS!
AMEN!
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