The Rise of 'Christian' Witchcraft | Guest: Hilary Kennedy | Ep 790
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Today we're joined by BlazeTV’s Hilary Kennedy to discuss all kinds of weird occult products and shows popping up specifically for young people. First, a "Christian" ouija board for sale on Amazon promises to connect people with God. Psalm-themed tarot cards, marketed as "affirmation cards," are also deceptively marketed to Christians, and a ouija board marketed specifically to little girls features a pink kitten-themed aesthetic. This further shows that the glamorization and “normalizing” of the occult is becoming more and more prevalent at a pace we haven’t seen in recent decades. We also discuss Disney's new German show "Pauline," about an 18-year-old getting pregnant by and falling in love with Satan, and why modern culture seems to keep coming back to this narrative in different formats. Then, we share some good news from CNN of all places: Abortion numbers have greatly decreased in post-Roe America!
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Timecodes:
(00:00) Intro
(00:42) Interview with Hilary begins
(02:05) "Christian" ouija board
(03:22) "Christian" tarot cards
(07:16) Kids ouija board
(10:49) Demon-themed Disney shows
(14:30) The occult / new age beliefs in culture
(29:39) Good news: abortion stats
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Links:
GotQuestions.org: "What is the occult?" www.gotquestions.org/occult.html
Pew Research: "‘New Age’ beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans". www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...
Charisma News: "New Disney+ Teen Series 'Pauline' Pushing Romance with Hell, Satan" www.charismanews.com/world/92...
CNN: "There were 32,000 fewer legal abortions in the US in the six months after the Dobbs decision, new analysis suggests" amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/11/he...
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The Rise of 'Christian' Witchcraft | Guest: Hilary Kennedy | Ep 790
I would appreciate it deeply if anyone could pray for me I'm very sick suffering from long time illness please pray for me praying for everyone everyday God bless you all 🙏🙌🙌
I hope you get better,Steve
Praying brother
Steve the Lord bless and keep you. I know it is hard to deal with the issues that make us sick! Continue to trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
The Lord will never leave you or forsake you. God bless you and I will call out your name “Steve Guti”
to our mighty God !!!
Praying for your healing and strength and that God will keep you in perfect peace.
Lord, I lift up Steve to You. As his Creator you know every detail of his body and health so You are able to touch him in any area that needs healing. I pray You would fill Steve with Your peace which passes all understanding and bring healing to his body. I pray You would use him to point people to You as he perseveres I seeking You in this time of affliction. May You be glorified and may Your will be done. In the name of Jesus, amen.
I was with a group of believers in business this morning that I’ve been attending weekly for over 6 years off and on. A friend who is a “holy yoga” instructor began attending last week. Today as she shared, more than half of the group sang the praises of it (“holy yoga”). She said that when she had first heard about slapping the “holy” label on yoga, she thought it sounded “corny” but when she started doing it she soon realized it was “the most worshipful thing” she has “ever done”. I had previously shared with her that I have spiritual objections and concerns about it. I felt naked and exposed when the conversation turned and stayed heavily focused on it for several minutes, like I was having a “sci fi moment” where I was the only one in the room who wasn’t deceived. Yoga is synonymous with Hinduism and many of the poses are violent ritualistic enactments of some of that idol-worshipping pagan religion’s millions of gods. I don’t believe yoga has any place in Christianity and yet it has fully penetrated Christian churches, schools and other institutions. I am praying for wisdom on how to respond to this latest breach of syncretism into the Body of Christ.
I'm so glad you have spiritual discernment, but it's sad to see all those around you that don't, I know what you mean, I went to a Christian fellowship club in college and there wasn't even one person that wasn't new age other than me.
"The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word Yoga is 'Yoke'. Yoga can therefore be defined as a means of uniting the individual spirit with the universal spirit, or. God. According to Maharishi Patanjali, Yoga is the suppression of modifications of the mind."
I know how you feel. I have brought up the subject of yoga & " Holy yoga" with Christian women and boy oh boy I get push back. That in itself speaks loudly to me. I asked one woman if she even knew the meaning of the word yoga. She did not!
It brings not an ounce of glory to our Holy mighty & wonderful God for us to borrow from demons and their wicked ancient rituals, slap the word "holy" on it and then say we are worshiping Him with it! I
I think yoga is really all about the Self. And the worship of Self. That became very clear to me when I started watching the Holy Yoga video!!
Hi Sherry. I hope you will take this with all kindness, but I think we need to take a giant step back and see what's really going on. Depending on your Theology and Eschatological understanding you may disagree or agree with what I write.
First, whether its "Christian" yoga or regular yoga, "Christian" witchcraft or Wicca, Satanism or Hinduism, it doesn't matter, Jesus is LORD.
In this conversation, the topic is about "Christian Ouija boards and tarot cards" so what is our fear?
That a Christian will be demonically possessed inadvertently even though they have the Holy Spirit? Will they lose their salvation? What is our fear in this case?
It doesn't matter what false belief we come up with the fact that Jesus is LORD doesn't change. I believe if someone is a Christian who has believed in Jesus then they have the Holy Spirit in them and that Romans 8:38-39 apply
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Whether it's these or the jab, or CBDCs, or anything else man or the Enemy can conceive, nothing will be able to separate us from His love.
Sure it's not good, to use a "Christian Ouija board" but do we not have faith that the Holy Spirit will let a believer know? I think it's good to shine a light on these things but we should not fear them any more than we'd fear a talisman or an idol.
We are His Children John 1:12-13
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Do we not think that God who loves His children wouldn't show them the truth in some way?
If we believe the promises of God, which is faith, that He says He will do what He says He will do then in the life of every Believer He promises to complete every good work He has for us by the day of Christ Jesus.
Philipians 1:6
6 "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;"
I think that the issue today in the Church isn't tarot cards or Ouija boards or "Christian yoga", it's faith that GOD is GOD and trusting what He says. I think that too often we allow ourselves to be fearful because of our faulty doctrines.
So what should you do? Pray for them, share Jesus and let it go. Let God be God. I think in our culture today we have trouble stepping back and being still. Part of our role as Christians is to not let our hearts be troubled because our hope and faith is in the One who spoke the Universe into existence.
What I have learned is that God has way more patience for our stupidity than I do.
I watch the Church today and I shake my head at how many false beliefs many Conservative Christians have and because of those beliefs fear easily takes root. Preaching Hell, fire and Brimstone isn't doctrinally sound it's out of fear. (Don't worry I do believe Hell is a real place, that its eternal torment, and there will be those who go there).
The enemy is defeated but we don't believe that. We think Satan has more power than he does. That his agenda competes with the will of God, and that on any given day Satan's agenda might win out over God's Will.
If we didn't believe this on some level then we wouldn't fear so much about the "evil" in this world.
I think that many Christians today think that everything we define as "good" that happens is from God and everything we define as "bad" or "evil" is of Satan. Sure we say "in the end Jesus wins", but what about today? Did Jesus win today? How about tomorrow? God sees the end result and calls it "Good", that's the difference.
This is where Eschatology comes in.
If you believe that Christians are going to save the world for Jesus then there will always be a blindness to the facts.
We are 2000 years from the time of Jesus, and we see as early as 150AD the early church fathers were writing against heresies. We see around 400AD the Roman government highjacked Christianity and merged it with paganism. We see through the centuries that much of people were illiterate or unable to get a hold of the Bible and the "church" dictated the doctrine to the people. Today we have hundreds of denominations and church splits and schisms who all claim to have "the correct doctrine" and understanding of Scripture.
This is not a history of becoming more doctrinally sound but doctrinally weaker.
So many today, I see fear that if they don't preach or see others preaching "correct doctrine", that millions will be led to Hell for eternity by "false teachers". Yet don't realize how arrogant that is.
God designed salvation, He provided all the requirements for salvation in Jesus, He offers it (and this is where I thnk the breakdown in understanding comes in) I think that every event in life and death leads us to the knowledge of Jesus. Why I say in death is because Luke 16 talks about life after death in Hades and the rich man was repentant and I believe Jesus preached the gospel for 3 days to the lost in Hades between His death and Resurrection. I believe there is 1 Judgment Day in Rev 20 where Eternal Hell will be sentenced and not before.
But regardless, God has known from eternity past all who will receive His gift and all who won't. Our job isn't to save people, it's to share Jesus, and pray for them and prayer is the battle we engage in. Not that their soul hangs in the balance but that we express our faith that Jesus is the victor and we trust that whether we see it or not God is working in the lives of everyone.
The reality is that God doesn't need us. Someone's salvation is never and will never be in our hands or determined by how "correct" our doctrine is. God allows us to be part of His work because praying for someone and watching them come to Him is a joyful experience and He wants us to share in that joy but we should never be mistaken that their salvation relies on any of our actions or lack thereof.
You made the comment " I don’t believe yoga has any place in Christianity and yet it has fully penetrated Christian churches"
The question has to be asked why? Why has God allowed so many false doctrines to invade the church?
Well, we chose it. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 isn't about "Christian tarot cards or Christian Ouija boards"
1 Timothy 4
Now the Spirit (Holy Spirit) expressly says that in latter times (well what is the definition of the latter times?)
1. some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits
2. and doctrines of demons,
Deceiving or lying spirits tells us that these spirits know the truth and lie and twist the truth and some will believe it.
Doctrines of Demons is different. This is about beliefs that demons and the enemy believe are true and we do as well.
What is a doctrine the enemy believes? That Satan is as powerful as GOD. As I mentioned before the struggle between "Satan's agenda and God's Will."
How does Satan believe he will defeat God. He believes that when he is sent to Hell
Rev 20- 10 "The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."
Rev 12 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;
Just to make sure we are talking about Satan here.
How many Christians today believe that far more people will be in Hell than in Heaven?
No, I don't believe in Universalism where all roads lead to Heaven, I believe we have a very narrow view of God's plan of salvation.
If you understand Eschatology then in Matthew 24:21 Jesus talks about a specific period of time or tribulation that has never happened or will ever happen again.
Matthew 24:21-22a
21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; (survive as in our extinction via war)
If you cross reference the events you'll see they line up with Rev 13 and there it says
3b And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
The whole world will one day follow this person and Satan and worship them, during a time the world has never seen before and yet when we read Rev 7:9-14 GOD makes a promise.
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,...13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in (P)white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Everything that is going on has been long foretold, so none of what we see should surprise us. I think that when we read His Word about what the future holds we simply need to have faith and trust Him. Whether it's with the salvation of our loved ones, the path that Christians are on in their individual lives or the greater global picture.
I hope this helps. If you have any questions as to anything doctrinally I've said or if there is anything I might have not been clear about, feel free to send me a reply and I'll do my best. As I said I hope I was kind in my response and I hope it is of some benefit. Take care. May the LORD bless you and keep you until He comes.
Beckett Cook has a REALLY good podcast with someone who had been involved in yoga before she became a Christian and she gave very good reasons why believers should NOT be.
That's how demonic spirits work. If people are susceptible and open to lies and false beliefs, then demons will empower it. They're being deceived
People need to become biblically literate- period
Definitely into learning the history of it.
Amen!!!!
For real.
Noah’s ark doesn’t make sense for me to become a literal believer of the Bible
@@giraffewhiskers2045 that is fair. Ask God about it. Tell Him what and why you doubt or disbelieve .
It’s also getting into the church through popular hyper-charismatic teachings…I highly recommend Mike Winger’s video warning on Bethel/Bill Johnson/new age from a couple months ago! I wish Allie Beth would have him on! Also, Melissa Dougherty 🔥🤗
@@teresaabernathy460 I was going to mention Doreen Virtue too but there are so many good resources! 😅 Mike Winger is my go-to for most topics and I just love Melissa’s parodies 😂
Yes!!! This is what helped us leave our church recently. Bill Johnson and Randy Clark both came to our church and caused a bunch of craziness in our town.
Doreen is very needed on these topics!
I totally second that Allie should have Mike Winger. He’s my favorite!
All I can say is, “God help us!”
"God's way is always better." Amen!!
Yes, for some.
“Christian” witch = I’ve never actually spent 5 minutes reading The Bible.
Too busy going to supernatural healing tarot cards meditating schools too.
Bet you spent more time reading about men can get pregnant 🤣🤣🤣
Does that apply to witches or just Christians?
The douay rheims bible (Christian Catholic) is the oldest bible 1582/1609 and after that is the KJV (protestant) 1611. It's difficult to read but people definitely should study it. Sadly many don't and don't seek help.
@@catholicfemininity2126 with due respect the fact you remain in a Catholic Church tells me you don’t actually read The Bible or you don’t actually know all that Roman Catholicism teaches.
I’m astonished, and saddened, that so many Roman Catholics choose to ignore actual Biblical Scripture (or just don’t know it) and support a church (lowercase) that purports to be followers of Christ and of His Bible, yet has DANGEROUSLY departed from actual Biblical Christian doctrine in MANY CRITICAL areas! If Roman Catholicism claims to follow Christ and His Bible, then start teaching and FOLLOWING the Bible. Stop teaching things that CONTRADICT what The Bible actually says.
We really shouldn’t need to even be having this discussion. Who would have thought that simply FOLLOWING THE BIBLE would be controversial for Christians? If we as Christians claim to be followers of Christ then FOLLOW WHAT HIS BIBLE SAYS! The Bible needs NO additions. It needs NO subtractions. If the Bible says it, believe it and own it! If something speaks CONTRARY to The Bible we are called as Christians to “contend for the faith” and speak out AGAINST heresy.
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
Jude 1:3
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
Ephesians 5:11
If we claim to be followers of Christ, simply follow and believe what He said was true! Trust in HIM, NOT in man made “religion”
Following is a summarized paragraph with references found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) of many of the false teachings of Roman Catholicism. How do we know they are false? By comparing Scripture with what is taught.
The Catholic Church is the one true church (CCC 2105), Infallibility of the Catholic Church, (CCC 2035), Only the Roman Catholic Church has authority to interpret Scripture (CCC 100), The Pope is the head of the church and has the authority of Christ (CCC 2034), The Roman Catholic Church is necessary for salvation (CCC 846), Sacred Tradition equal to scripture (CCC 82), Forgiveness of sins, salvation, is by faith and works (CCC 2036 CCC 2080 2068), Full benefit of Salvation is only through the Roman Catholic Church (Vatican 2, Decree on Ecumenism, 3), Grace can be merited (CCC 2010 CCC 2027), The merit of Mary and the Saints can be applied to Catholics and others (1477), Penance is necessary for salvation (CCC 980), Purgatory (CCC 1031 CCC 1475), Indulgences (CCC 1471 CCC 1478 CCC 1498 CCC 1472), Mary is Mediatrix (CCC 969), Mary brings us the gifts of eternal salvation (CCC 969), Mary delivers souls from death (CCC 966), Prayer to the saints (CCC 2677), The Communion elements become the actual body and blood of Christ (CCC 1374 CCC 1376).
At the Council of Trent, the Roman Catholic Church declared the Gospel that JESUS AND THE APOSTLES preached..... an anathema.
In Session 6. Canons XXIV, IX, XII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXVII, XXIX, XXX, and XXII. I urge anyone reading this to look this up. You will see it’s true.
Satan has blinded the eyes of millions and millions of Catholics. I pray for them often..........
The Bible says.....
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
Galatians 1:8-9
Roman Catholicism ABSOLUTELY preaches a “different gospel” and is guilty of this passage from Galatians.
ACCURSED! That’s a pretty serious charge. Those are The Apostle Paul’s God Inspired words.
Again, The Bible disagrees with MANY of Roman Catholicism’s teachings. Rome’s problem is with THE BIBLE, not me. I’m simply praying for you that you see the beautiful Light and Glory of the pure and true gospel before it’s too late. I didn’t write the message, I’m simply a messenger.
Get in your Bibles everyone. Read it, believe it, own it, defend it! Preach the entirety of The Bible with grace, mercy and truth and point the lost to Jesus!
I don’t say this to argue, I say this because it’s the truth and the truth matters. Doctrine matters. Salvation matters.
I honestly pray for you all. Please, in the quiet of your heart ask yourselve, Why do many of Rome’s teachings CONTRADICT The Bible???
Put your trust in God, NOT Rome.
“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.”
Colossians 2:8
Below is a post I copied from your “leader”. Anyone who actually studies the Bible will know how unbiblical and wrong it is.
“Mary is not only the bridge joining us to God; she is more. She is the road that God travelled to reach us, and the road that we must travel in order to reach him”.
This blasphemous statement was written on your “pope’s” Twitter account. March 25th 2021 at 5:31 am. Look it up.
It is not only unbiblical but is an absolute insult to The Lord Jesus Christ.
My heart breaks for the millions of people that Roman Catholicism has blinded. I pray that you see God’s truth before it’s too late. Said in love to you, you are being deceived.
Anyone see that Michael Knowles interview with an astrologist who was also into yoga??? That ALL ties together and we should be cognizant of our surroundings and actions
Her name is Angelia Ucci and I watch her podcast Heaven and Healing a lot she's absolutely phenominal
@Val I don't believe yoga for exercise is bad. In fact, anything that helps aid in better health, i am an advocate for. Watch that video I mentioned and it can shed more light into what I am referring to.
@@valerinagalvina I did all kinds of stretches when I did gymnastics. Somehow we never needed yoga. Yoga is about mimicking the poses of demon gods when they committed murders in ancient times. I follow Jesus and his example by being baptized, mimicking his death, burial, and resurrection, and taking communion which mimicks his last supper and symbolically takes in his body and blood shed for me. I don't mimick the evil actions of demons.
When I was 19, I dabbled in the Occult; studying Crowley mainly and I had enough sense to avoid those boards (won’t even type the name). I was Born-again in 1990 and will say that there’s nothing more dangerous than a witchboard. It’s in all the movies about demonic oppression and possession; The Exorcist, The Amnityville Horror, etc. Parents and Grandparents need to know it’s both a for-real gateway and a fast-acting poison.
So a witchboard is dangerous because it's in all those movies? So what's more dangerous, the board or those movies?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137anything that is used to participate in the occult world is dangerous. Movies, video games, witchboards, books, cards, etc etc. Who can measure the degree of danger?
Or is there a degree. What is the difference of practicing yoga or playing tarot cards? Both summon demonic spirits.
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 I think you know the answer. Movies and books tend to either popularize the demonic (ie tv programs too numerous to count), making it seem cool and relatively innocuous ( Harry Potter) OR terrify people. The Bible says we are to avoid all appearances of evil and to GUARD our hearts and minds from evil. It's common sense for one who wants to draw close to Jesus/ God to stay away from His enemies.
Someone brought one of those into our house when I was a kid. There were 8 of us kids. Three of us younger ones tried it and it did move on its own. I said, nope, never again. My mother threw it out 3 times and it kept showing back up. Finally, she built a bonfire and burned it.
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 they're both dangerous. Don't be dense. The boards are an opening to evil spirits. What happens in those movies is the result of playing with doors to the netherworld.
I pray churches show this to their youth groups.
Holy Spirit Ouija board?
Oh you'll get a spirit all right, I don't think it will be very holy.
For real! I haven't watched the episode yet. I'm still shocked at the title. I had no idea this was even a thing among professing Christians!
This is a joke. 😆
@@Yesica1993 some dont really know God so they want to talk to him like that
I remember the “Angel Talk” board that appeared in the 90s. Same physical set up of a ouija board but dressed up with soft billowed clouds and a cute little angel on it called Sunny. The creators had a cute and charming little story about how “Sunny” appeared to them ( I can’t remember if it was through ouija or some other method) and encouraged them to create the board and spoke along the lines of “many paths to God and enlightenment”. I saw both being used in my dorm, and that angel board creeped me out. I was Agnostic at the time but incidents like those helped me get myself a Bible and into a pew.
When I was in high school I asked some of my teachers if they had ever messed with a Ouija board & one of them got so wide eyed. Her hairs stood up on her arms and she grabbed my arm and said something like, “please don’t tell me you’ve messed with one!!” And I was laughing like no lady I’m just wondering if you have 😂 and she told me in college they were drinking in dorms. Had people over and some were engaging in the board…a girl got possessed & they all got the school priest and the girls dorms were shut down either the whole weekend or whole week while they performed an exorcism and blessing.
I got into a debate with another christian who started using words like "magick" and "manifestation" synonymously with christian beliefs. When I called it out as new-age deception, he told me evil spirits were deceiving me into being afraid of something good. He told me that God and Bhaal are the same being but just different terminology, and that new age words are just different words that mean the same thing in christianity. He knows I struggled terribly with post partum depression 5 years ago, and offered to use his energy healing skills to deliver me (even though I'm no longer suffering, thanks to God). I commented that if new age and christianity are the same thing, it was interesting he chose the new age terminology instead of the biblical terminology when talking about them both. Why not use the names and words in the Bible instead of the occult words like magick and bhaal. Words matter. He was so determined to convert me to his terminology and energy healing beliefs, I had to walk away from the conversation. But I can see how this kind of deception could so easily lead christians down the wrong path and away from Jesus. We have to be so vigilant. It's so scary! It seems very much like the anti christ.
You are sooooo right!! Good for you for calling it out! The devil is full of deception and his time is short and uses whatever he can to deceive. He will use things to make it seems like it is of God Yehovah. Scripture speaks of magic and manifestation is of evil and to stay away from it for a reason.
We cannot mess around. We must seek the Lord and him alone. He is THE TRUTH. The enemy is deceiving so many people right now. I keep seeing love is love signs around my town. No, love is not love. Jesus is love. Stay on guard by praying and reading the Bible. Love you all. Praying for the eyes of the blind to be opened to the truth of who Jesus is
If you can have your opinion on love, why can't others? And love is not deception. Love is whatever the heart demands. Whether it's Jesus or someone's 102 year old grandma you just met on the street.
Tell me something? Why did God lie to me? I heard a voice when I was 16 that sounded like it came from behind me. It said “there she is(girl across the parking lot) There is your wife” it was a girl I worked with. I turned around to see where the voice came from. NOTHING. It was the only time I ever heard a voice from nowhere so I’m pretty sure I’m not schizophrenic. 2 years later we were engaged. Year after that she left me!!! Why did God lie? I spent 17 years in faith trying to get her back. She refuses to even speak to me. WHY DID GOD LIE!!!?
@@Thegreatone-tx1yl I’m sorry that you have been going through this for so long. God cannot lie. There are evil spirits in the world. They have the power to speak into people’s minds. They have the power to manifest themselves at times. The world has has given an invitation to the enemy of God to come upon the earth and to wreak havoc. There is only one way to keep deception and evil away and that’s Jesus. It’s not a church, it’s not calling ourselves a christian. So many people call themselves Christian’s (which means Christ like) but they do not know Jesus. There are some churches that know Jesus but we have to start at the source of our peace, joy and deliverance. If we seek Jesus he will show himself. I pray that you come to know him. I will be praying for you. May God bless you and show himself in your life in such a personal way that there won’t be any way to deny it.
I'm of the Dark Shadows era. Didn't allow my kids to see or listen to questionable movies or music.
Both kids have kids and are doing the same❤
Like the original Barnabas Collins and Willie Loomis Dark Shadows? When I was 10 it would come on at 5AM on Sci Fi channel & if I was up I’d watch it 😂 I started binging it again in 2017 when I was 23. I had been following Christ for about a year. Just fell off watching bc it gets long and redundant. Then I began binging again when I was pregnant in 2020 & not working. I guess I probably wouldn’t watch it now because I’ve really been turned off by vampires even as fake characters because of how evil it seems. They have done an episode of a séance where Victoria becomes embodied by the spirit of Josette. That definitely turns me away.
Either way, love to hear thoughts on the original show? From what I’ve seen it wasn’t sexual but it did have some dark stuff in it considering it’s based around a vampire and spirits.
Hebrews tells us to become mature Christians by constantly discerning between good and evil.
God will remove all your sadness and pain soon praise God praying for everyone everyday God bless you all
You can’t care about people if you don’t care about these issues. Standing up about these issues is the loving thing to do.
My grandmother who was ignorant of the spiritual consequences, bought my sister and me an Ouija board when we were children between 8-10 years old. It definitely opened the door to evil spirits, and we became frightened after only “playing” with it a couple of times. Thank you, for educating people about the dangers of the occult.
I don't see how being afraid of it lead to "evil spirits".
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137Being afraid came after it was used. Trying to talk to unknown spiritual beings is what invited the evil spirits. It’s difficult to fully explain in a short comment, but the New Age is full of examples of people unknowingly being lied to and oppressed by evil spirits. Peace of Christ Jesus to you.
@@amyhenningsgard8618Amen 🙏
The board is evil spirits
Alisa Childers also did an episode with Amy Davidson a couple months ago that was so good! She was days away from becoming a Wiccan witch when she found Christ. Wicca is so appealing to young girls and so visually appealing to nature lovers…nothing like what I expected. It’s not in your face demonic at all, but self/nature worship and fully customizable “create your own” religion. It was a really eye opening interview!
She was FOUND by Christ.
One cannot be a Christian(or a religious Jew or Muslim for that matter) and a witch/warlock. It’s not possible. One cannot serve two masters.
You've obviously never practiced any form of Paganism.
muslims are serving the wrong master alha not YAHWEH
Vodun,hoodoo, and Santería uses Christianity. Vodun and hoodoo was a African religion but when they where taking from their homeland they had to combine the religions to make sure they honor there homeland. Santería I am still learning about this one.
So why does it happen?
Witchcraft is a practice not a religion. You can do witchcraft without serving a god.
Galatians 6:7
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
Thank you for making me aware of pregnancy centers these past few years of being a listener. I went to college for psychology. I worked in the field for a number of years after college. I’ve been a sahm the past almost 5 years and my worldview has changed drastically. I don’t think I could really go back into the field. I’ve decided that once I go back into the workforce, I will apply at my local Christ centered pregnancy center.
That's awesome! I'm a stay at home mom as well my daughter is special needs and being a mom has also changed my views and I believe God used motherhood to reach me. I got saved after having my daughter. I've really been feeling the desire to help the Christian pregnancy centers I was thinking of contacting and seeing if there was a way of volunteering or donating items to help these women in need
I watched Lila Rose interview Roland Warren and it helped me to explain my hesitation with supporting pregnancy centers 110%. Specifically when he mentioned a single woman having babies with multiple men still checks all the "prolife" boxes. Lila had to admit that Live Action's tagline cuts out the 3rd person, the father, completely. While these centers can serve our communities well, there is a huge blindspot when it comes to encouraging strong fatherhood. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so beyond supporting the women having babies, we also need to be supporting men becoming fathers and people having children within wedlock. If all young men stepped up to fatherhood, abortion mills would go out of business.
I would love for you to cover the connection with the occult and the enneagram. It is all divination.
Spencer Smith talks/warns a lot about it on his channel. He has some pretty good stuff.
@@RebeccaAnnette I think it would be very impactful for Allie to cover it also.
@@rcsavedbygrace Yes, I’m sorry - I didn’t mean to argue with you; I just meant there was some good coverage if you wanted to check it out as well! Blessings to you. 😊
Her episode number 424 covers it (I think it’s 424). Anyway, she does have an episode on the enneagram.
The Enneagram is just an ancient Meyers Briggs personality indicator. It is not evil.
Praise God, all of those babies lives were spared!
One thing I noticed right away with that ouija board was that they have Jesus doing the “as above so below” gesture..
I think you should get your eyes checked.
He is! Good catch.
That's what I thought, too
My mother didn’t let me watch “Bewitched.” This back in the 1960s. I would hear at school about a show everyone was watching. She thought, rightly, that sitcoms were being used to destroy Biblical beliefs and morals. She would watch something like Laugh In with me and we would talk about what they were making fun of: Adam and Eve, authority figures, etc. She was wise!
😆😂🤣 ...You were not allowed to watch a silly sitcom?!
How exactly does a show like Bewitched destroy Biblical beliefs and morals?
Good for her! 👋 It is hard to be counter cultural. She was wise.
@@jackieperreault4737 Or just opinionated?
Love it! Your mom sounds like she was wise indeed.
I thought this conversation was well put, respectful& thoughtful. Thanks y’all!
Ouija is just evil. I’m so grateful you share this. I have 3 wee grandkids and I want to keep them safe.
An evil piece of cardboard (or wood) that scares the crap out of people? Yeah, I can see how that's unsafe.
LOL, it's just a stupid game, I'm very sorry to disappoint you. 🙄🥱
3 wee grandkids? Speak right, you’re not a child anymore.
@Kelly Barclay, first of all you're a wonderful, caring and loving grandmother🙏. Firstly, pray over your grandchildren and put the blood of Christ Jesus, Yeshua Hamashiach over them. Read Psalms 23, 91 and 121 over them for protection. Put their names in the Psalms and if you can teach them to recite the Psalms and the Lords prayer🙏. Its important for them to go to church to know Christ Jesus, through the Gospels if they don't know him or you can teach them by using children books. If you can, get their parents on board with what you're doing. Plus, watch what they're watching and keep them well away from Disney and those boards etc! Its essential to know what is going on in society. Keep well!🙏.
I had a first hand experience with the evilness. It is not harmless play. Luckily. the demon didn't stick around.
The bookstores are so bad too for this stuff. They push the tarot cards and witchcraft throughout the store so bad 😭 like teen witch or self care using crystals etc and it’s awful 😢 the marketing of it too front and center
yep one time i walked by a bookstore at the mall and felt evil i tracked it down it was the satanic bible Satan and God exist.
Yeah it is front and center last time I walked in a book store the display as soon as you walk in was all witchcraft. Tarot cards, spell books, ouiji boards the works it was atrocious
Have you seen their section for Bibles and other stuff too though?
Thank you very much Ally for this discussion on Sneaky Types of Lying...Who creates? Satan! Typical for the Last of the last days. Why? Satan's "creative" ways through the $- hungry to cleverly Deceive those who are Unknowledgeable "Christians" about truths in God's Word, The Bible.
May there be a real separation in the pulpits of the real Shepherds from the goats/devils/frauds.
Ephesians 5:11
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
Hey everyone! I hope y'all are having a great day 😁 Thanks for another awesome episode AB. God bless all of you reading this and your families.
My mom was a strong believer of the Ouija board. That thing caused so many emotional problems in our family, that my parents were close to getting divorced. It wasn't until later, when I accepted our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in my life that I realized how deadly those things can be for your soul.
Same experience here, I told my mother after the first experience that I was done with that demon board.
I'm a young Christian girl who's always loved Magic as a part of Fantasy, for example Percy Jackson, Harry Potter and/or anything to do with Phoenixes, Fairies, Wizards and Frozen is my favourite movie of all time, and I will say this: Magic is something that's meant to be of the imagination. Sure maybe you can roleplay as a Wizard or something but when you get so engulfed in the idea of having Powers that you turn to Demons to help you instead of accepting God's will of miracles that he controls--that's sin in my opinion.
Unless those demons are metaphor.
You need to be REALLY careful because, while there is "slight of hand" and ordinary tricks, which can be used to teach the Gospel, people need to be aware that such an interest could be turned into a much more subversive and dark magic. God doesn't always do a miracle when we want Him to, right? Bad things happen because of the sin in this world. If someone loses their contentment to allow God to direct our paths, they turn to New Age, Wicca or other satanic religions prohibited by God to fulfill their own "fantasies". ANYTHING that controls our behaviour, apart from the HOLY SPIRIT, is sinful because God is not allowed to be in charge of our lives. He knows what is best for us... So "anything else" can mean anything from food to fashion to the demonic forces. I hope you will pray and ask Jesus to show you the Truth so you can discern between good and evil as you grow in Him.
@@elmer.joannreifel7338 Satanism isn't the same as Wiccanism and most Satanists aren't theistic as they don't actually worship Satan. Not sure what you mean by fulfilling fantasy. They are no less off than anyone else.
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 Melissa Doherty has explored a gamut of religions in her search for the Truth. My son got caught up in Wiccah for a while and he will tell you that Satan is behind it.
Sadly these things pave the way for people to want to try out the witchcraft they read about and see in movies. The Bible says to have nothing to do with unfruitful works of darkness and to flee youthful lusts, not flirt with them at the edge of a cliff. May God bless you and give you wisdom. ❤
Thank you for this episode. Will share!
I think parents shouldn't try to ban each and every bad thing on the entire internet one by one, but rather instill in their children the instinct of recognition and avoidance. Teach them what makes bad things bad, and tell them those things are dangerous to their minds. That's what my mom did, and I mostly didn't desire bad things. (And block off the worst stuff entirely, of course.)
100%- whenever age appropriate. Young children think in black and white categories of good versus bad, so it's appropriate to shield them more when they're younger and unable to discern the hidden meanings and gray areas. Totally agree that when they're maturing, we must teach them discernment with guided exposure to lies within our culture, and talk about it.
All you can do is explain to them why you believe certain things are bad or good.
Why not all of the above? Teach your children wisdom and also try to outlaw evil things to protect other people's children too.
Thank you Allie for standing up.
Hi Allie. Thank you for an eye-opening talk today. I would like to find out more on the new age and its teachings. I am watching from Zambia, Africa
1. Tim Hortons is the best! I'm from Buffalo. 2. Don't forget the Casper movie with Christina Ricci. All "cute" things that we watched. I wasn't allowed to watch or read many things, but it sneaks in wherever it can.
That Casper movie was and still is one of the best. I remember when they came out with the glow-in-the-dark Casper plastic hand puppets then.
Amazing message
Allie, we are the same age. All the Disney and are you afraid of the dark totally got me into paranormal curiosity later and early on. Goosebumps much!
I am only commenting on this one to ask Allie to pray and speak about the passing of Dr Charles Stanley. Quite a man of faith.
So good! GBU both!!❤
SCREWTAPE LETTERS by CS LEWIS Is a mindblowing book. Read it 30 years ago.
Allie, do you have an episode talking about people who claim they have a spiritual encounter with God or Jesus after doing shrooms? If not, I think that would be an excellent topic for discussion!
Check out Michael Knowles. He just had a guy on that talked about it. Super interesting. Essentially they were demons and he got into Buddhism I believe. Tried to kill himself and eventually found Jesus.
Great insight and interview
I have a friend who started doing tarot readings and I sisted that she prayed to God for guidance from the Holy Spirit for her readings, so it's ok. I was just kind of frozen and had no idea how to respond I was so shocked 🙁
Wow! God is not going to assist her in using tarot cards.
@@annamineer2521 I mean I know that, and you know that, but yeah :(
I saw a Psalm spell book on etsy the other day. It was shocking! I grew up watching all the Sabrina witch, charmed, practical magic and Buffy shows. It was so normal, but I wouldn’t let my kids watch those shows now. However, I do hate that every little sometimes gets labeled “new age”. I also grew up collecting crystals and i definitely had no idea there was anything “spiritual” to it. I thought they were beautiful & I have wonderful memories of going with my grandparents to dig for them. Burning sage can actually cleanse the air & I don’t mean that in a spiritual way. It can help with allergies & things. Our world is scary and very satanic & I am not about that! But, I also think certain groups of Christians are so quick to scream “new age”. Avoid things when
You’re convicted.
Agreed. I believe in curiosity and I believe that different people worship in different ways and see the world in different ways, but I’ve always believed in angels and demons, and demons are not good
There are plenty of people who just collect rocks and crystals. It can be a normal thing you know but I think sage would be good for casting away farts.
I remember back in the early 1980s Church youth groups burning their secular record albums. Let's revive that practice with these games!
So Weird SCARED ME! I was like 7 yet it also pulled me in & made me want to watch even though it scared me
You cannot contact dead people or “good” spirits. If you believe you have contacted your deceased grandmother, you are talking to a demon who has impersonated her. You should never do this.
Unrelated: oh my word Hilary has really nice hair!
Related: I don't like the word "vibe," it sounds sketchy even when I know the person doesn't mean it. Even "energy" I only use in the sense of physical energy, but some people still misunderstand me and think I'm talking new age. Aura is another word that's sooo new age.
Apparently metaphors are lost on some?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 What are you talking about?
@@joys.6347 You do know what metaphors are, don't you?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 Of course I do, but my comment is not about metaphors.
I’m only 3 minutes in and I’m actually laughing out loud. How would any Christian even fall for that? If you’re a believer, Jesus literally LIVES IN YOUR HEART! We can talk with him and the father everyday, at any given time because Jesus has given us his spirit and given us a direct link to talk with Him and The Father… why would we need any other form of communication when we already have the best form of it… and it’s free lol.
Tahnk you fo rhte clarification. I went ahead of myself!
The Waltons even had an episode with a spirit board. On Dr Quinn, they had a seance in an episode.
Those episodes were educational to the dangers of it and not promotional.
Those were Halloween episodes.
@@lizgolding8473 Not really. In the Walton's it was used to predict a tragedy that was going to happen and luckily, the person who would've died didn't even though others unfortunately lost their lives. The one with Dr Quinn didn't have a spirit board. But it did have a lady who conned people for their money.
Also in case people don't know there is also an ouija board app so check your children phones and tablets and educate them on the dangers.
Ali you know we are living in real real dark dark times so we need to stay focused on the Lord and help us through this stuff
21:04
I swear, people who had a Catholic grandma somewhere who made sure they got baptized but they never go to Mass really do click “Catholic” and skew this stuff soooo badly. Any practicing Catholic knows good and well to leave the occult and new age alone. Wild. Probably the same 70% of “Catholics” who don’t even believe in Jesus’ True Presence in the Eucharist. Awfully sad all around.
Stay discerning, Christians! And wow, protect your kids.
Exactly. Where are these surveys people are taking and why haven’t I, who go to mass every Sunday, Wednesday, holy day, confession on a regular basis, ever come across them?? I would like to cast my vote. This makes every denomination look bad.
@@salberthal88 I’ve never seen one either. Who are they going by? Lol.
Yes, I think the enemy has always been able to decieve women easier then men...
Unfortunately...
So you think the enemy is more sexist towards the ladies?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137
Well the enemy did decieve Eve first...
@@FluteLoops59 Deceived or reasoned?
This title made me tune in!
I always Pray for animals and children they are so innocent 🙏 ❤❤❤
Excellent discussion. Thanks for bringing these occult items to our attention. Btw, I like your recent (new?) background.👍
I thought that Holy Spirit board was a joke. I couldn't imagine this was real. Wow! Just Wow!
I saw a lot of Tim Horton's locations around Columbus, OH, this past weekend.
A good quote I read recently is: "I turned out okay IN SPITE of ........ Not BECAUSE of ........."
I watched Are You Afraid of The Dark and my parents let me.
My daughter tells me we don’t watch the Halloween Minnie Mouse episode. She always skips it.
Are You Afraid of The Dark was great. Maybe even better than Goosebumps. Nick 90's ftw!
'Are You Afraid' always showed evil for what it was, and magic as dangerous. Simpler times.
This is absolutely crazy!!!
I went to check the reviews of that board she talked about. WOW! People are claiming they are blessed by purchasing that to talk to Jesus!
Oh no!☹️
Maybe they are? Hmm?
I agree with all of what was said, however I think a distinction can be made with thematic entertainment that has witchcraft or the supernatural as a plot device and entertainment that encourages occult or demonic practices. They are not the same and shouldn't be confused. Incidentally, the conversation was had a few decades ago over Harry Potter which I think was an overall positive and harmless story that features the occult, as does Lord of the Rings and The Lions, The Witch and the Wardrobe. The stuff Disney is putting out however, does seem in the realm of pushing it on kids given their track record of pushing messaging in their product.
This Holy Spirit board is absolutely unbelievable. What will the enemy think up next?!
Don’t ask. 😢
Isn't it cute?
Counterfeit bible perhaps or the antichrist
Enneagrams!! Enneagrams are marketed as Christian Astrology!
I don't get it. It's a Christian personality test?
YHUH calls witchcraft an abomination! Deuteronomy 18:9-15 and Galatians 5: 19-21
I would hope that most churches and youth groups would understand that this is blasphemous and will stay away from it.
I had a friend who sadly fell for all this stuff. Crystals, phases of the moon, etc. trying to be worked into Christianity. She was disciplined by her church but of course just accused them of things and moved away. Sadly, some people I know are still silently in good standing with her instead of speaking truth to her.
Her truth seems of no consequence to you?
I’m a Christian who does partake in witchcraft, but I’ll never touch the ouija bored..
And I will say that no one can tell me that I’m a Christian or that I am not, because at the end of the day the only thing I answer to is myself and Jesus Christ.
Always LOVED Hillary's whispered "Let's go Brandon!"❤
I have recently revisited the doctrine of the end of the age and second advent.
It is of course a minefield of differing interpretations, but one thing that is crystal clear is Jesus' repeated warning not to be deceived but to watch/be alert.
It is a tragedy so few Christians have taken this to heart, and use Matt 7 : 1 as an excuse for this.
Ask James Lindsay about his animosity towards conservatives who are leading the charge regarding school choice
Going to psychics is forbidden in the Bible as well.
Yes divination.
I guess the prophets were the exception?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 Prophets weren't divining spirits, rather they were speaking on behalf of what the Lord said.
@@HopethroughHardship Where the difference?
I saw that board and thought, "Oh, what was that blasphemous thing.!"
It's interesting to pont out just how much of that darker stuff Disney did in the 90's bombed the first time around. Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus and others were huge box office bombs. They've been embraced by the culture now.
I'd also like to point out that Bewitched was originally meant to be a show about a mixed race couple when you couldn't show one on TV. It wasn't about witchcraft. But as the series went more of that new age stuff crept in. The earlier seasons when they were newlyweds were the most interesting.
It's called Bewitched for a reason. The show's creator wrote the pilot was inspired by two movies, "I Married a Witch" and "Bell, Book and Candle". The initial idea was intended to be a supernatural tv series about a witch married to a mortal.
Although the producer of the show made the supernatural theme more allegorical and metaphorical and what you said about a mixed marriage was a part of it.
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 Those 2 films inspired it in different ways. The latter had set up a witch community as being like an ethnic group with their own clubs and stores. The mixed race thing was how they really got this show sold and the first few years of the series were more about that and the in laws accepting a mortal in the family. Several years ago I ran the whole series and there was a change in the later years where it got more into witchcraft but it became silly at that point. The original years were a very traditional show where Samantha was supportive of her husband. I was kind of surprised by all that.
1960's sitcoms are never what they appear on their face. The Munsters was about an immigrant family assimilating into American culture while the grandpa clung to the old world ways. They just told it in an unusual way. It wasn't like today where every show pushes an agenda. Most o the 1960's sitcoms were satires.
@@edmccray212 So really they were about different things. As everything else usually is.
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 I'm saying in the case of Bewitched it wasn't about witchcraft.
@@edmccray212 That's all I ever remember when watching it.
King David used an ephod…. It’s the same as dousing. There’s a little ambiguity when we try to see the new with an Old Testament lense. Also ,Let’s not forget that die was cast to pick Matthias.
This isn’t at all surprising knowing that one of the largest and most influential “Christian” churches (movements), Bethel, was promoting an organization called Christalignment and their use of “Destiny cards” which are essentially tarot cards. The organization’s founders are, I believe, the parents of one of Bethel’s most prominent former pastors, as well. Backlash forced Bethel’s leadership to attempt a retraction and explanation of its prior endorsement of the Divinity Cards and Christalignment- but it was weak at best and these kinds of things are obviously still very prevalent in circles which already dabble in occult/New Age practices.
A church I used to go to had ties to Bethel and it always bothered me. So many of their teachings are off the mark. So many people are fooled thinking they are so Godly.
You do not need a board game to talk to God.
Yeah “talking directly to Christ” is called prayer , we don’t need ouji boards bc Jesus died on the cross and said it was finished so we Would no longer be disconnected from God but as we recieve Jesus’ forgiveness we no longer need a mediator bc Jesus is our high priest and we can come boldly to his throne room as we are now viewed as holy sons and daughters and pure seen thru Gods eyes covered in the blood of Jesus instead of all of our sins! We can turn and be free from the grip of sin bc of the freedom Jesus paid for all who believe Jesus is who he says and only he is our only true just and good king and only savior of the world . I agree with these women as well . If we need a board to guide us we are no longer trusting in Holy Spirit but another spirit. Believers of Jesus ask God for discernment and wisdom for everything and he will gladly give it to you. ❤
The new age is becoming more and more rampant in the church in Zambia today. what are its dangers?
The main danger of New Age is severely over-paying for spiritual seminars given by some pretentious hipster!
That one board with the cats is particularly vile. They want children to try to contact dead pets. Destroying through Innocence and Grief is savory to the enemy.
Not only that the alphabet…my 2 year old son would see that and wanna identify the letters and say “cat…meow” probably while trying to move the pointer to each letter he identified… I mean HOW SICK 🤮 both are so beyond vile. I don’t think we comprehend how disgustingly awful satan is because we don’t see the darkest of darkest everyday
What's wrong with some cute kitty cats? It's just a design.
@@potluck712 I don't think I can comprehend how anyone would think cute kittens are vile.
This just further shows how little most Christian parents are reading the Word. 😢
Thank you guys for talking about this subject!
I would just point out some things about what you said about "If you want to hear God talk, go to his Word." 9:55 - When you read God's Word, you literally read dozens and dozens of stories, if not hundreds of instances, of God speaking to people directly as opposed to generic instructions.
"Go to his Word" sounds good but it is very general and the people in the Bible didn't always read a book of the Bible that somebody else wrote about general instructions from God. Many of them explicitly heard from God or angels directly about specific things pertaining to their individual lives. So to tell people to only read God's Word if you want to hear God speak to you is to tell them to largely read stories about God speaking directly to other people. Then Jesus says his "sheep know his voice", not just his "sheep know his book".
All that to say, how do you hear from God about the specific details in your own life, like the people in the Bible did? What do you do with the dreams you have, like Daniel and Joseph and others? It's cool to read about God speaking to Joseph or David about what decisions to make about certain situations, but why is it so weird for Christians to talk about hearing from God for your own life, like Moses at the burning bush, like Elijah about who to anoint or David about what battle to fight?
There are two uses of "Word of God" in the Bible. One is the general instructions for everybody (think books of Moses to Israel or Paul's letters to the churches) and the other and rarely talked about in some circles is the "Word of God" coming to prophets and individuals, all over the Bible, both before and after Jesus, about their specific lives and situations.
Paul says everyone should desire the Holy Spirit gift to prophesy. Not to only read Bible books about prophecies from thousands of years ago, but to get direct present day prophecies about our own lives and about those around us.
God talked back then and he's still talking. Of course it's not supposed to contradict the overall ideas he shared back then, but I can't read the Bible to figure out what challenge to undertake like David did or who to marry, like Hosea and Joseph did, or what city to do ministry in, like Paul did. I keep looking for Denver, Colorado in the Bible and it's not in there, like Macedonia and Ziklag, or "marry the prostitute" or "marry Mary" is.
Teach people to hear from God directly, like the people did in the Bible we're supposed to read. Otherwise, it's a cop out to just tell people read Bible stories about people hearing from God directly, as if it's the same to read about God speaking specifically to someone else but generally to the readers. Imagine if we were just suppose read about people accepting Jesus and never do it ourselves.
I would love to see you do a video about hearing from God. There are many people who learn how to hear from God directly by reading the stories in the Bible of other people who heard from him directly. It's really the antidote to people who are seeking the supernatural outside of Jesus. Nobody seems to deny that people can communicate with the demonic. Sadly, many believers are often more aware and afraid of the demonically supernatural than they are aware and vocal about the supernatural that is described in God's Word as being available to us and designed for us today. Much love and God bless you guys!!
I really appreciate your point here. The Bible claims of itself that it is sufficient for training into ALL righteousness in 2 Timothy 3:16. This is directly after Peter talks about all the dangers of false prophets and evil people in the world AND in the Church. Not every single story in the Bible includes a direct word from God, look at Ruth, Rahab, and others. There were also times of "no widespread revelation" such as in judges and the end of Malachi. God talks to people to enact His will on the earth. He specifically spoke to people in certain times for very specific reasons. That's not to say he won't speak into our lives personally. The important thing is to know the Bible in and out so that we have a measure, the plum line, to show us how to interact within our world.
@@chelseabarker2250 Thank you for sharing. I think it’s important to remember that the only reason for pointing out the problem with false prophets in the church or the world is because there are also true prophets. May we never only be good at recognizing the false ones and not proficient at recognizing the true prophets.
And the fact that not every story contains a direct word from God is not the point. There are lots of valuable attributes about God that are not mentioned in every story. It’s the concept that God is able and willing to speak to everyone about his specific direction for their lives. Not every story in the Bible is about salvation in Jesus, but we have no doubt it’s for all people. In the same way, God wants to speak to all people directly.
This why it needs to be taught. The frase before “no widespread revelation” is that “the Word of the Lord was rare in those days…”. It’s not rare because God has a lack of desire to speak to the people he created, anymore than a rare amount of Christians in a nation means God doesn’t want everyone of those people to know him.
Unfortunately, in the same way people will not likely pursue salvation unless they hear about it being available, people will likely not pursue the ability to hear God’s voice unless Christians talk about it.
If Paul says not to despise prophecy then we must know how to recognize it, right? Paul said this of prophesy after telling everyone to pursue it, “…if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say. As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.””
Maybe the reason we don’t see as much conviction of sin among unbelievers as we could, and the reason why many unbelievers are not saying “God is truly here among you.” when they come to our meetings is because many of us don’t hear from God like the people in Corinth did. But we could.
We have not because we ask not. And many don’t ask because they’re not even sure if God wants to speak to them because they don’t know of all the stories in the Bible showing them he does want to. No one doubts that God wants unbelievers to fall to their knees and worship him but for some reason many doubt he wants to speak to them. Knowing the stories of scripture, I don’t see the logic of that.
If he is our Heavenly Father who sent his son to die to restore relationship with us, then why would he only speak to us when he wants something done? If he spoke to Moses like a man speaks to his friend, and he’s no respecter of persons then how much more will he speak to us through Jesus? The kingdom of God is not simply food and drink or the things on earth. But it’s righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit that Jesus said would tell us everything he knows. He calls us friends and friends talk to each other, right?
@@Joshdgillespie well spoken. Honestly I feel the Spirit behind your words because I've had all these thoughts so it's refreshing to see someone else talking that way. Coming from a cessationist background held me back on this topic but I really do believe we are meant to know God intimately. Thanks for the discourse and your time. Blessings on your journey!
@@chelseabarker2250 It’s been great chatting with you. And the greatest thing is that there is story after story of this intimacy in throughout scripture. I pray we are never more afraid of communicating with the devil than we are confident about our ability to communicate with God. Jesus said about Holy Spirit, that if evil people don’t poison their kids when they ask for food, then we don’t have to worry about asking God for the Holy Spirit and him maliciously giving us a demon. God can be trusted for sure. Blessings to you on your journey as well!
@@Joshdgillespie that very verse is what got me into looking into the gifts! Thanks again! Blessings!
That Gal's blue eyes match her blouse EXACTLY. Is she wearing contacts or are they natural? Lovely notwithstanding.
They very well could be natural. Blue eyes tend to pop brighter when one is wearing blue
A Christian Ouija Board?!?? Now I've seen everything. You just can't invent this.
Spirit board?! Uhm…we already have a direct line of communication with Jesus…it’s called prayer. And I don’t believe for one second that this board doesn’t invite demons in. Shew goodness! The deception in this world is getting DEEP!
Yes, a holy evil board makes sense.
That board looks absolutely EVIL. SCARY. Horrific. There aren’t enough words to describe how awful it is. 😳😢 It makes me sad.
This isn’t the first time we had Christian witchcraft. Kabbalah and astrology were seen as a godly means to divine insight
All of the “modern” protestant churches that use the Enneagram as a tool are practicing dark occultism and pretending it’s of Christ. It’s evil. Any church that brings ANYTHING NEW in should be left immediately.
I'm so sick of my body my choice how selfish can you be.
How is taking away someone's free will to decide for themselves any less selfish?
@@iloveyoursnottyattitude6137 living is a basic right
@@cheriessoblessedformerlyfear ok?
How do you get actual 'numbers' of babies saved 32,000 in last 6 months???
Abortion rates going down from the previous average.
However, I do not know if that means pregnancies continuing or simply a lack OF pregnancies in the first place leading to less abortions.
Praise God for the innocent unborn lives saved! 🙌
Are they or not is the question.
Long, long time ago, my ex and i used an ouija board together, and one of the question i asked was, what is my mom’s name, my ex knew I was adopted but not my mom’s name, so i asked cuz i wanted to see if it knew my birth mom’s name.... and yes it spelled her name... and never touch one since
I owned a Ouija Board around nine years ago. I used it every night asking it questions. I never got an answer even a half hour after asking. I got so mad to where I tossed it into the air, kicked it then threw it out. I was furious to have spent my money on something that didn't cooperate and I couldn't get my money back.
I think that we are seeing a generation of Christians affected by pop culture such as Harry Potter; there are lots of activities, such as certain types of deliverance ministries, which seem more like what you see in the movies than what you see in scripture.
Ach du liebe Zeit! Now, we get such a shit here in Germany. God help us!!!!
How can we look at all this and not think we are in Rev 20?
I didn't allow my children to watch children's television, especially cartoons. I remembered all the cross dressing of bugs bunny when I was a child. I knew it wouldn't be any better when they were young. The enemy is focused on stealing, killing and destroying children. It is imperative to cut off his access. Media is easy to cut off, simply choose godly media for them and just have nothing to do with Disney, they have made their agenda clear. Do everything you can to get your children out of the public school system. Those are the two largest access points that the enemy is using.
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How does a cross-dressing cartoon bunny steal, kill or destroy children and what does that have to do with Disney?
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 EVERY knee will bow before Christ!
@@abbyluciano605 Kinda of shows you the Father's true colors, doesn't it? So much for mercy and choice, huh?