Thank you Dr. Cooper. I really appreciate the Lutheran perspective. You mentioned sleep paralysis. I experienced it as a boy. I had dreamed of a dark winged figure screaming and chasing me from the sky. I immediately awoke and thought how glad I was that it was only a dream. I suddenly felt pressure on the side of my body pushing me down into the bed. I couldn't move or speak. I was completely terrified and didn't know what was happening to me. I could only lay there as it continued shoving my body down into the mattress. I finally screamed in my mind "Jesus please help me!". It immediately released me! I could finally move so I covered my head with my blanket. I began hearing something walk toward my bed. The footsteps stopped right next to me. All I could do was continue to earnestly pray and it walked away. I couldn't make myself look...the fear was too much. Even after 35 years, it gives me chills to write about it. I'll never forget it. The whole experience was too vivid and horrifying for me to believe it was only in my mind.
There is a biological basis for sleep paralysis. I have experienced that several times. However, I have also experienced similar to what you describe, both with and without sleep paralysis.
@@annalynn9325 the spiritual and 'physical' (as in, biological and mental phenomena) do interact. It's entirely plausible that something demonic in nature or origin can manifest itself in some phenomenon that's able to be studied by medicine or psychology.
@annalynn9325 there's a biological basis for everything that occurs. But sleep paralysis is almost always connected to a demon called a spiritual spouse. It has to do with lust, rejection, bitterness, rebellion, lonliness. I know because I have had many of them, one of them was very very strong, one of the worst cases I have ever heard of, and I am a deliverance minister.
When I was in middle school, we had someone who would frequently curse God in our kitchen living with us. At one point, his "episodes" would be followed by the bedroom doors in our home slamming shut. Just once as opposed to multiple slamming. Later in life, I was a police officer in SoCal. I encountered a lot of really bad people. I was a back up officer on a disturbance call. The individual in question was heavily involved in the occult. He described this with some detail to the primary officer. He noted the primary officer didn't believe him. That officer chuckled a bit. He turned around to me and said, "But you do". I felt the darkness you mentioned in your opening. I replied, "Yes, I do". Presumably, this person knew I was baptized. It was very unsettling. Fortunately, I can take comfort in my baptism.
Thank you. I love seeing a confessional Lutheran willing to tackle this subject. People need guidance. How can you guide if you don't understand? ❤️🙏❤️
Every Time I Die! Forgot about that band! Great video! Thank you for addressing this. It seems that not enough Lutherans discuss this and the influences of the occult in everyday life.
The kid running up the wall case turned me. Witnessed by a medical doctor and room full of case workers and is written in the med report. It is the "Latoya Ammons" case.
@Tracy Ritchey I'm not a Christian, but I read and watch alot of this kind of stuff, one of the most famous possessions ever, the exorism of Annaliese Michel, she was devoutly religious.
I was in a rough patch at one point, and I made the foolish and misguided mistake of turning to the occult, out of desperation. It wasn't anything terribly serious to me, at the time. It seemed to me that I was merely experimenting with, and testing different spiritual traditions. However, it started to have effects on me. Some visible. Some not so much. I won't bore you with a long comment, or an autobiography though. Long story short, I got to the point that I experienced regular, intense, oppressive episodes of sleep paralysis, of varying types. Some were intensely pleasurable. Almost sexual. Like I was being seduced. Other times I was tricked into believing that I had somehow been killed, only to "wake up", and find everything normal. Other times, I would hear voices, which would linger for a minute, even after I had woken up. I once had a friend in college started crying, when I would recall episodes in detail. And I still have trouble keeping my composure when I think about, or speak about such things in detail. I generally try to forget about that period in my life. This stuff is serious. That is when I realized that this is no game. God is good. He is here. So is the devil and his angels. And we must seek refuge and salvation in our Lord.
Very fresh and informative. Appreciate the naturalistic comparison is made here to tease apart the more subtle and gross aspects, including the extremes of assuming demonic possession from psychological maladies. In history there has been a lot of misunderstandings between a psychological issue and an actual demonic presence/effect/possession in a person's psyche and spiritual life.
One night I was out at IHOP with a friend and I was telling her about God and Christianity. There was a woman behind us that seemed to hear me at a certain point throughout our conversation and from the look on her face she instantly hated me. lol. Hated what I was doing. She pulled a string out and started mumbling something while staring at me, and wrapping the string around her finger, over and over again. My friend said she believed that woman was trying to cast a "binding" spell on me. But I'm a temple of the Holy Spirit, and even my own idiocy doesn't change that. Better luck next time, lady. lol.
Good for you! I live in Taiwan. My kids were climbing trees in the park. This older lady walks by and scolds my kids to come down. "Don't you know this is Ghost Month! (The supposedly unluckiest month in the pagan folk calendar.) Without missing a beat, my oldest said, "I'm baptized. Jesus protects me." I was so proud. I wanted to add that even if something bad did happen, Jesus was in control. But I kind of missed my chance. And I would have dampened the scene more than a little.
This is the very BEST UA-cam video on theology ever made and I can relate to it, because I live in a town, which is full of demons. Lima, Ohio is my hometown and it is full of demons. Delphos, Ohio is about 25 to 30 minutes and they have even more demons than Lima. I sleep with Christian Hymns playing on my radio every night, so I can get some sleep. Thank you Dr. Cooper. Keep up the good work!
1. I've noticed that EO and Lutheranism seem to have similar views on exorcism... that any priest/pastor may conduct an exorcism and use mostly scripture and the eucharist to do so... only difference is that if its really bad the EO will take the person to an monastery... whereas roman catholics will have specialized priests for the job 2. Below is a link to Pints of Aquinas that is an interview with a roman catholic exorcist that is really good ua-cam.com/video/x6YTz-B24FA/v-deo.html 3. Thank you so much for covering this topic!!!!
Thank you, Dr. Cooper. We are very quick to dismiss and offer naturalistic explanations for what Paul clearly tells us is our true adversary in Eph 6:12. The more the world closes its eyes to this, the more the devil grins.
Very interesting topic. I have been following you for some time. I am preparing to discuss this topic over the holidays with my uncle, an avid ghost hunter. I recommend "War in Heaven" and "They shall expel Demons" both by Derek Prince.
I watched Alien Intrusion and had a sleep paralysis incident that night. It’s kind of hard to call out to Jesus when it won’t let you speak. Good thing He knows our thoughts. That was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced.
My doctor in Vanderbilt clinic insisted that I make an appointment with Adult Psychiatry for my anxiety problem, and just because apparently I was a borderline "crock", although a quiet, reticent one, if I may say so. There are other reasons for our bad relationship, but I won't go into that here. I didn't want to have to endure the psych involvement, but I did make the appointment, rather than fight it. I was sent to have an intake appointment on a Saturday, when there was literally no one else in the clinic but the student evaluator doing the intake and me. We talked, and she did the usual tests of sanity, and I explained how I got to where I was, as well as I could in the given time. But before I was assigned to a therapist, I told her what I had been told by a lady, who used to teach at George Peabody College, now a part of Vanderbilt. She was my best therapist after my breakdown, a decent, kind-hearted psychologist, who had taught physiological psychology at Peabody, and at Vanderbilt after the merger. She said that on her side of the street, Peabody, there were many people who believed that there were "more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy," of the materialism of the materialists. But on the Vanderbilt side of the street, where the School of Medicine was, as well as their sciences, which were all of greater worldly reputation than Peabody (a teachers college), if you can't see it, feel it, hold it in your hand, and of greatest importance, measure it, it does not exist, and to think otherwise is to be insane. I had encountered that contemptuous attitude quite a lot during my breakdown, so I didn't doubt it. My question to her was whether she thought this would be an issue (I did), and whether there was a way that I could get someone friendlier to my beliefs and my history, which included a heavy experience of demonic oppression? Here, the Providence of God showed itself. She said she knew very well what I was saying, and she was afraid it was true. She said that in Brazil, where she was from (!!!), no one, even the scientists, doubted the existence of the supernatural. It was too real in the experience of everyone. But here, it was very true that the psychiatrists were unlikely to tolerate it. She recommended that I not try to get a therapist at Vanderbilt, and that was how she concluded her evaluation! Thank you, Jesus, for that mercy.
Look up psychiatrist, Dr. Jerry Marzinsky! His interview with the sheep farm podcast is a good one but any interview of his will show you alot more substantiated testimony about this undeniable link between psychosis and evil spirits.
Hey, my name is Hailey . I really came here to find out why I had a terrible dream.. first I was in my childhood bathroom .. I seen myself in a tub with snakes broken up in a bucket and one bit me on my wrist.. the room was filled with light and I could feel myself but I couldn’t move at all and I was trying to yell for my husband and I couldn’t get through to him.. well, he walked in the bathroom and then I heard “oh no she’s doing it again” and then SLAP I woke up in my dream and it turned dark and then he was shaking me trying to tell me I was possessed then I woke up and yelled for my husband when he got into the room I told him to feel my chest… he asked me if I needed to go to the emergency room and I said no I had a demonic possession dream … it was pretty scary
Turn to Jesus! He makes the demons flee! Please seek God in prayer and through His Word in the Bible. I just said a prayer for you. Cry out to the Lord with a sincere heart, and He will answer ❤✝
Spirit spouse. Trying to cause problems and alienate you in your marriage. A lust demon. Comes at night. Tries to keep you exhausted by keeping you from resting well, making you tired all day. Promotes strife and misunderstandings in relationships with your closest loved ones, including parents and children. Hates to see you loved in a godly manner. The spirit was probably saying she doing it again in reference to you reaching out for your husbands protection, which God will honor against the spirits interests... also these spirits can mimick anyone in dreams including your husband. If you see him in a dream dont make love, save that for real life. IF you have another dream like what Im talking about, repent for any sin comitted when you wake up and ask God to forguve and destroy the devils plans Cling to Jesus, and your husband. Confess any sexual sin, ask forgiveness, and watch a deliverance vid for spiritual spouse on Noah Hines channel. The dreams will stop before long. Blessings.
I would recomend to read about the Malagasy Lutheran Church (FLM) and their experience with possesions and also movement with "shepherds" who often encounter evil spirits.
I'm a confirmed Lutheran but I've been irreligious for the past 20-ish years and have been involved with the occult off and on. Recently for whatever reason I decided to try saying the Orthodox "Jesus prayer" before bed and each time I did it I was demonically attacked afterward. One time I had really bad nightmares, one time the TV in my bedroom switched itself on in the middle of the night, etc. I don't think I'm possessed but I think I'm under demonic influence and they really don't want me to go back to Christianity. So I kind of mentally made a deal with them that I'd stop praying if they just went back to leaving me alone. But I know I can't just leave it at that kind of stalemate forever. What should I do to start moving back toward the church without being constantly under demonic attack, do I need some form of exorcism or to get my house blessed by a priest or pastor?
Thank you Dr. Cooper for such a good and balanced presentation of this subject. I'm glad that you dive into this kind of stuff as a Lutheran scholar, many of them dont even dare or bother. to do
It is a comfort that, although these demonic activities can be scary, the demons' abilities and tactics are ultimately so feeble. Even if, as you say, those witch doctors can kill we know though life be wrenched away they cannot win the day.
I hope that in the next video or in an upcoming video you also share your take on ghosts. Are they (always?) demonic? - Perhaps one of the most famous "ghost stories being that of "Old Jeffery" in the Epworth Rectory in England when the Wesley's lived there. - I would be interested in hearing a theological understanding of ghosts (recognizing that the disciples thought that Jesus was one, and that He mentions this, having walked on the water, but He never goes on to talk about their reality or lack there of).
I have a psychotic disorder. I have experienced things that could be taken as demonic, but when going on antipsychotics most of that stuff disappeared. Not saying demons don't exist, they do, but we have to be very careful describing something as demonic (acknowledging a psychotic person's ideas is the worst thing one can do). I like to put things in two categories: what is of good and what is of evil. Whether it's demonic or not I find being less of importance. The cure is the same for all evil, Jesus Christ. He is our hope in all! That's how I stay grounded. There is a battle going on between good and evil in the world. We know who has won the victory, don't we? 😉 ✝️
I tend to agree. I see too many Charismatics who attribute everything that has gone bad with people with demonic forces, and often time do more damage than good with this mentality (I had a friend who had to be institutionalized with a schizophrenic fit because of their nonsense). That being said, the Bible affirms at least some kind of demonic activity exists, but as you have said, we know who won the victory and every delving on the demonic, if necessary at all, should point towards Christ's victory rather than the usual human obsession with evil.
@@josephpchajek2685 it mustn't mean it's not demonic. It can be.... I also like to make a distinction between it being of spiritual character and of it being a possession. Christ love! ✝️
Look up Dr jerry marzinksys interviews on youtube!!!! It will blow you away friend. His story will change your life for the better my friend I am a deliverance minister and I know firsthand he is not lying. I have driven spirits out of many people that hear voices, and they got to the point where they could fight them off themselves after teaching them warfare prayers. You have to stand up to these things usually there is a strong link to rejection and bitterness and rebellion spirits in psychosis, from what Ive found. If you want prayer let me know Ill hook you up with someone trustworthy and experienced and or just do it myself. Always free of charge. God bless you brother.
Not sure how old you are, but I’m 29 and Wicca was a major thing in my small town from middle school to around the time I graduated. It still is in small circles.
This and the NDE discussion bring to mind discussions about psychedelics, and particularly the debate on whether experiences on DMT and other drugs simply manipulate and trick the mind, or transport the user to a different realm entirely. I would love a Christian and particularly a Lutheran perspective on this.
As a newspaper reporter covering a Catholic fundraising fair more than 20 years ago I came across a couple with identical twin preschool age grandsons who both behaved and spoke strangely with this look in their eyes that made me shudder. I wanted to find that lovely couple an exorcist. It’s like the Supreme Court justice who described pornography as “I know it when I see it.” We’ve all had these experiences.
Cool video on a subject not often talked about in the reformed tradition. I always struggle with the spiritual side of things because it’s not something you can necessarily reason your way through. But I want to understand these things better without getting wrapped up in sensationalism.
When you were describing the town you grew up in, I was thinking, "Wow, sounds like this town near me in Massachusetts" and then when you said it was in Massachusetts, I knew I had gotten it. Believe it or not, there are even darker things there now.
To be honest, I later realized from future videos that I had the wrong town, although I have actually worked and spent much time in the town he was speaking of. The town I was thinking of has both a Satanic Temple and an O.T.O. / Thelemic Temple, as in Aleister Crowley.
I think so. I think it happens more commonly to the devout, too. Evil doesn't chase a sure bet. I think the easiest gateways are the media, music or lyrical poetry, and idolatry. I hope this was helpful. God bless.
I sort of wish I had watched this before the pastor's conference (I was waiting for it to show up as a podcast episode). Growing up in broad evangelicalism, I was big into Bob Larson and Mike Warnke. Bob Larson used to be based in Denver, and on a visit to my grandparents I sat in his broadcast studio during one of his broadcasts. Wild stuff. I've never had any experiences like you describe, though. That's the truly wild stuff.
"Lane, Ph.D., has won a Prescrire Prize for Medical Writing and teaches at Northwestern University. He is the author of Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness." : "the enigma surrounding Carl Jung's Red Book... The haunting book ends mid-sentence, just after its author concedes, "My acquaintance with alchemy took me away from it . . ." It's a tantalizing end to a book full of riddles. Jung's unfinished sentence isn't the only... mystery... Cooper notes in "Jung Confronts His Demons," a fascinating article in... Wall Street Journal, Jung's manuscript and paintings about communing with... demons (his own and those of others) were kept "in a locked cupboard in [his]... house... after his death in 1961." In 1984, Cooper continues, the manuscript "was transferred to a bank." Norton published it in translation... a half-century after its author had died. The book's editor and translator... Shamdasani, had spent five years trying to decipher and interpret the manuscript, and a further three trying to persuade the Jung family to allow him to publish it... Although Jungians have been quick to downplay any suggestion that the book records more than its author's spiritual crisis(1) the book, which Jung... documents such matters as his conversations with the winged "Philemon" during his daytime walks... And though Shamdasani insists that Jung was engaging in a controlled experiment-"There wasn't anything like a psychosis"-the wrinkle in that story is that Jung's unusual hallucinations appear to have been involuntary... In one waking dream-state, Jung claimed to hear a bird-girl announce, "Only in the first hour of the night can I become human, while the male dove is busy with the twelve dead." At other moments, the influential thinker-either haunted by premonitions of the First World War or hyper-aware of the growing threat of European militarism-saw what Cooper calls a "landscape submerged by a river of blood carrying forth not only detritus but also dead bodies"-possibly a premonition of the devastation that would persist in Europe for the next five years. Cooper's astute article doesn't try to settle either way whether Jung was mad or sane to experience such visions. His account of the book, as well as an exhibition at UCLA that's been organized around its thoughts and paintings", see www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/201005/carl-jungs-frightening-demons (1) "Dr. Peterson uses... the basic principles of the personality and clinical theories of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, student of Nietzsche and Freud, originator of analytical psychology, and great interpreter of mythology and archetype.", see www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s3-e31-carl-jung-part-1/
@Kyle Donahue I thought pageau was proud of the fact that he wasn’t into Jung? I could be misremembering though. As a non-Christian he was definitely playing with fire in some of the stuff that goes on in the red and black books. What’s shocking to me though is how much those experiences got him close to the truth. He even wrote in his journals near the end of his life that he couldn’t square the prophecies in Daniel with a natural explanation and was becoming convinced that the Bible was inspired.
@@etheretherether A brush with the occult can often be a catalyst to wake someone up to the truth of Christ. On another note, Pageau gives me the creeps....but I confess I've only seen one or two videos of him. Seemed cultish.
@cord11ful Fair enough. A lot of those creative/analytical type channels like Pageau, Jay Dyer, and Uberboyo have curly vibes. All worth watching though for some of their symbolic analysis. I like pageau, but his reluctance to commit on a lot of topics that are fundamental to Christianity bothers me. I’ve heard most orthodox viewers explain that away as “he’s an artist not a theologian” which is an ok explanation I guess.
Dr Cooper please conduct study and give lecture on Eeucharistic Miracles. I am so interested what your view on this topic is and I would be extremely grateful. I am a Lutheran wanna-be and this issue prevents me from being Lutheran and keeps me Roman Catholic. I can manage with all other issues well but this one is really hard to ignore. God bless You Sir. I wish so much Lutherans were right . Your Faith is so beautiful and truly emphasizes Jesus Christ above all.
I pray He guides you! Cling to our Lord Jesus! Some of the miracles, signs, and wonders scare me a little when I think about “testing the spirits”. I have no idea if this could potentially be the case, but please remember that not all signs and wonders are from the Lord. May God bless you and draw you ever closer to Him ❤✝ With peace and love I send you this message, even if it is a few months delayed.
For an evangelical perspective, “Defeating Dark Angels” by Charles H. Kraft is good. For a charismatic perspective, “They Shall Expel Demons” by the late Derek Prince is a classic.
I feel that Michael Heiser has to enter this discussion. Either through “unseen realm” or “demons”. I don’t know who to read up on for this, but I come across Easter orthodox inspired stuff that seem to lean towards a type of non-dualism that is in complete opposition to the naturalistic perspective. That it is all spirits. That there is no distinction between psychology, nature and spirit. Feel like people like Johnathan pageau lean into that. I’ll se if I can find an appropriate video.
Agreed, I’d really love to hear a long chat between pageau and heiser about this topic. There’s always Fr. Seraphim Rose’a take on New Age mysticism in “Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future”
Hi - Just found your channel - lovin your sensible approach to these theological questions. I am surprised though that you didn't mention Vince Lampert in your video. I have just read his book "The Battle Against Satan and His Demons". This guy has performed many exorcisms - and some of his accounts are very eye-opening.
Protestants do way more exorcisms a year than Catholics. They only do it if they absolutely have no other choice. People need deliverance. Jesus told us to do it, not to go find a priest with permission from a bishop... Read the antinicene church fathers writings on deliverance ministry. Its what facilitated the conversion of much of the territories Christs ministers had ventured into.
Dr Cooper sometime it would be very helpful if you could address the subject of whether or not a person can be possessed if they are a baptized Christian. Does this then enter into the subject of possession versus oppression? Can an oppressed Christian be taken over and used by a demon?
Yeah of course they can. Saul. Peter. Paul. Judas. Ananias and Saphira. This just a short list. Some people just dont study deliverance in the scriptures thoroughly enough. God doesnt have to spell out every detail of every thing that could happen, he leaves things for certain people to realize and others to disbelieve. All these people were believers that devils had entered and influenced to do things. Blessings bro.
This is an old video. But if you are a naturalist, then ANY explanation for an event that is natural is more likely than the zero probability of an event being supernatural. It is a classic blind spot.
I recently saw an interview with an Anglican Deliverance Minister in the Church of England, saying that Excorcism is extremely rare, hes never done one, and that mostly it's some kind of spirit that just needs a simple prayer to push it out the door so to speak, and that most common is poltergiest phenomena, which isnt actually spiritual but a emotional-telekenetic thing. i wonder what the reason for the differece between his and the Roman Catholic excorcist's extreme experiences are
@@joshf2218 yeah well this seems yo be what the Church of England's exorcists have found through experience I'm just reporting kn that, tho tbf I have heard of examples of highly emotional people and situations causing lights to Flickr and stuff
@@joshf2218 I'm not disagreeing with that. I just think that it should be given ome credence becuase these are a community of priests who beleive in the spiritual and this is the consensus "model" in the Church of England for a lot of stuff. My main question is why their experiences differ from many Catholic excorcists, who have much less mundane experiences.
Fear. The first person God sent me to deliver was an anglican minister of 30 years. He was hearing voices for 5 years and getting worse. He refused to pray warfare prayers against the demons. He just wanted me to. I finally refused to pray for him anymore unless he started praying against it himself... a few weeks went by w.o. contact and he was worse than when we started. He hadnt been using the prayers I sent. He was in alot of torment one day and called me and I told him what to pray, and he kept trying to wriggle out of having to do it himself. Finally he loosed fire against that spirit in prayer like i told him to and he said he didnt feel pain anymore. Suddenly a devil came laughing maniacally out of the phone, angered that I helped him stand up for himself, and I drove that spirit out in Jesus name. He was out for a few minutes. When he came back to, he was talking better than I had ever heard him before! And he was excited about overcoming on his own. That was awesome all glory to God!
ok so Dr.J it it posebole to get Demonic Possession on video? becus i remember that some years ago here on youtube there was a drama and this man was really mad at a youtuber, so mad that he literaly did a satanic ritual in one of his youtubevideo's, he had a book and a doll of the guy that he was mad at, he had the candelse and stuff it was mesed up, so he started the ritual in speaking English then when he was done chanting the "spell" he stabbed the doll with a knife, that is the point where he (for me atleast) got possessed by a Demon he started riping the doll with is bare hands and started speaking in a diverend language (Latin? i am not surten becuse i can't tell) than the guy ripped the head of the doll off and literaly ate it while grouwling and mumbeling, it was terefying sooooo it may be posebole in the right seting to get a Demonic possession on video like a satanic ritual but i wouldent know for shure, um yea so if you have anything to tell me on this i would be happy you don't have to of korse o and i almost forgot to say that i have Dislexia (don't know if that is how you spel it) so if you cant read anything that is the reasone. God pless you and all that walk with me in faith.
I was freed from demonic influence through the Holy Rosary. I used to be an atheist hedonistic fiend who was addicted to lust and dabbled in psychedelics, which opened me up to the demonic. I had multiple sleep paralysis dreams where demons would pin me down and blaspheme, and the Holy name of Jesus, or the invocation of Our Lady's intercession would be the instrument whereby I was freed from the demon's control. Thanks be to God. Mother Mary pray for us! Lord Jesus have mercy on us. Pray the Rosary
I was a bit disappointed in the discussion of consciousness. To simply declare that consciousness cannot be explained by a naturalistic approach without argument does a great disservice to all the philosophers of mind and cognitive science who are working on that very issue. I've had the great luxury of working with many of them at Wash U, where the philosophy department has extensive interdisciplinary links to the neuroscience and psychology departments, and take very seriously this challenge of what such a naturalistic explanation would look like. The easy dismissal of their work without even the slightest consideration of it requires a level of condescension and arrogance that is completely unwarranted.
I wonder if you think there is a special theodicy problem here. I used to be very skeptical towards such phenomena because I somehow trusted they would not be allowed to happen after the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, reclaiming this world from such influences. But I later realized that it maybe just a variant of general theodicy. Just like physical and emotional pain continues to be allowed, in rare instances the demonic seems to be allowed some liberties with humans. As for the rarity/geographical distribution, I have seen the theory that such phenomena had in fact become very rare in the Christian world as long as it was Christian unlike the parts where witchcraf, voodoo etc. were common. With the fading of Christianity in the Western world this might change. Although your argument with naturalism being more potent in a postchristian culture has also some merit. And in a more general view, I cannot avoid the fact that historically a lot of pagan and demonic traditions have been concerned with deviant sexuality and dissolution of sex/gender. (E.g. demonic figures often being depicted as androgynic/hermaphroditic)
One of the confusing things of scripture I’ve always been puzzled about is do we actually go be with the Lord when we die, or do we only when he returns? In Thessalonians Paul says that when Christ comes we will rise and be with the Lord meeting him in the air. Any help on this would be great thanks.
I'd add the argument that one can take a more naturalistic approach to this subject, yet still believe in the supernatural. As one who lives deeply within the "charismatic" area of the country, a pentecostal church at every corner. In time you begin to take a somewhat skeptical view on possession. It isn't that many naturalists do not totally reject the idea, but that it is blown entirely out of proportion.
Dr. Cooper can correct me if I’m wrong. It’s been my understanding that exorcisms are a part of the holy ministry and all Lutheran priests are exorcists. However I have also seen priests who specialize and study demonology more closely than others may.
One more: there are several long interviews here on UA-cam with Father Vincent Lampert, who is an exorcist. And yes, I'm a Protestant, somewhere between Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
In the Catholic church exorcisms are a last resort. Generally speaking, a natural explanation like stress or mental illness is the likely conclusion. Or a simple blessing of a house where apparitions are seen or people feel uncomfortable. However there are situations where anomalous knowledge points towards possession, such as speaking archaic languages or having access to personal details about an individual's life. I'm not convinced these are on the same psychic spectrum as near death experiences. NDEs are more common as medical science improves its capacity to resuscitate people who would hitherto have died. They are typically more coherent than normal life, the return to which is resisted, and have little of the uncanny or confused aspects of hauntings and demonic activity.
The bible says that the gadarene demoniac lived amongst the tombs and cut himself with stones. There is something about the earth, and water that is hospitable to them. Perhaps because our flesh is made of earth. Perhaps because they seek life to kill steal and destroy, which cant be found apart from water (demons wander through dry places seeking rest and finding none, the bible says). There are powerful marine spirits that are controlling and rebellious and seductive, involved in alot of witchcraft etc.. Leviathan being the king of pride, the crooked serpent... Ive cast this one out and it is not easy to make go it puts up quite a fight.
Be prepared to be mildly traumatized: read Malachi Martin's Hostage to the Devil. And, oh yes, a decade ago, I had a fascinating episode with a woman I believed was demon possessed, and a wall crucifix hidden in an inner pocket of my jacket.
In the next one are you planning to discuss the origin of demons - e.g. the view put forward in the apocryphal Book of Enoch that they are the spirits of the nephilim?
As someone coming from a "naturalistic" perspective these sort of talks are fascinating. There is a mountain of anecdotal evidence for demons or possessions etc.. unfortunately having limitless anecdotal points does not help in proving it exists. It certainly proves something is going on but that doesn't mean it's supernatural. I hope to hear more on Sleep Paralysis I have had many occurrences of it so hearing the Christian perspective would be interesting.
Sleep paralysis is usually in my experience in ministry, associated with spiritual spouse (succubi / incubi). These spirits claim you as their spouse and they will seek to alienate you from any loving relationship, romantic or otherwise, especially to keep you from getting married or staying married. These spirits are some of the worst. They come from sexual immorality and therefore they are very very common. They are stubborn, they are kinda like a creepy ex that youve dumped that just wont leave, but also VERY controlling and manipulative. They drain your energy and keep you from getting restful regenerative sleep, sometimes through physical contact while almost or asleep, hence sleep paralysis. I have driven demons out for 3 years now, and the first one or two, i didnt know how much i believed about these spirits.. thought maybe it was an exaggeration.. then I discovered I had picked one up and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was very strong. They want you tired all day, lonely, and lustful. Their main goal is actually to hinder ministry. If theres some sort of goal God has to work through you in life, they will seek to influence you to channel your more base desires instead and get in the way, so to speak, including by sending an unhealthy partner (outside of marriage of course). Blessings hope this provides some insight.
Sleep paralysis is usually in my experience in ministry, associated with spiritual spouse (succubi / incubi). These spirits claim you as their spouse and they will seek to alienate you from any loving relationship, romantic or otherwise, especially to keep you from getting married or staying married. These spirits are some of the worst. They come from sexual immorality and therefore they are very very common. They are stubborn, they are kinda like a creepy ex that youve dumped that just wont leave, but also VERY controlling and manipulative. They drain your energy and keep you from getting restful regenerative sleep, sometimes through physical contact while almost or asleep, hence sleep paralysis. I have driven demons out for 3 years now, and the first one or two, i didnt know how much i believed about these spirits.. thought maybe it was an exaggeration.. then I discovered I had picked one up and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was very strong. They want you tired all day, lonely, and lustful. Their main goal is actually to hinder ministry. If theres some sort of goal God has to work through you in life, they will seek to influence you to channel your more base desires instead and get in the way, so to speak, including by sending an unhealthy partner (outside of marriage of course). Blessings hope this provides some insight.
Why do demons do things like knowing things they shouldnt know, and speaking languages, when that gives the game away? why not present their possession as mere psycological, or even just lead people to sin, from the shadows and not give excorcists a chance to catch them?
Speaking from 3+ years experience as a deliverance minister--They usually only make displays of power to divert the course of events to something less jeopardizing or adverse to their interests. They will frequently manipulate the physical realm to distract powerful prayers, or to divert an inquirer of God from being revealed the key to their defeat/power/influence etc. Theyre not afraid to reveal their presence if they think they might potentially either avert some worse consequence by doing it, or achieve some greater harm to the morale or disposition of the victim. Its almost always just to bluff/manipulate, basically. You can rest assured if you ever see one messing around for sure, that theres something else its trying to protect or hide. Many times the unexperienced in deliverance will get caught up in reacting to the demons plays instead of dictating the course of events and pressing into their pressure. By grace, God is on our side though!
@@Joseph-Mullins Thank you for this insight brother. Would you mind recalling any examples of this is your personal ministry? May God bless your ministry and keep you safe
@internetenjoyer1044 Sure. I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact. But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish the line of prayer for revoking its rights. I have audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously (very loud, deep, rumbling and snarling demonic growl lasting around 9 seconds. It sounded like it was coming from a surround sound system--at first notice, I thought it had to be some new furnace in the breezeway maybe, but after turning my head I realized that it was coming from every direction above me in the room, and that the pitch was ascending / getting slightly louder, before slowly descending to a pitch deeper than when it started--the best way I could describe it was like a mix between an enourmous lion and a dragon, only recognizing after the fact that the devil is portrayed as both in the scriptures!) which initiated immediately after asking out loud for God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare. Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests. Occasionally, when making an agreement with one and other situations where they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God. One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes when a person is drunk), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink. I have heard seen and felt these things with my own body and Im convinced that there is no aspect or realm of the physical that our soul interacts with that they cant manipulate or manifest through. It all depends on how much legal claim/ground they have in your life, and how strong they are, but is limited by a factor of how strong you are in your faith--a person who is very strong in faith, God may allow to experience these things, but the demon wont be able to do things like levitating people or objects as it is too demoralized and weakened by the anointing of the Spirit of God on your life. The best way to describe it is like bubbles of light and corners of darkness that are trying to overcome each other. The darkness, of course, rather runs, and collects where it can/must. The light may be dim and rare but it can overpower much darkness. But yeah repeatedly in prayers for this one girl, the demon used to mess with her home to try and keep her from being present for the prayer, or to mess with us visually through the camera (we were delivering her over webcam). It would flip the lights off, or cause her to drool and then shake her head rapidly side to side, she would pass out during the really intense battles, as there were many demons trying to keep their hold on her locked up tight. She went from looking insane when she first came to the meetings to, by the end, almost having a glow about her! Everyone could see it. We met every week. There is video uploaded of some of the meetings. If youre interested Ill give you more info. Blessings and protection for you as well in Jesus name, brother. I pray God gives you fire and boldness and power and good gifts as well, to heal and deliver in the name of Jesus!
@internetenjoyer1044 Sure (these comments may have to be posted in pieces as youtube is censoring) I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact. But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish the line of prayer for revoking its rights. I have audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously (very loud, deep, rumbling and snarling demonic growl lasting around 9 seconds. It sounded like it was coming from a surround sound system--at first notice, I thought it had to be some new furnace in the breezeway maybe, but after turning my head I realized that it was coming from every direction above me in the room, and that the pitch was ascending / getting slightly louder, before slowly descending to a pitch deeper than when it started--the best way I could describe it was like a mix between an enourmous lion and a dragon, only recognizing after the fact that the devil is portrayed as both in the scriptures!) which initiated immediately after asking out loud for God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare.
I’m not really concerned with the naturalist perspective as it is the epitome of foolishness, I’d rather hear an eastern religion perspective too if we’re gonna listen to people with wrong presuppositions
Indeed. And at least eastern religions are trying to account for the fullness of reality and not trying to ignore an entire side of it like naturalists.
Yeah the enlightenment notions have become the churchest worst enemies regarding spiritual oppression. Only since the 1600-1700s has any church taught that a believer cant have a demon.. its not only absurd, but the bible disproves it much more consistently than it even 'leaves room' for that interpretation. Saul had a demon, Judas had a demon, Paul had an angel of Satan in his flesh.. as a minister of deliverance from demons in the name of Jesus, I wish we could get the western church back into the sweet spot of not only knowing that demons (still) exist, but knowing that believers, like everyone else, not only can, but do have demons, and that we are commanded to pray to drive them out by Jesus many times throughout the scriptures. Its interesting that every time a major revival happened, delivering people from demons was involved at first, and then when the powers that be tried to stamp out this arm of ministry, then the revival inevitably would fizzle out. I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact. But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish revoking its rights in prayer, audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously after asking God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare. Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests. Occasionally, when making an agreement with one, and they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God. One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink.
Yeah the enlightenment notions have become the churchest worst enemies regarding spiritual oppression. Only since the 1600-1700s has any church taught that a believer cant have a demon.. its not only absurd, but the bible disproves it much more consistently than it even 'leaves room' for that interpretation. Saul had a demon, Judas had a demon, Paul had an angel of Satan in his flesh.. as a minister of deliverance from demons in the name of Jesus, I wish we could get the western church back into the sweet spot of not only knowing that demons (still) exist, but knowing that believers, like everyone else, not only can, but do have demons, and that we are commanded to pray to drive them out by Jesus many times throughout the scriptures. Its interesting that every time a major revival happened, delivering people from demons was involved at first, and then when the powers that be tried to stamp out this arm of ministry, then the revival inevitably would fizzle out. I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact. But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish revoking its rights in prayer, audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously after asking God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare. Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests. Occasionally, when making an agreement with one, and they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God. One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink.
From the transcript of the real life audio recording of the exorcism of Anneliese Michel....a priest compels the devil to speak. (in verbatim) "....In the name of Jesus and the name of Mary I command you, ... No! ... to say everything. In the name of Jesus and in the name of Mary I command you, that abortion .. …is murder .... ...and regardless in which month the abortion happens ..... Yes! ... .Where do the embryos go, since they are not baptized. Not in hell? No. Where? Yes, they come up. Up, yes, where? Up there. Where then? Ah, I cannot say the fucking word. Into heaven? Yes. After all! Yes, ..."
@@mroxannevh The court declares de facto that the Devil does not exist; and if science was not at fault, then superstition and the priest had to be responsible for her death. Anneliese Michel came to understand ever more deeply that her terrible experiences were not in vain. Indeed, they served to remind secularized Christians that Satan does exist and that Hell is a real and ever present danger to the unconverted soul. The tape recordings of Anneliese’s exorcisms (which include the demons’ actual voices), the photos of her battered body, her personal notes - all these make up the German girl’s special testament to those who no longer take seriously the perils of Satanic activity. (The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, Doubleday, 1981) (in verbatim) "In the name of Jesus and the name of Mary I command you, ... No! ... to say everything. In the name of Jesus and in the name of Mary I command you, That fucking thing, that fucking thing I throw away everywhere. ... to say everything. But luckily nearly nobody goes in anymore, into that fucking thing. Into what, in the confessional? Personal confession? ... No! Yes! Yes! (In verbatim) It is the month of the Rosary, you know that, right? Yes, but only the fewest pray. The fewest pray? Yes, and the least prayer is in church, because the priests think it not modern. Yes? Yes! All? Nearly! If these damn idiots had an inkling .... Why do you fear the Rosary? Why, why, why? Yes, why? Because it.... Because? Hic me ....! Because ....Because it is a st....no, I won’t say it. Hic me dicere Deus! .shutup! Yes! Yes. Against Satan ... Yes, Yes! ... and all demons? Yes, against us. I have to say it. The rosary is an enormous power against ...... against Satan and all demons. But not many believe it. They think it an old wives tale. Luckily. Who is at fault for that? We! You? We!
I think it’s possible that Catholics have more interaction with demons because they have more devotions to physical objects (which demons can communicate through). More iconoclastic traditions just don’t encounter them as much. Watchman Nee explains how he got rid of a demon by telling a woman to burn some images of “Jesus” she had. Something to think about.
This is based on the false idea that Catholics "worship" inanimate objects. Such objects are aids to memory, or more simply, art. They tell stories of the nativity, miracles of Jesus, the crucifixion.
why would you burn an image of Jesus? Such an act is clearly sacrilegious. Btw, why do you think Catholics deal with demons more on average than protestants? Most videos online dealing with the demonic are protestants.
@@contrasedevacantism6811 It's certainly true that witch trials were more popular under Puritan regimes than Catholic ones. James I saw witches everywhere. On a secular basis it is estimated that 95% of indigenous English art was destroyed during the reformation. It was a hatred of beauty that still exists today.
in post-Reformation Europe. Britain executed over 30,000 as witches, and Germany, over 100,000. Protestants were the big witch-burners. Witch burning never caught on in Catholic countries. When the Spanish Inquisition examined the cases of reported witches, it almost invariably concluded that the charges were false and the accused were not guilty. But tens of thousands of supposed witches were burned at the stake, hanged, or drowned in Protestant countries, including the American colonies.
If you read only one book, read Malachi Martin's Hostage to the Devil. I have never been as unnerved in my life, and that is a life which includes surviving a mass murder at age 7. ( If you want details, give me an email address, and I will send the information to you. )
I would argue that this is because Baptist "ministers" are never properly ordained therefore they are technically not a priest. It would be impossible to convince me of any demonic activity in my periphery, but if somebody did, I would rather run to fetch a properly ordained priest: Lutheran, Anglican, Catholic or Orthodox, or even confessional Reformed if given no other choice.
well, what happened to the "we are all priest thing"....In the Catholic Church, a "major exorcism" can only be carried out by a priest with a bishop's approval.
@@jotunman627 The Lutheran church never affirmed that the "Priesthood of all believers" means that people suddenly become sacramental priests or are legible to do the job of a priest simply by being Christians. It simply means that in emergency cases, every Christian can administer the sacraments of baptism and confession.
@@benmizrahi2889 When the devil comes, who do we call? A Catholic priest. Only a priest can perform an exorcism, in fact, it is actually through the Bishop. This power is apostolic, and is therefore “lent” to the priest by the Bishop. It was never performed upon one’s own authority, but upon the authority of God given to these bishops through apostolic succession. Primary authority is given to Apostles..
@@jotunman627 Not exactly, episkopos and presbuteros are synonyms in New Testament parlance. Therefore any priest can perform exorcism and his power is conferred to him directly through his succession from the Apostles and is not dependent on the bishop.
This video is a wonderful lesson. For those who criticise you. If you’re a young kid; say 15. And you love video games or you are interested in the stock market. Whatever your interests are. And they come to criticism from other people; say parents; always remember that some jackass is wasting his time and life on studying demonic possession. So your interests can’t be a waste of time if thousands of other deluded idiots will believe this horseshit but tell you video games are the devils work. It’s called cognitive bias. And essentially - your critiques have a perceived, personal, qualitative view on what you do. And have already decided it’s bad. Because someone else decides it is bad; doesn’t mean it is. Look at smoking. They said that was great! Now look at all the health evidence against it. Well anyhow - reality is what you manifest - if you believe that there’s demons - you’ll make everything about demons. If someone has a mental breakdown because they have PTSD and complex schizophrenia disorders. “that’s demons!” So kids. Live your lives - don’t sit and preface your existence on this planet by religion, by other people’s belief. Live by your belief. Don’t harm others; don’t harm yourselves. Look for every side of the coin (the problem at hand) before you judge anything as XYZ. Unfortunately this idiot believes demonic possession could be real and keeps putting every situation down to demons when someone has an issue.
Listen guy, believe what you want, but they are real. I didnt want to believe. I avoided the notion like the plague for 10 years. Eventually, after seeing stuff going on in my home for 3 days straight, my ex came over and manifested something inhuman and evil. She didnt want to believe either. I knew her for three years, at that point, VERY well, and this thing was not her. Again, believe me if you want--believe what you want.. but keep in mind, that's a luxury some of us just cant afford anymore. The "reality" we chose had been selectively dissembled by the conductor of the universe in order to show us that His Spirit is real, His Son is the only way, and that the adversarial spirits who come only to murder rob and destroy us in spite of Him, will bow only to His words of sovereign might and authority, wether spoken through Him, or through us in His name! I didnt go looking for this stuff. It was thrown into my lap, by happenchance you might say, but I know now theres no such thing as coincidence when it comes to stuff like this. You know how I know this reality is not just a projection of my own powers of imagination or creative thought/will or whatever you call it? When this thing first started showing itself in the room that day (before it temporarily took control of my girlfriend) I was believing it was ANYTHING BUT a demon. I was hoping to learn whether it was an angel, actually, tho by that point I was suspecting it could just be a "trickster spirit" like the pagan myths I found so interesting alluded to... but when I said "If you have any ill will toward either of us, you cannot stay here." It literally got in my face. I realized okay its obviously looking to cause trouble and I said "you have to go. I dont allow you to be here anymore. Youre not allowed to be here. This is our home you cannot stay. Youre no longer welcome." Yadda yadda yadda even in my mind "willing" for it to be gone. It only got stronger and more menacing. That was when I suspected/ recognized what it really was, much to my dismay. I said wait are you a demon??? Youre not allowed to be here, Jesus Christ defeated you long ago! The blood of Christ broke your powers over us!" I said this almost to bluff the spirit. I was an occultist. I didnt believe in the bible. I surely didnt believe in demons in the biblical sense. It was just a kneejerk reaction to what I remembered exorcists saying was the reason they had any influence over the demons! Thats when the spirit got very provoked. It started making the air feel heavy and darker. Threatening/foreboding. Knowing I was already in the battle, I kept on talking about the blood of Christ and Jesus and it eventually took my ex over and made her mock me in a deeper voice, and when I confronted her and put my hands on her gently to say "no, dont joke around about this right now," she snarled, crinkling her face, and clawed at me in an animalistic way. Its hard to describe this event as it was very very intense, but I discerned something was off about her, in my spirit. We went upstairs I called around for help but got nowhere. The pastor didnt even believe it could be possible, but I could discern something off about him, too. So I hung up the phone and took things into my own hands because I loved her and knew she needed help. As soon as I put the bible up to her forehead and commanded that demon to come out, she put her head down and started growling and something else was acting through her... I kept on trying to "believe" it away, or out, but it ran circles around me (as I later deduced because I was trying in "my own power"). So eventually I went back to provoking it with invoking the blood of Jesus, and that worked immediately. It would growl and grumble, not wanting to say anything. I could feel it going back and forth to manipulate us both and distract us or get us to give up. Finally I began to pray out loud to the Father and ask that she be forgiven and for this spirit to be cast out and never return, and she eventually began to cough, and vomit, and need to use the restroom. After that she was feeling much better but we were both shook up still! The spirit wasnt growling from her anymore, though. Since this day I have driven these things out of hundreds of people, places, things, myself included, and I can tell you that using your own will does nothing by itself. It requires the presence and purpose of God behind you. I will say that imagination is given us by God and it is very powerful to war with the devils, with! In other words, God can work through it! However its not all imagination power because during these sessions, sometimes it just the prayers and the word of God spoken in faith that was needed to drag these things up and out of people. For instance, in the scriptures, David would play a lyre to soothe Sauls symptoms of his evil spirit--this was because David played to the glory of God, and when you use your imagination to that measure, God loves to anoint it with His power and authority! Everything that happens on earth and in heaven will all ultimately go to the glory of Jesus Christ, and his Father in heaven! That is the reason why all that is, is... I hope my testimony helps you to imagine something different, man. I believed in ALOT of the same things you were talking about... but in the face of experience with evidence, I was obliged to abandon my worldview, and adopt the one I have now. God has given me power and authority over many evil spirits that otherwise could and would like nothing better than to decimate me, without Him.. its been 3 and a half years and Gods word has changed my life so much for the better, and my familys, and my friends. Its not an easier path, but it is infinitely more fulfilling and rewarding. I know I am never alone now, that I have the Spirit of my Father in heaven, and that He has chosen me and will never give up on me or let anything take me from the destiny He's had for me since long before I was born. But make no mistake, these things are real, and powerful. They can manipulate not only the physical realm but our own souls through our mind, will, emotions, property and belongings, and they are the inspiration behind every evil action, even every action that fell short of the glory of God. Without these evil spirits, we wouldnt have even been able to imagine such fallen things!!! God bless you man, I pray your heart is open and softened to receive my testimony of faith with consideration. I have nothing against people who dont believe in God or demons, only some consistent experience which makes me differ, and I hope that you will recieve the power and authority of God to glorify Him and do His will, as we all have to serve something.. my final word in regard to imagination is that there is nothing new under the sun... and that there is a time for everything that happens.. A time for every season. A time to live, and a time to die. The fear (respect, reverence) of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is the beginning of understanding.
Thank you Dr. Cooper. I really appreciate the Lutheran perspective. You mentioned sleep paralysis. I experienced it as a boy. I had dreamed of a dark winged figure screaming and chasing me from the sky. I immediately awoke and thought how glad I was that it was only a dream. I suddenly felt pressure on the side of my body pushing me down into the bed. I couldn't move or speak. I was completely terrified and didn't know what was happening to me. I could only lay there as it continued shoving my body down into the mattress. I finally screamed in my mind "Jesus please help me!". It immediately released me! I could finally move so I covered my head with my blanket. I began hearing something walk toward my bed. The footsteps stopped right next to me. All I could do was continue to earnestly pray and it walked away. I couldn't make myself look...the fear was too much. Even after 35 years, it gives me chills to write about it. I'll never forget it. The whole experience was too vivid and horrifying for me to believe it was only in my mind.
There is a biological basis for sleep paralysis. I have experienced that several times. However, I have also experienced similar to what you describe, both with and without sleep paralysis.
i also remember having sleep paralysis, but i didn't experience any like winged figures, just couldn't move, and then i waited until i did move
@@annalynn9325 the spiritual and 'physical' (as in, biological and mental phenomena) do interact. It's entirely plausible that something demonic in nature or origin can manifest itself in some phenomenon that's able to be studied by medicine or psychology.
@annalynn9325 there's a biological basis for everything that occurs. But sleep paralysis is almost always connected to a demon called a spiritual spouse. It has to do with lust, rejection, bitterness, rebellion, lonliness.
I know because I have had many of them, one of them was very very strong, one of the worst cases I have ever heard of, and I am a deliverance minister.
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When I was in middle school, we had someone who would frequently curse God in our kitchen living with us. At one point, his "episodes" would be followed by the bedroom doors in our home slamming shut. Just once as opposed to multiple slamming. Later in life, I was a police officer in SoCal. I encountered a lot of really bad people. I was a back up officer on a disturbance call. The individual in question was heavily involved in the occult. He described this with some detail to the primary officer. He noted the primary officer didn't believe him. That officer chuckled a bit. He turned around to me and said, "But you do". I felt the darkness you mentioned in your opening. I replied, "Yes, I do". Presumably, this person knew I was baptized. It was very unsettling. Fortunately, I can take comfort in my baptism.
Amen, your heart reflects your baptism.
All Glory Be To God!
Thank you. I love seeing a confessional Lutheran willing to tackle this subject. People need guidance. How can you guide if you don't understand? ❤️🙏❤️
Every Time I Die! Forgot about that band! Great video! Thank you for addressing this. It seems that not enough Lutherans discuss this and the influences of the occult in everyday life.
The kid running up the wall case turned me. Witnessed by a medical doctor and room full of case workers and is written in the med report. It is the "Latoya Ammons" case.
@Tracy Ritchey I'm not a Christian, but I read and watch alot of this kind of stuff, one of the most famous possessions ever, the exorism of Annaliese Michel, she was devoutly religious.
I was in a rough patch at one point, and I made the foolish and misguided mistake of turning to the occult, out of desperation. It wasn't anything terribly serious to me, at the time. It seemed to me that I was merely experimenting with, and testing different spiritual traditions. However, it started to have effects on me. Some visible. Some not so much.
I won't bore you with a long comment, or an autobiography though. Long story short, I got to the point that I experienced regular, intense, oppressive episodes of sleep paralysis, of varying types. Some were intensely pleasurable. Almost sexual. Like I was being seduced. Other times I was tricked into believing that I had somehow been killed, only to "wake up", and find everything normal. Other times, I would hear voices, which would linger for a minute, even after I had woken up. I once had a friend in college started crying, when I would recall episodes in detail. And I still have trouble keeping my composure when I think about, or speak about such things in detail. I generally try to forget about that period in my life.
This stuff is serious. That is when I realized that this is no game. God is good. He is here. So is the devil and his angels. And we must seek refuge and salvation in our Lord.
Very fresh and informative. Appreciate the naturalistic comparison is made here to tease apart the more subtle and gross aspects, including the extremes of assuming demonic possession from psychological maladies. In history there has been a lot of misunderstandings between a psychological issue and an actual demonic presence/effect/possession in a person's psyche and spiritual life.
One night I was out at IHOP with a friend and I was telling her about God and Christianity. There was a woman behind us that seemed to hear me at a certain point throughout our conversation and from the look on her face she instantly hated me. lol. Hated what I was doing. She pulled a string out and started mumbling something while staring at me, and wrapping the string around her finger, over and over again. My friend said she believed that woman was trying to cast a "binding" spell on me. But I'm a temple of the Holy Spirit, and even my own idiocy doesn't change that. Better luck next time, lady. lol.
Good for you! I live in Taiwan. My kids were climbing trees in the park. This older lady walks by and scolds my kids to come down. "Don't you know this is Ghost Month! (The supposedly unluckiest month in the pagan folk calendar.) Without missing a beat, my oldest said, "I'm baptized. Jesus protects me." I was so proud. I wanted to add that even if something bad did happen, Jesus was in control. But I kind of missed my chance. And I would have dampened the scene more than a little.
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Wow! That’s awesome! I love his attitude!
Good job, Mom!
This is the very BEST UA-cam video on theology ever made and I can relate to it, because I live in a town, which is full of demons. Lima, Ohio is my hometown and it is full of demons. Delphos, Ohio is about 25 to 30 minutes and they have even more demons than Lima. I sleep with Christian Hymns playing on my radio every night, so I can get some sleep. Thank you Dr. Cooper. Keep up the good work!
1. I've noticed that EO and Lutheranism seem to have similar views on exorcism... that any priest/pastor may conduct an exorcism and use mostly scripture and the eucharist to do so... only difference is that if its really bad the EO will take the person to an monastery... whereas roman catholics will have specialized priests for the job
2. Below is a link to Pints of Aquinas that is an interview with a roman catholic exorcist that is really good
ua-cam.com/video/x6YTz-B24FA/v-deo.html
3. Thank you so much for covering this topic!!!!
Thank you, Dr. Cooper. We are very quick to dismiss and offer naturalistic explanations for what Paul clearly tells us is our true adversary in Eph 6:12. The more the world closes its eyes to this, the more the devil grins.
Very interesting topic. I have been following you for some time. I am preparing to discuss this topic over the holidays with my uncle, an avid ghost hunter.
I recommend "War in Heaven" and "They shall expel Demons" both by Derek Prince.
I watched Alien Intrusion and had a sleep paralysis incident that night. It’s kind of hard to call out to Jesus when it won’t let you speak. Good thing He knows our thoughts. That was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced.
My doctor in Vanderbilt clinic insisted that I make an appointment with Adult Psychiatry for my anxiety problem, and just because apparently I was a borderline "crock", although a quiet, reticent one, if I may say so. There are other reasons for our bad relationship, but I won't go into that here. I didn't want to have to endure the psych involvement, but I did make the appointment, rather than fight it. I was sent to have an intake appointment on a Saturday, when there was literally no one else in the clinic but the student evaluator doing the intake and me. We talked, and she did the usual tests of sanity, and I explained how I got to where I was, as well as I could in the given time. But before I was assigned to a therapist, I told her what I had been told by a lady, who used to teach at George Peabody College, now a part of Vanderbilt. She was my best therapist after my breakdown, a decent, kind-hearted psychologist, who had taught physiological psychology at Peabody, and at Vanderbilt after the merger. She said that on her side of the street, Peabody, there were many people who believed that there were "more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy," of the materialism of the materialists. But on the Vanderbilt side of the street, where the School of Medicine was, as well as their sciences, which were all of greater worldly reputation than Peabody (a teachers college), if you can't see it, feel it, hold it in your hand, and of greatest importance, measure it, it does not exist, and to think otherwise is to be insane. I had encountered that contemptuous attitude quite a lot during my breakdown, so I didn't doubt it. My question to her was whether she thought this would be an issue (I did), and whether there was a way that I could get someone friendlier to my beliefs and my history, which included a heavy experience of demonic oppression?
Here, the Providence of God showed itself. She said she knew very well what I was saying, and she was afraid it was true. She said that in Brazil, where she was from (!!!), no one, even the scientists, doubted the existence of the supernatural. It was too real in the experience of everyone. But here, it was very true that the psychiatrists were unlikely to tolerate it. She recommended that I not try to get a therapist at Vanderbilt, and that was how she concluded her evaluation! Thank you, Jesus, for that mercy.
Look up psychiatrist, Dr. Jerry Marzinsky! His interview with the sheep farm podcast is a good one but any interview of his will show you alot more substantiated testimony about this undeniable link between psychosis and evil spirits.
Hey, my name is Hailey . I really came here to find out why I had a terrible dream.. first I was in my childhood bathroom .. I seen myself in a tub with snakes broken up in a bucket and one bit me on my wrist.. the room was filled with light and I could feel myself but I couldn’t move at all and I was trying to yell for my husband and I couldn’t get through to him.. well, he walked in the bathroom and then I heard “oh no she’s doing it again” and then SLAP I woke up in my dream and it turned dark and then he was shaking me trying to tell me I was possessed then I woke up and yelled for my husband when he got into the room I told him to feel my chest… he asked me if I needed to go to the emergency room and I said no I had a demonic possession dream … it was pretty scary
Turn to Jesus! He makes the demons flee! Please seek God in prayer and through His Word in the Bible. I just said a prayer for you. Cry out to the Lord with a sincere heart, and He will answer ❤✝
Spirit spouse. Trying to cause problems and alienate you in your marriage. A lust demon. Comes at night. Tries to keep you exhausted by keeping you from resting well, making you tired all day. Promotes strife and misunderstandings in relationships with your closest loved ones, including parents and children. Hates to see you loved in a godly manner. The spirit was probably saying she doing it again in reference to you reaching out for your husbands protection, which God will honor against the spirits interests... also these spirits can mimick anyone in dreams including your husband. If you see him in a dream dont make love, save that for real life. IF you have another dream like what Im talking about, repent for any sin comitted when you wake up and ask God to forguve and destroy the devils plans
Cling to Jesus, and your husband. Confess any sexual sin, ask forgiveness, and watch a deliverance vid for spiritual spouse on Noah Hines channel. The dreams will stop before long.
Blessings.
I would recomend to read about the Malagasy Lutheran Church (FLM) and their experience with possesions and also movement with "shepherds" who often encounter evil spirits.
I'm a confirmed Lutheran but I've been irreligious for the past 20-ish years and have been involved with the occult off and on. Recently for whatever reason I decided to try saying the Orthodox "Jesus prayer" before bed and each time I did it I was demonically attacked afterward. One time I had really bad nightmares, one time the TV in my bedroom switched itself on in the middle of the night, etc. I don't think I'm possessed but I think I'm under demonic influence and they really don't want me to go back to Christianity. So I kind of mentally made a deal with them that I'd stop praying if they just went back to leaving me alone. But I know I can't just leave it at that kind of stalemate forever. What should I do to start moving back toward the church without being constantly under demonic attack, do I need some form of exorcism or to get my house blessed by a priest or pastor?
It might not be a bad idea to talk to a priest or pastor you feel comfortable talking to. That's a very scary situation to be in--I will pray for you.
Where are you at now, did you speak with a pastor?
Thank you Dr. Cooper for such a good and balanced presentation of this subject. I'm glad that you dive into this kind of stuff as a Lutheran scholar, many of them dont even dare or bother. to do
It is a comfort that, although these demonic activities can be scary, the demons' abilities and tactics are ultimately so feeble. Even if, as you say, those witch doctors can kill we know though life be wrenched away they cannot win the day.
I hope that in the next video or in an upcoming video you also share your take on ghosts. Are they (always?) demonic? - Perhaps one of the most famous "ghost stories being that of "Old Jeffery" in the Epworth Rectory in England when the Wesley's lived there. - I would be interested in hearing a theological understanding of ghosts (recognizing that the disciples thought that Jesus was one, and that He mentions this, having walked on the water, but He never goes on to talk about their reality or lack there of).
Also, Father Gabriel Amorth's books, and William Friedkin's documentary about Amorth, The Devil and Father Amorth, will give you gooseflesh.
I have a psychotic disorder. I have experienced things that could be taken as demonic, but when going on antipsychotics most of that stuff disappeared. Not saying demons don't exist, they do, but we have to be very careful describing something as demonic (acknowledging a psychotic person's ideas is the worst thing one can do). I like to put things in two categories: what is of good and what is of evil. Whether it's demonic or not I find being less of importance. The cure is the same for all evil, Jesus Christ. He is our hope in all! That's how I stay grounded. There is a battle going on between good and evil in the world. We know who has won the victory, don't we? 😉 ✝️
I tend to agree. I see too many Charismatics who attribute everything that has gone bad with people with demonic forces, and often time do more damage than good with this mentality (I had a friend who had to be institutionalized with a schizophrenic fit because of their nonsense).
That being said, the Bible affirms at least some kind of demonic activity exists, but as you have said, we know who won the victory and every delving on the demonic, if necessary at all, should point towards Christ's victory rather than the usual human obsession with evil.
@@josephpchajek2685 it mustn't mean it's not demonic. It can be.... I also like to make a distinction between it being of spiritual character and of it being a possession. Christ love! ✝️
Look up Dr jerry marzinksys interviews on youtube!!!! It will blow you away friend.
His story will change your life for the better my friend
I am a deliverance minister and I know firsthand he is not lying. I have driven spirits out of many people that hear voices, and they got to the point where they could fight them off themselves after teaching them warfare prayers.
You have to stand up to these things usually there is a strong link to rejection and bitterness and rebellion spirits in psychosis, from what Ive found. If you want prayer let me know Ill hook you up with someone trustworthy and experienced and or just do it myself. Always free of charge. God bless you brother.
Not sure how old you are, but I’m 29 and Wicca was a major thing in my small town from middle school to around the time I graduated. It still is in small circles.
I'm looking forward to your next video. God's peace be with you.
This and the NDE discussion bring to mind discussions about psychedelics, and particularly the debate on whether experiences on DMT and other drugs simply manipulate and trick the mind, or transport the user to a different realm entirely. I would love a Christian and particularly a Lutheran perspective on this.
As a newspaper reporter covering a Catholic fundraising fair more than 20 years ago I came across a couple with identical twin preschool age grandsons who both behaved and spoke strangely with this look in their eyes that made me shudder. I wanted to find that lovely couple an exorcist. It’s like the Supreme Court justice who described pornography as “I know it when I see it.” We’ve all had these experiences.
Cool video on a subject not often talked about in the reformed tradition. I always struggle with the spiritual side of things because it’s not something you can necessarily reason your way through. But I want to understand these things better without getting wrapped up in sensationalism.
Lay Plebes: Dr. C, can you add some spicier material?
Dr. C: Hold my Hefeweizen 🍺
I’d suggest Jesse Penn Lewis’ War on the Saints. From the time of the Welsh Revival. From a “reformed” POV.
When you were describing the town you grew up in, I was thinking, "Wow, sounds like this town near me in Massachusetts" and then when you said it was in Massachusetts, I knew I had gotten it. Believe it or not, there are even darker things there now.
Darker things like what? Deliverance minister asking here
To be honest, I later realized from future videos that I had the wrong town, although I have actually worked and spent much time in the town he was speaking of. The town I was thinking of has both a Satanic Temple and an O.T.O. / Thelemic Temple, as in Aleister Crowley.
I think so. I think it happens more commonly to the devout, too. Evil doesn't chase a sure bet. I think the easiest gateways are the media, music or lyrical poetry, and idolatry. I hope this was helpful. God bless.
I'll be meeting Richard Gallagher later today since I have a personal connection to him. Watch this video to prepare!
Lucky
I happen to know Richard Gallagher personally. Really smart man
I would also recommend the books, "They Shall Expel Demons" & "War In Heaven" by Derek Prince.
One book I’ve seen recommended is
Occult Bondage and Deliverance: Counseling the Occultly Oppressed
By Kurt E. Koch
Thank you for your work Dr. Cooper.
I sort of wish I had watched this before the pastor's conference (I was waiting for it to show up as a podcast episode). Growing up in broad evangelicalism, I was big into Bob Larson and Mike Warnke. Bob Larson used to be based in Denver, and on a visit to my grandparents I sat in his broadcast studio during one of his broadcasts. Wild stuff. I've never had any experiences like you describe, though. That's the truly wild stuff.
I live for the screamo references in your videos. I'm digging on the new ETID record
"Lane, Ph.D., has won a Prescrire Prize for Medical Writing and teaches at Northwestern University. He is the author of Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness." : "the enigma surrounding Carl Jung's Red Book... The haunting book ends mid-sentence, just after its author concedes, "My acquaintance with alchemy took me away from it . . ." It's a tantalizing end to a book full of riddles.
Jung's unfinished sentence isn't the only... mystery...
Cooper notes in "Jung Confronts His Demons," a fascinating article in... Wall Street Journal, Jung's manuscript and paintings about communing with... demons (his own and those of others) were kept "in a locked cupboard in [his]... house... after his death in 1961." In 1984, Cooper continues, the manuscript "was transferred to a bank." Norton published it in translation... a half-century after its author had died. The book's editor and translator... Shamdasani, had spent five years trying to decipher and interpret the manuscript, and a further three trying to persuade the Jung family to allow him to publish it...
Although Jungians have been quick to downplay any suggestion that the book records more than its author's spiritual crisis(1) the book, which Jung... documents such matters as his conversations with the winged "Philemon" during his daytime walks... And though Shamdasani insists that Jung was engaging in a controlled experiment-"There wasn't anything like a psychosis"-the wrinkle in that story is that Jung's unusual hallucinations appear to have been involuntary...
In one waking dream-state, Jung claimed to hear a bird-girl announce, "Only in the first hour of the night can I become human, while the male dove is busy with the twelve dead." At other moments, the influential thinker-either haunted by premonitions of the First World War or hyper-aware of the growing threat of European militarism-saw what Cooper calls a "landscape submerged by a river of blood carrying forth not only detritus but also dead bodies"-possibly a premonition of the devastation that would persist in Europe for the next five years.
Cooper's astute article doesn't try to settle either way whether Jung was mad or sane to experience such visions. His account of the book, as well as an exhibition at UCLA that's been organized around its thoughts and paintings", see www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/201005/carl-jungs-frightening-demons
(1) "Dr. Peterson uses... the basic principles of the personality and clinical theories of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, student of Nietzsche and Freud, originator of analytical psychology, and great interpreter of mythology and archetype.", see www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s3-e31-carl-jung-part-1/
I really wish I could hear a long and in depth take on Jung from a Christian (especially Eastern Orthodox, or maybe dr Michael Heiser) perspective.
Jung’s theories are useful, even if his spiritual state was questionable. Jonathan Pageau is also a student of Jung.
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I thought pageau was proud of the fact that he wasn’t into Jung? I could be misremembering though.
As a non-Christian he was definitely playing with fire in some of the stuff that goes on in the red and black books.
What’s shocking to me though is how much those experiences got him close to the truth. He even wrote in his journals near the end of his life that he couldn’t square the prophecies in Daniel with a natural explanation and was becoming convinced that the Bible was inspired.
@@etheretherether A brush with the occult can often be a catalyst to wake someone up to the truth of Christ. On another note, Pageau gives me the creeps....but I confess I've only seen one or two videos of him. Seemed cultish.
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Fair enough. A lot of those creative/analytical type channels like Pageau, Jay Dyer, and Uberboyo have curly vibes. All worth watching though for some of their symbolic analysis.
I like pageau, but his reluctance to commit on a lot of topics that are fundamental to Christianity bothers me. I’ve heard most orthodox viewers explain that away as “he’s an artist not a theologian” which is an ok explanation I guess.
Dr Cooper please conduct study and give lecture on Eeucharistic Miracles. I am so interested what your view on this topic is and I would be extremely grateful. I am a Lutheran wanna-be and this issue prevents me from being Lutheran and keeps me Roman Catholic. I can manage with all other issues well but this one is really hard to ignore.
God bless You Sir.
I wish so much Lutherans were right . Your Faith is so beautiful and truly emphasizes Jesus Christ above all.
I pray He guides you! Cling to our Lord Jesus! Some of the miracles, signs, and wonders scare me a little when I think about “testing the spirits”. I have no idea if this could potentially be the case, but please remember that not all signs and wonders are from the Lord. May God bless you and draw you ever closer to Him ❤✝ With peace and love I send you this message, even if it is a few months delayed.
@@kgebhardt1187 Thank You very much. All the best to You.
I just had to watch this before bed.
Same
Fear not
Dr. Cooper you should check out Sam Storms book on spiritual warfare. It’s dope.
Cool.
For an evangelical perspective, “Defeating Dark Angels” by Charles H. Kraft is good. For a charismatic perspective, “They Shall Expel Demons” by the late Derek Prince is a classic.
I feel that Michael Heiser has to enter this discussion. Either through “unseen realm” or “demons”. I don’t know who to read up on for this, but I come across Easter orthodox inspired stuff that seem to lean towards a type of non-dualism that is in complete opposition to the naturalistic perspective. That it is all spirits. That there is no distinction between psychology, nature and spirit. Feel like people like Johnathan pageau lean into that. I’ll se if I can find an appropriate
video.
Agreed, I’d really love to hear a long chat between pageau and heiser about this topic.
There’s always Fr. Seraphim Rose’a take on New Age mysticism in “Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future”
Hi - Just found your channel - lovin your sensible approach to these theological questions. I am surprised though that you didn't mention Vince Lampert in your video. I have just read his book "The Battle Against Satan and His Demons". This guy has performed many exorcisms - and some of his accounts are very eye-opening.
This is an interesting topic, the protestant reformation haven't touch on this topic as much as the roman catholic.
When the devil comes, who do you call? a Catholic priest...
Protestants do way more exorcisms a year than Catholics. They only do it if they absolutely have no other choice.
People need deliverance. Jesus told us to do it, not to go find a priest with permission from a bishop...
Read the antinicene church fathers writings on deliverance ministry. Its what facilitated the conversion of much of the territories Christs ministers had ventured into.
You make pumpkin day much more real.
Dr Cooper sometime it would be very helpful if you could address the subject of whether or not a person can be possessed if they are a baptized Christian. Does this then enter into the subject of possession versus oppression? Can an oppressed Christian be taken over and used by a demon?
the short answer is yes.
Yeah of course they can. Saul. Peter. Paul. Judas. Ananias and Saphira. This just a short list. Some people just dont study deliverance in the scriptures thoroughly enough. God doesnt have to spell out every detail of every thing that could happen, he leaves things for certain people to realize and others to disbelieve.
All these people were believers that devils had entered and influenced to do things. Blessings bro.
This is an old video. But if you are a naturalist, then ANY explanation for an event that is natural is more likely than the zero probability of an event being supernatural. It is a classic blind spot.
I recently saw an interview with an Anglican Deliverance Minister in the Church of England, saying that Excorcism is extremely rare, hes never done one, and that mostly it's some kind of spirit that just needs a simple prayer to push it out the door so to speak, and that most common is poltergiest phenomena, which isnt actually spiritual but a emotional-telekenetic thing. i wonder what the reason for the differece between his and the Roman Catholic excorcist's extreme experiences are
Emotional telepathy sounds way more fanciful than demonic activity
@@joshf2218 yeah well this seems yo be what the Church of England's exorcists have found through experience I'm just reporting kn that, tho tbf I have heard of examples of highly emotional people and situations causing lights to Flickr and stuff
@@internetenjoyer1044 it’s that there’s no way to prove that emotions cause these things, it’s not any less spiritual of an answer regardless.
@@joshf2218 I'm not disagreeing with that. I just think that it should be given ome credence becuase these are a community of priests who beleive in the spiritual and this is the consensus "model" in the Church of England for a lot of stuff. My main question is why their experiences differ from many Catholic excorcists, who have much less mundane experiences.
Fear. The first person God sent me to deliver was an anglican minister of 30 years. He was hearing voices for 5 years and getting worse.
He refused to pray warfare prayers against the demons. He just wanted me to. I finally refused to pray for him anymore unless he started praying against it himself... a few weeks went by w.o. contact and he was worse than when we started. He hadnt been using the prayers I sent. He was in alot of torment one day and called me and I told him what to pray, and he kept trying to wriggle out of having to do it himself. Finally he loosed fire against that spirit in prayer like i told him to and he said he didnt feel pain anymore. Suddenly a devil came laughing maniacally out of the phone, angered that I helped him stand up for himself, and I drove that spirit out in Jesus name. He was out for a few minutes. When he came back to, he was talking better than I had ever heard him before! And he was excited about overcoming on his own. That was awesome all glory to God!
ok so Dr.J it it posebole to get Demonic Possession on video?
becus i remember that some years ago here on youtube there was a drama and this man was really mad at a youtuber, so mad that he literaly did a satanic ritual in one of his youtubevideo's, he had a book and a doll of the guy that he was mad at, he had the candelse and stuff it was mesed up, so he started the ritual in speaking English then when he was done chanting the "spell" he stabbed the doll with a knife, that is the point where he (for me atleast) got possessed by a Demon he started riping the doll with is bare hands and started speaking in a diverend language (Latin? i am not surten becuse i can't tell) than the guy ripped the head of the doll off and literaly ate it while grouwling and mumbeling, it was terefying
sooooo it may be posebole in the right seting to get a Demonic possession on video like a satanic ritual but i wouldent know for shure, um yea so if you have anything to tell me on this i would be happy you don't have to of korse o and i almost forgot to say that i have Dislexia (don't know if that is how you spel it) so if you cant read anything that is the reasone.
God pless you and all that walk with me in faith.
I was freed from demonic influence through the Holy Rosary. I used to be an atheist hedonistic fiend who was addicted to lust and dabbled in psychedelics, which opened me up to the demonic. I had multiple sleep paralysis dreams where demons would pin me down and blaspheme, and the Holy name of Jesus, or the invocation of Our Lady's intercession would be the instrument whereby I was freed from the demon's control. Thanks be to God. Mother Mary pray for us! Lord Jesus have mercy on us. Pray the Rosary
Father Ripperger's book Deliverance prayers for the Laity, the rosary, and confession helped me. It took awhile. I had to change a lot. God is Good.
@@lj5033Glad to hear!
I was a bit disappointed in the discussion of consciousness. To simply declare that consciousness cannot be explained by a naturalistic approach without argument does a great disservice to all the philosophers of mind and cognitive science who are working on that very issue. I've had the great luxury of working with many of them at Wash U, where the philosophy department has extensive interdisciplinary links to the neuroscience and psychology departments, and take very seriously this challenge of what such a naturalistic explanation would look like. The easy dismissal of their work without even the slightest consideration of it requires a level of condescension and arrogance that is completely unwarranted.
You should read unseen realms and demons by Michael Heiser. Its a good evangelical treatment of demons
I wonder if you think there is a special theodicy problem here. I used to be very skeptical towards such phenomena because I somehow trusted they would not be allowed to happen after the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, reclaiming this world from such influences. But I later realized that it maybe just a variant of general theodicy. Just like physical and emotional pain continues to be allowed, in rare instances the demonic seems to be allowed some liberties with humans.
As for the rarity/geographical distribution, I have seen the theory that such phenomena had in fact become very rare in the Christian world as long as it was Christian unlike the parts where witchcraf, voodoo etc. were common. With the fading of Christianity in the Western world this might change. Although your argument with naturalism being more potent in a postchristian culture has also some merit. And in a more general view, I cannot avoid the fact that historically a lot of pagan and demonic traditions have been concerned with deviant sexuality and dissolution of sex/gender. (E.g. demonic figures often being depicted as androgynic/hermaphroditic)
One of the confusing things of scripture I’ve always been puzzled about is do we actually go be with the Lord when we die, or do we only when he returns? In Thessalonians Paul says that when Christ comes we will rise and be with the Lord meeting him in the air. Any help on this would be great thanks.
That's not up for us to know, the time doesn't make a difference either. It's only that we can actually be with him in Eternity if we trust and obey.
I'd add the argument that one can take a more naturalistic approach to this subject, yet still believe in the supernatural.
As one who lives deeply within the "charismatic" area of the country, a pentecostal church at every corner.
In time you begin to take a somewhat skeptical view on possession.
It isn't that many naturalists do not totally reject the idea, but that it is blown entirely out of proportion.
Are there Lutheran exorcists or are pastors automatically qualified to perform exorcisms by virtue of their office?
Dr. Cooper can correct me if I’m wrong. It’s been my understanding that exorcisms are a part of the holy ministry and all Lutheran priests are exorcists. However I have also seen priests who specialize and study demonology more closely than others may.
Too many people are copying the movie the exorcist.
The exorcist copied off of a real one.. and people have been driving out demons since Christs ministry, whether people like it or not.
Dr Cooper, Malachi Martin's book, Hostage to the Devil, is a classic. It was published in 1976. Read it. Be prepared to be shaken.
One more: there are several long interviews here on UA-cam with Father Vincent Lampert, who is an exorcist. And yes, I'm a Protestant, somewhere between Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
In the Catholic church exorcisms are a last resort. Generally speaking, a natural explanation like stress or mental illness is the likely conclusion. Or a simple blessing of a house where apparitions are seen or people feel uncomfortable. However there are situations where anomalous knowledge points towards possession, such as speaking archaic languages or having access to personal details about an individual's life.
I'm not convinced these are on the same psychic spectrum as near death experiences. NDEs are more common as medical science improves its capacity to resuscitate people who would hitherto have died. They are typically more coherent than normal life, the return to which is resisted, and have little of the uncanny or confused aspects of hauntings and demonic activity.
What are your thoughts on witchcraft and curses?
It's a bad idea. Don't do it.
But if it's real why has it never been used to win wars or assassin world leaders?
Time marker: 31:00
What is it about basements?
Everyone agrees that they're scary.
The bible says that the gadarene demoniac lived amongst the tombs and cut himself with stones.
There is something about the earth, and water that is hospitable to them.
Perhaps because our flesh is made of earth. Perhaps because they seek life to kill steal and destroy, which cant be found apart from water (demons wander through dry places seeking rest and finding none, the bible says).
There are powerful marine spirits that are controlling and rebellious and seductive, involved in alot of witchcraft etc.. Leviathan being the king of pride, the crooked serpent... Ive cast this one out and it is not easy to make go it puts up quite a fight.
Be prepared to be mildly traumatized: read Malachi Martin's Hostage to the Devil. And, oh yes, a decade ago, I had a fascinating episode with a woman I believed was demon possessed, and a wall crucifix hidden in an inner pocket of my jacket.
I appreciate you taking on this topic, Doctor. I think this is something that may not get enough attention within the Confessional Lutheran Church.
In the next one are you planning to discuss the origin of demons - e.g. the view put forward in the apocryphal Book of Enoch that they are the spirits of the nephilim?
they're fallen angels.
After Bob Larson dies, he'll still be asking you to send him money.
As someone coming from a "naturalistic" perspective these sort of talks are fascinating. There is a mountain of anecdotal evidence for demons or possessions etc.. unfortunately having limitless anecdotal points does not help in proving it exists. It certainly proves something is going on but that doesn't mean it's supernatural.
I hope to hear more on Sleep Paralysis I have had many occurrences of it so hearing the Christian perspective would be interesting.
Sleep paralysis is usually in my experience in ministry, associated with spiritual spouse (succubi / incubi). These spirits claim you as their spouse and they will seek to alienate you from any loving relationship, romantic or otherwise, especially to keep you from getting married or staying married.
These spirits are some of the worst. They come from sexual immorality and therefore they are very very common. They are stubborn, they are kinda like a creepy ex that youve dumped that just wont leave, but also VERY controlling and manipulative. They drain your energy and keep you from getting restful regenerative sleep, sometimes through physical contact while almost or asleep, hence sleep paralysis.
I have driven demons out for 3 years now, and the first one or two, i didnt know how much i believed about these spirits.. thought maybe it was an exaggeration.. then I discovered I had picked one up and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was very strong. They want you tired all day, lonely, and lustful. Their main goal is actually to hinder ministry. If theres some sort of goal God has to work through you in life, they will seek to influence you to channel your more base desires instead and get in the way, so to speak, including by sending an unhealthy partner (outside of marriage of course).
Blessings hope this provides some insight.
Sleep paralysis is usually in my experience in ministry, associated with spiritual spouse (succubi / incubi). These spirits claim you as their spouse and they will seek to alienate you from any loving relationship, romantic or otherwise, especially to keep you from getting married or staying married.
These spirits are some of the worst. They come from sexual immorality and therefore they are very very common. They are stubborn, they are kinda like a creepy ex that youve dumped that just wont leave, but also VERY controlling and manipulative. They drain your energy and keep you from getting restful regenerative sleep, sometimes through physical contact while almost or asleep, hence sleep paralysis.
I have driven demons out for 3 years now, and the first one or two, i didnt know how much i believed about these spirits.. thought maybe it was an exaggeration.. then I discovered I had picked one up and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was very strong. They want you tired all day, lonely, and lustful. Their main goal is actually to hinder ministry. If theres some sort of goal God has to work through you in life, they will seek to influence you to channel your more base desires instead and get in the way, so to speak, including by sending an unhealthy partner (outside of marriage of course).
Blessings hope this provides some insight.
Thank you. Really looking forward to the next episode
Why do demons do things like knowing things they shouldnt know, and speaking languages, when that gives the game away? why not present their possession as mere psycological, or even just lead people to sin, from the shadows and not give excorcists a chance to catch them?
ego. they're not afraid of humans. they only fear God.
Speaking from 3+ years experience as a deliverance minister--They usually only make displays of power to divert the course of events to something less jeopardizing or adverse to their interests.
They will frequently manipulate the physical realm to distract powerful prayers, or to divert an inquirer of God from being revealed the key to their defeat/power/influence etc.
Theyre not afraid to reveal their presence if they think they might potentially either avert some worse consequence by doing it, or achieve some greater harm to the morale or disposition of the victim.
Its almost always just to bluff/manipulate, basically.
You can rest assured if you ever see one messing around for sure, that theres something else its trying to protect or hide.
Many times the unexperienced in deliverance will get caught up in reacting to the demons plays instead of dictating the course of events and pressing into their pressure. By grace, God is on our side though!
@@Joseph-Mullins Thank you for this insight brother. Would you mind recalling any examples of this is your personal ministry? May God bless your ministry and keep you safe
@internetenjoyer1044 Sure. I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact.
But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish the line of prayer for revoking its rights. I have audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously (very loud, deep, rumbling and snarling demonic growl lasting around 9 seconds. It sounded like it was coming from a surround sound system--at first notice, I thought it had to be some new furnace in the breezeway maybe, but after turning my head I realized that it was coming from every direction above me in the room, and that the pitch was ascending / getting slightly louder, before slowly descending to a pitch deeper than when it started--the best way I could describe it was like a mix between an enourmous lion and a dragon, only recognizing after the fact that the devil is portrayed as both in the scriptures!) which initiated immediately after asking out loud for God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare.
Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests.
Occasionally, when making an agreement with one and other situations where they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God.
One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes when a person is drunk), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink.
I have heard seen and felt these things with my own body and Im convinced that there is no aspect or realm of the physical that our soul interacts with that they cant manipulate or manifest through. It all depends on how much legal claim/ground they have in your life, and how strong they are, but is limited by a factor of how strong you are in your faith--a person who is very strong in faith, God may allow to experience these things, but the demon wont be able to do things like levitating people or objects as it is too demoralized and weakened by the anointing of the Spirit of God on your life. The best way to describe it is like bubbles of light and corners of darkness that are trying to overcome each other. The darkness, of course, rather runs, and collects where it can/must. The light may be dim and rare but it can overpower much darkness.
But yeah repeatedly in prayers for this one girl, the demon used to mess with her home to try and keep her from being present for the prayer, or to mess with us visually through the camera (we were delivering her over webcam). It would flip the lights off, or cause her to drool and then shake her head rapidly side to side, she would pass out during the really intense battles, as there were many demons trying to keep their hold on her locked up tight. She went from looking insane when she first came to the meetings to, by the end, almost having a glow about her! Everyone could see it. We met every week. There is video uploaded of some of the meetings. If youre interested Ill give you more info.
Blessings and protection for you as well in Jesus name, brother. I pray God gives you fire and boldness and power and good gifts as well, to heal and deliver in the name of Jesus!
@internetenjoyer1044 Sure (these comments may have to be posted in pieces as youtube is censoring) I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact.
But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish the line of prayer for revoking its rights. I have audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously (very loud, deep, rumbling and snarling demonic growl lasting around 9 seconds. It sounded like it was coming from a surround sound system--at first notice, I thought it had to be some new furnace in the breezeway maybe, but after turning my head I realized that it was coming from every direction above me in the room, and that the pitch was ascending / getting slightly louder, before slowly descending to a pitch deeper than when it started--the best way I could describe it was like a mix between an enourmous lion and a dragon, only recognizing after the fact that the devil is portrayed as both in the scriptures!) which initiated immediately after asking out loud for God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare.
Yes because Sola Scriptura
I’m not really concerned with the naturalist perspective as it is the epitome of foolishness, I’d rather hear an eastern religion perspective too if we’re gonna listen to people with wrong presuppositions
Indeed. And at least eastern religions are trying to account for the fullness of reality and not trying to ignore an entire side of it like naturalists.
Yeah the enlightenment notions have become the churchest worst enemies regarding spiritual oppression. Only since the 1600-1700s has any church taught that a believer cant have a demon.. its not only absurd, but the bible disproves it much more consistently than it even 'leaves room' for that interpretation.
Saul had a demon, Judas had a demon, Paul had an angel of Satan in his flesh.. as a minister of deliverance from demons in the name of Jesus, I wish we could get the western church back into the sweet spot of not only knowing that demons (still) exist, but knowing that believers, like everyone else, not only can, but do have demons, and that we are commanded to pray to drive them out by Jesus many times throughout the scriptures.
Its interesting that every time a major revival happened, delivering people from demons was involved at first, and then when the powers that be tried to stamp out this arm of ministry, then the revival inevitably would fizzle out.
I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact.
But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish revoking its rights in prayer, audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously after asking God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare.
Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests.
Occasionally, when making an agreement with one, and they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God.
One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink.
Yeah the enlightenment notions have become the churchest worst enemies regarding spiritual oppression. Only since the 1600-1700s has any church taught that a believer cant have a demon.. its not only absurd, but the bible disproves it much more consistently than it even 'leaves room' for that interpretation.
Saul had a demon, Judas had a demon, Paul had an angel of Satan in his flesh.. as a minister of deliverance from demons in the name of Jesus, I wish we could get the western church back into the sweet spot of not only knowing that demons (still) exist, but knowing that believers, like everyone else, not only can, but do have demons, and that we are commanded to pray to drive them out by Jesus many times throughout the scriptures.
Its interesting that every time a major revival happened, delivering people from demons was involved at first, and then when the powers that be tried to stamp out this arm of ministry, then the revival inevitably would fizzle out.
I have encountered demons many times, and they are much more powerful than humans! You have to lean on Gods power and authority if you are going to prevail against them, and thats a fact.
But yes I have visibly seen them choke someone before they could finish revoking its rights in prayer, audibly heard one growl from all corners of the ceiling simultaneously after asking God to send His strongest military angel to my aide (this event was out of this world, hearing the voice of something that you can intuitively immediately tell would demolish you in an instant if it could, its a feeling like being an apex predator's prey, looking at it from the safety of some sort of shelter or barrier, but seeing and hearing and feeling the hungry frustration and conflictedness of it, that all of the sudden it is prevented from ending your life! I have felt them touch me, and seen the skin tighten around the neck of the person they were choking. Ive seen them flip lightswitches, rapidly toggling them on and off as a last ditch diversion technique when I was on the verge of breakthrough while driving them out of someone else. I have watched physical objects be pulled on, pushed, and moved, all as a response to prayer and spiritual warfare.
Usually when they do things like this its just to distract or divert the course of events to something less adverse or jeopardizing, for them and their own interests.
Occasionally, when making an agreement with one, and they are feeding off of your energy rather than being repelled by it, they can accomplish various feats that would otherwise might be impossible for some reason, disallowed or otherwise restricted by God.
One of the weirdest things I have seen them do is to transfigure peoples faces. Granted, most people have seen some form of this, especially if theyve seen someone suddenly "flip" in attitude or temperment--in such circumstances, they can cause a glint of light in the eyes like "something else" is there (kinda like glossy eyes), but even up to pulling on the muscles of the face to make a person look especially evil, rugged, old, young, seductive, puzzled, inquisitive (like prying), hateful/angry, tortured, depressed, scared, disgusted, all kinds of things including making the pupils dilate, and making the iris change color or the whites much more red, almost pink.
From the transcript of the real life audio recording of the exorcism of Anneliese Michel....a priest compels the devil to speak. (in verbatim) "....In the name of Jesus and the name of Mary I command you, ... No! ... to say everything. In the name of Jesus and in the name of Mary I command you, that abortion .. …is murder .... ...and regardless in which month the abortion happens ..... Yes! ... .Where do the embryos go, since they are not baptized. Not in hell? No. Where? Yes, they come up. Up, yes, where? Up there. Where then? Ah, I cannot say the fucking word. Into heaven? Yes. After all! Yes, ..."
fascinating. where did you see that?
@@mroxannevh The court declares de facto that the Devil does not exist; and if science was not at fault, then superstition and the priest had to be responsible for her death.
Anneliese Michel came to understand ever more deeply that her terrible experiences were not in vain.
Indeed, they served to remind secularized Christians that Satan does exist and that Hell is a real and ever present danger to the unconverted soul.
The tape recordings of Anneliese’s exorcisms (which include the demons’ actual voices), the photos of her battered body, her personal notes - all these make up the German girl’s special testament to those who no longer take seriously the perils of Satanic activity.
(The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, Doubleday, 1981)
(in verbatim) "In the name of Jesus and the name of Mary I command you, ... No! ... to say everything. In the name of Jesus and in the name of Mary I command you, That fucking thing, that fucking thing I throw away everywhere. ... to say everything. But luckily nearly nobody goes in anymore, into that fucking thing. Into what, in the confessional? Personal confession?
... No! Yes! Yes!
(In verbatim) It is the month of the Rosary, you know that, right? Yes, but only the fewest pray. The fewest pray? Yes, and the least prayer is in church, because the priests think it not modern. Yes? Yes! All? Nearly! If these damn idiots had an inkling .... Why do you fear the Rosary? Why, why, why? Yes, why? Because it.... Because? Hic me ....! Because ....Because it is a st....no, I won’t say it. Hic me dicere Deus! .shutup! Yes! Yes. Against Satan ... Yes, Yes! ... and all demons? Yes, against us. I have to say it. The rosary is an enormous power against ...... against Satan and all demons. But not many believe it. They think it an old wives tale. Luckily. Who is at fault for that? We! You? We!
@@mroxannevh No Christian must cuss, the devil has a filthy mouth.
I think it’s possible that Catholics have more interaction with demons because they have more devotions to physical objects (which demons can communicate through). More iconoclastic traditions just don’t encounter them as much.
Watchman Nee explains how he got rid of a demon by telling a woman to burn some images of “Jesus” she had. Something to think about.
Images where demons communicate is 1 Corinthian 10:20 images of false God and worshipping false Gods and of their images. Not Christian icons
This is based on the false idea that Catholics "worship" inanimate objects. Such objects are aids to memory, or more simply, art. They tell stories of the nativity, miracles of Jesus, the crucifixion.
why would you burn an image of Jesus? Such an act is clearly sacrilegious. Btw, why do you think Catholics deal with demons more on average than protestants? Most videos online dealing with the demonic are protestants.
@@contrasedevacantism6811 It's certainly true that witch trials were more popular under Puritan regimes than Catholic ones. James I saw witches everywhere. On a secular basis it is estimated that 95% of indigenous English art was destroyed during the reformation. It was a hatred of beauty that still exists today.
in post-Reformation Europe. Britain executed over 30,000 as witches, and Germany, over 100,000.
Protestants were the big witch-burners. Witch burning never caught on in Catholic countries. When the Spanish Inquisition examined the cases of reported witches, it almost invariably concluded that the charges were false and the accused were not guilty. But tens of thousands of supposed witches were burned at the stake, hanged, or drowned in Protestant countries, including the American colonies.
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If you read only one book, read Malachi Martin's Hostage to the Devil. I have never been as unnerved in my life, and that is a life which includes surviving a mass murder at age 7. ( If you want details, give me an email address, and I will send the information to you. )
As Catholics are amused to note, people who think there may demonic activity in their periphery rarely send for a Baptist preacher.
I would argue that this is because Baptist "ministers" are never properly ordained therefore they are technically not a priest. It would be impossible to convince me of any demonic activity in my periphery, but if somebody did, I would rather run to fetch a properly ordained priest: Lutheran, Anglican, Catholic or Orthodox, or even confessional Reformed if given no other choice.
well, what happened to the "we are all priest thing"....In the Catholic Church, a "major exorcism" can only be carried out by a priest with a bishop's approval.
@@jotunman627 The Lutheran church never affirmed that the "Priesthood of all believers" means that people suddenly become sacramental priests or are legible to do the job of a priest simply by being Christians.
It simply means that in emergency cases, every Christian can administer the sacraments of baptism and confession.
@@benmizrahi2889 When the devil comes, who do we call? A Catholic priest.
Only a priest can perform an exorcism, in fact, it is actually through the Bishop. This power is apostolic, and is therefore “lent” to the priest by the Bishop.
It was never performed upon one’s own authority, but upon the authority of God given to these bishops through apostolic succession. Primary authority is given to Apostles..
@@jotunman627 Not exactly, episkopos and presbuteros are synonyms in New Testament parlance.
Therefore any priest can perform exorcism and his power is conferred to him directly through his succession from the Apostles and is not dependent on the bishop.
This video is a wonderful lesson.
For those who criticise you. If you’re a young kid; say 15. And you love video games or you are interested in the stock market. Whatever your interests are. And they come to criticism from other people; say parents; always remember that some jackass is wasting his time and life on studying demonic possession.
So your interests can’t be a waste of time if thousands of other deluded idiots will believe this horseshit but tell you video games are the devils work.
It’s called cognitive bias. And essentially - your critiques have a perceived, personal, qualitative view on what you do. And have already decided it’s bad. Because someone else decides it is bad; doesn’t mean it is. Look at smoking. They said that was great! Now look at all the health evidence against it.
Well anyhow - reality is what you manifest - if you believe that there’s demons - you’ll make everything about demons. If someone has a mental breakdown because they have PTSD and complex schizophrenia disorders. “that’s demons!” So kids. Live your lives - don’t sit and preface your existence on this planet by religion, by other people’s belief. Live by your belief. Don’t harm others; don’t harm yourselves. Look for every side of the coin (the problem at hand) before you judge anything as XYZ.
Unfortunately this idiot believes demonic possession could be real and keeps putting every situation down to demons when someone has an issue.
Listen guy, believe what you want, but they are real. I didnt want to believe. I avoided the notion like the plague for 10 years. Eventually, after seeing stuff going on in my home for 3 days straight, my ex came over and manifested something inhuman and evil. She didnt want to believe either. I knew her for three years, at that point, VERY well, and this thing was not her. Again, believe me if you want--believe what you want.. but keep in mind, that's a luxury some of us just cant afford anymore. The "reality" we chose had been selectively dissembled by the conductor of the universe in order to show us that His Spirit is real, His Son is the only way, and that the adversarial spirits who come only to murder rob and destroy us in spite of Him, will bow only to His words of sovereign might and authority, wether spoken through Him, or through us in His name!
I didnt go looking for this stuff. It was thrown into my lap, by happenchance you might say, but I know now theres no such thing as coincidence when it comes to stuff like this.
You know how I know this reality is not just a projection of my own powers of imagination or creative thought/will or whatever you call it?
When this thing first started showing itself in the room that day (before it temporarily took control of my girlfriend) I was believing it was ANYTHING BUT a demon. I was hoping to learn whether it was an angel, actually, tho by that point I was suspecting it could just be a "trickster spirit" like the pagan myths I found so interesting alluded to... but when I said "If you have any ill will toward either of us, you cannot stay here." It literally got in my face. I realized okay its obviously looking to cause trouble and I said "you have to go. I dont allow you to be here anymore. Youre not allowed to be here. This is our home you cannot stay. Youre no longer welcome." Yadda yadda yadda even in my mind "willing" for it to be gone. It only got stronger and more menacing.
That was when I suspected/ recognized what it really was, much to my dismay. I said wait are you a demon??? Youre not allowed to be here, Jesus Christ defeated you long ago! The blood of Christ broke your powers over us!" I said this almost to bluff the spirit. I was an occultist. I didnt believe in the bible. I surely didnt believe in demons in the biblical sense. It was just a kneejerk reaction to what I remembered exorcists saying was the reason they had any influence over the demons!
Thats when the spirit got very provoked. It started making the air feel heavy and darker. Threatening/foreboding. Knowing I was already in the battle, I kept on talking about the blood of Christ and Jesus and it eventually took my ex over and made her mock me in a deeper voice, and when I confronted her and put my hands on her gently to say "no, dont joke around about this right now," she snarled, crinkling her face, and clawed at me in an animalistic way. Its hard to describe this event as it was very very intense, but I discerned something was off about her, in my spirit. We went upstairs I called around for help but got nowhere. The pastor didnt even believe it could be possible, but I could discern something off about him, too. So I hung up the phone and took things into my own hands because I loved her and knew she needed help. As soon as I put the bible up to her forehead and commanded that demon to come out, she put her head down and started growling and something else was acting through her... I kept on trying to "believe" it away, or out, but it ran circles around me (as I later deduced because I was trying in "my own power"). So eventually I went back to provoking it with invoking the blood of Jesus, and that worked immediately. It would growl and grumble, not wanting to say anything. I could feel it going back and forth to manipulate us both and distract us or get us to give up. Finally I began to pray out loud to the Father and ask that she be forgiven and for this spirit to be cast out and never return, and she eventually began to cough, and vomit, and need to use the restroom. After that she was feeling much better but we were both shook up still! The spirit wasnt growling from her anymore, though.
Since this day I have driven these things out of hundreds of people, places, things, myself included, and I can tell you that using your own will does nothing by itself. It requires the presence and purpose of God behind you.
I will say that imagination is given us by God and it is very powerful to war with the devils, with! In other words, God can work through it! However its not all imagination power because during these sessions, sometimes it just the prayers and the word of God spoken in faith that was needed to drag these things up and out of people. For instance, in the scriptures, David would play a lyre to soothe Sauls symptoms of his evil spirit--this was because David played to the glory of God, and when you use your imagination to that measure, God loves to anoint it with His power and authority! Everything that happens on earth and in heaven will all ultimately go to the glory of Jesus Christ, and his Father in heaven! That is the reason why all that is, is...
I hope my testimony helps you to imagine something different, man. I believed in ALOT of the same things you were talking about... but in the face of experience with evidence, I was obliged to abandon my worldview, and adopt the one I have now. God has given me power and authority over many evil spirits that otherwise could and would like nothing better than to decimate me, without Him.. its been 3 and a half years and Gods word has changed my life so much for the better, and my familys, and my friends. Its not an easier path, but it is infinitely more fulfilling and rewarding. I know I am never alone now, that I have the Spirit of my Father in heaven, and that He has chosen me and will never give up on me or let anything take me from the destiny He's had for me since long before I was born.
But make no mistake, these things are real, and powerful. They can manipulate not only the physical realm but our own souls through our mind, will, emotions, property and belongings, and they are the inspiration behind every evil action, even every action that fell short of the glory of God. Without these evil spirits, we wouldnt have even been able to imagine such fallen things!!!
God bless you man, I pray your heart is open and softened to receive my testimony of faith with consideration.
I have nothing against people who dont believe in God or demons, only some consistent experience which makes me differ, and I hope that you will recieve the power and authority of God to glorify Him and do His will, as we all have to serve something.. my final word in regard to imagination is that there is nothing new under the sun... and that there is a time for everything that happens.. A time for every season. A time to live, and a time to die. The fear (respect, reverence) of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is the beginning of understanding.
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