Fighting the Four Evils

Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.    And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”   Then Jesus said to him,  “Away with you, Satan! For it is written,   ‘You shall worship the  Lord  your God, and Him only you shall serve.’   ” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. (Matthew 4:8-11) Satan comes in all kinds of guises, appearing with a false guise of righteousness to different groups with a face that appeals to them the most. He appeals to anti-Islamist westerners as anti-Islamist, to Islamists as Islamic, to women's liberationists are a liberator of women, black ethnonationalists as a liberator of blacks, and to religious cults as a distorted image of God, that suits their own desires, lusts and flesh.  People love to talk about which cult or evil ideological ...

The spirit of religion and the spirit of mammon are both manifest in the idea that earthly goods are a reward for one's righteousness, and that one is entitled to seek all that one wants for oneself Many religious people think that they have all that they have, because of their righteousness. They are exactly like the Rich Young Ruler in Luke 18:18-24: Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”   So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.   You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ” And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.” So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when he heard this, he becam...

The Lord then gave me another vision. It was that of another egg-shaped object that was exactly the same as that of the first image, except that it had no cord around it. It continued to grow bigger and bigger. The more it sought to help other egg-shaped objects, the more grew larger and larger. The Lord then told me that it represents the soul that flourishes, one free from the bondage to the spirit of narcissism, and free from all domination by any narcissist. The Lord further told me that the soul that is dominated by the narcissist typically does not know that it is being dominated by that person. Rather, it thinks its plight to be simply a matter of loving the narcissist, and living a self-sacrificial life. This is why empaths, especially those who are Servants of Christ, are very easily manipulated. In seeking the best in others, and loving others unconditionally, they often fail to realise when they are being manipulated by a narcissist. The Lord then explained t...

The spirit of religion is an extremely pernicious and dangerous spirit, far more dangerous than the spirit of Jezebel who everyone loves to target. Let me be clear, the spirit of Jezebel is evil, but she only arises because the spirit of Abab exists. One would be wise to remember that it was not the spirit of Jezebel, but the spirit of religion who murdered Jesus. For every one person under the spirit of Jezebel, there are thousands under the spirit of religion. The spirit of religion is a vile spirit that not only claims holiness and righteousness, and appears to be holy and righteous to others. It is a spirit that attempts to justifies its own wickedness and unrighteousness by trying to legitimise its false holiness and righteousness on others. This explains why religious people love the moral Law. It is because in trying to legitimise their own holiness and righteousness, they must find that by which they can justify themselves. The Law, not Grace, is the avenue that allows them ...

God gives people earthly temporal things, like jobs, marriages, families, food and money. However, not all earthly things are from God. Some are from the devil. In fact, for much of the time, most earthly things that people have are from the devil. So, how can one discern whether what one has is truly from God, or from the devil? If God has given something to a person, it is either for him or her to sustain himself or herself to do the Will of God, or to use for God's glory in serving God and others. Anything that God gives to a person is ultimately for His glory, and not for that person to indulge in, enjoy in and of itself, show others, or to use to gain power and control over others.  For Philippians 2:3-4 says:" Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. " Many professing followers of Christ constantly ...

The story of the rich young ruler recorded in Matthew 19:16-22 with parallel accounts in Mark 10:17-27 and Luke 18:18-23 is a very sobering one. Many people in the modern Church read it and skim over it, thinking that there is no lesson in it for them. In particular, they think that the commandment to give up all one has for Christ is only a commandment for the rich young ruler. They love to point out that one does not need to sell everything one has to follow Christ, and make an argument by saying that Jesus did not say people need to literally sell all one has to become homeless or impoverished. However, Jesus makes no such statement. Such a statement simply a legalistic statement which seeks to miminalise Christ's command for self-denial, by the unrighteous use of the law, demonstrating a miminal love of Jesus. There is no guarantee or promise by God to followers of Christ that they will be rich Biblically meaning that one will live a comfortable life whatsoever. Do not be ...