Rock Music and the antichrist Part 2

2. Rock music’s purpose.

In the last example the purpose of rock music was already alluded to, namely that rock music was designed by satan to “call up evil spirits” which in effect allows him to influence and or gain control of those who listen to it. The heavy beat of rock music not only “calls” on evil spirits but also causes emotional and physical responses, which are not righteous. Thus when people listen to rock music in reality, whether they realize it or not, they are inviting the forces of darkness to influence or control them and they are harming their mind and body. The next quote from a former Satanist supports these facts.

“When I was about seven, I became involved in a satanic coven.... I was involved quite heavily in satanic worship for seven years in three different covens.... Satanic worship services are designed to put the worshipers into a mood where spirits can be called to manifest themselves during the service. They always use live music, and the music always has a beat.

They start with a drummer. The rest of the instruments are geared to the drumming. These people practiced many, many hours for every service we had. It was rock music with a rock beat. We were told that the reason they used the rock beat was because it’s the same beat as your heart.

Subconsciously, while you listened to the music, it would open you up. People weren’t aware that they were opening up to spirits, because they were concentrating on the music. The music is a great part of the service because it opens you up to spirits without you being aware of it. This music prepared everyone to open themselves up to the forces of darkness.

As those forces respond to that invitation, people become inhabited by demons. There is no way to carry out the things done in those services without inviting spirits into your life to empower you to do them. During those services, I saw atrocities and vile acts. People turned against their friends with savagery, even becoming cannibalistic.” The testimony of a twenty year old man, verified by Dr. Jim Logan, International Center for Biblical Counseling, printed in; “How to Conquer the Addiction of Rock Music,” Institute in Basic Life Principles, 1993, pp. 49-51.

A Christian from Zimbabwe who had formerly been involved in demonic activities after visiting the U.S. also brings this fact to light.

“I am very sensitive to the beat in music, because when I was a boy, I played the drums in our village worship rituals. The beat that I played on the drum was to get the demon spirits into people. When I became a Christian, I rejected this kind of beat because I realized how damaging it was. When I turned on a Christian radio station in the United States, I was shocked. The beat that I used to play to call up the evil spirits is in the music I heard on the Christian station.” The testimony of Stephen Maphosah, Zimbabwe, Africa, printed in; “What the Bible has to say about... ‘Contemporary Christian Music,’ p.8.

A former satanist high priest stated the following;

“My background is not a good one, but I give thanks and praise to God for saving me from it. I was a satanist high priest for nine years... When I first became involved in the occult, music had a big influence on my life. It was not just the words but the music itself. The beat and style of the music used in the occult rituals is the same that I now hear in ‘Christian power tracts,’ Christian rock and roll,’ ‘Christian rap,’ and in much of what is called ‘Christian contemporary’ music today... How long will Christians allow themselves to be deceived and lied to by satan (the father of lies)?” ibid. p.7

These quotes establish the fact that rock music in any form, Christian or not, is used by satan for the purpose of influencing or gaining control of someone inducing them to do evil. Thus when people listen to rock music, in reality, whether they realize it or not, they are inviting the forces of darkness to influence and or control them for evil. Rock music is also being used by satan to prepare the world for the antichrist as brought to light by this next quote.

“The Guiding Spirits of Crowley made it quite clear to him that, soon after his death, the world was going to enter the final stage of preparing the hearts and minds of the people to accept the Black Magick attitudes and values of Antichrist. Crowley was told that a very special kind of music was to prepare the hearts and minds of the people for Antichrist. Rock-n-Roll was that music.” Cutting Edge News Article #1758. http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1758.cfm

In regards to Crowley and the picture above;

 
One of the Beatle's heroes included on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's was — the infamous Satanist, Aleister Crowley! Most people, especially in 1967, did not even know who Crowley was — but the Beatles certainly did. ". . . we were going to have photos on the wall of all our HEROES . . ." "Hero" Aleister Crowley is second from left on the top row: If ever there was a God-hating degenerate, it was Aleister Crowley ...

33° Mason, Aleister Crowley would definitely get some votes in the "most wicked man who ever lived contest" and is the clear cut favorite for the title of "The Father of Modern Satanism". Crowley's wicked life and his intimate association with Freemasonry are both well known.

Crowley himself was terribly decadent. A happily heroin-addicted, bisexual Satan worshiper, he asked people to call him "The Beast 666." Crowley believed that he was literally the antimessiah of the apocalypse.

During the first World War, Crowley transferred his activities to America. The press proclaimed him "the wickedest man in the world." He also spent time in Italy, but was expelled because Italian authorities accused his disciples of sacrificing human infants in occult rituals. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Rock-n-Roll/beatles.htm

In summary; rock music was designed by satan to “call up evil spirits” which in effect allows him to influence and or gain control of those who listen to it. The heavy beat of rock music not only “calls” on evil spirits but also causes emotional and physical responses, which are not righteous. Thus when people listen to rock music in reality, whether they realize it or not, they are inviting the forces of darkness to influence or control them and they are harming their mind and body.

Part 3 here

Part 1 here

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you, will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved here. 

William Frederick is an end times Bible prophecy researcher who has written a must read prophecy book entitled The Coming Epiphany which is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. 

He has also cracked the hidden codes on the dollar bill that have staggering implications which are explained in his book The Dollar Code; also available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. 

Rock Music and the Antichrist

“The Guiding Spirits of Crowley made it quite clear to him that, soon after his death, the world was going to enter the final stage of preparing the hearts and minds of the people to accept the Black Magick attitudes and values of Antichrist. Crowley was told that a very special kind of music was to prepare the hearts and minds of the people for Antichrist. Rock-n-Roll was that music.” Cutting Edge News Article #1758. http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1758.cfm

BTW; Crowley was one of the most powerful satanist that ever lived, he died in 1947.

I have been in the ministry for over 25 years and unfortunately I have seen many disasters in the lives of many Christian families and individuals. In seeking the Lord and pondering the why of the happenings--whether it was a teenage daughter pregnant, alcohol abuse, adultery, etc.—I believe the Lord showed me that one of the underlying causes in all of these disasters was ROCK MUSIC!

I know the statement I just made may cause a strong emotional response in you. Before you shut me down I would ask that you at least listen to what I have to say, for I am trying to help you and your family. And what I have to tell you is vitally important, especially in the end times as the quote above made clear. After you hear what I have to say then make your decision, but at least hear the evidence that I am going to present before you arrive at your verdict.

I am going to put this information into 3 posts which are portions of a book called Christian Rock Music; Wolf or Sheep? that I wrote a long time ago regarding this issue. So here we go…

Chapter 1

Imagine for a moment that you are a sheep in a large flock and suddenly you hear a cry of WOLF! You would probably run to safety as quickly as possible. But what if after you ran away you turned around and saw what looked like a sheep coming toward you, and not a wolf. And then a controversy arose; some of the sheep in the flock said it was not a wolf but a sheep, yet others still maintained that it was a wolf. Some of the sheep even though they were still a little wary went over to the approaching animal and came back and said that it really was a sheep, and not a wolf. Yet others insisted it was a very cleverly disguised wolf, it was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. If you were one of those sheep what would you do? I do not know about you, but realizing the potential danger of a wolf to sheep, I would cautiously investigate the situation before risking possible destruction.

An “animal” has approached the flock of God and some claim it is a “sheep” while others are saying that it is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The “animal” that has approached the church is Christian rock music. Some maintain that this “animal” is a “sheep” or that it is OK for a Christian to listen to Christian rock, but others maintain that it is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” or that it is not OK for a Christian to listen to, and that it could destroy a Christian’s life. This article is designed to provide you with information whereby you can decide whether this “animal,” Christian rock music, is a “sheep” or a “wolf.”

In order to determine whether Christian rock and or any other form of rock music is a “wolf” or “sheep” we will examine Rock music’s origin, purpose, and effect, and then evaluate these aspects in light of God’s word. Before I present the information I would ask you to seriously and reverently evaluate the following discussion with an open mind and prayer. For your agreement or disagreement with this article will have eternal ramifications.

For purposes of our discussion in this paper we must first define what rock music is. In recent years rock music is the term given to a particular form of music with a heavy beat. It can be characterized by music where the rhythm or beat is a prominent and or dominating part of the music or where the music is discordant in its beat or chords. Therefore for purposes of discussion in this article we will refer to music in which the beat is the prominent or controlling part of the music, and or music which is discordant in its beat or chords, as rock music. Tim Fisher in his book entitled The Battle for Christian Music made this statement about the composition of rock music.

"Rock music elevates rhythm as the most stressed element, then harmony-melody is last. ... Rap is the logical extension of the direction in which rock music has been headed. Once you demote certain musical elements into relative unimportance, they will soon disappear altogether. Most of rock music did away with melodic interest a long time ago. Therefore, if melody is unimportant, why have it? This is exactly what rap 'music' has done. It has emphasized rhythm as the only important musical element, while de-emphasizing melody and harmony to the point where they are virtually non-existent. By every good definition of music, rap is not music! It is merely rhythmic entertainment" (pp. 77,78).

The term rock music would therefore include other genres of modern day music, which meet these criteria, such as Rap, R & B, Country, Reggae, Pop, etc. All these modern forms of music in this article will be referred to under the general term as rock music

1. Rock music’s origin.

Rock music was first used thousands of years ago in demonic cults and religions and continues to be used today. I am sure we have all seen scenes of natives dancing around fires doing some kind of spirit dance. These rituals have in many cases been performed for thousands of years. The music that accompanies this type of ritual is music with a heavy beat or music where the beat is the dominant part of the music. As we have already discussed music where the beat is the prominent or controlling part of the music has been defined as rock music. Thus the origin of rock music or original use of rock music was to accompany pagan and or demonic rituals for the purpose of invoking spirits. Following is a quote that illustrates the connection between rock music and these demonic cults and religions.

“The so called pagan religions share the conviction that religious worship is a bodily celebration. A dance of the entire community.”

“The metaphysical goal of the pagan way is to experience the intense meeting of the human world and the spirit world. Spurred by the holy drums, deep in the meditation of the dance, one is literally entered by a god or a goddess. The body literally becomes the crossroads, human and divine are united within it-and it can happen to anyone.”

In Abomey, Africa, these deities that speak through humans are called vodun. From their vodun comes our Voodoo, and it is Voodoo that we must look for the roots of our [rock] music.

“The Voodoo rite of possession by the god became the standard of American performance in rock ‘n’ roll. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Jim Morrison, Johnny Rotten, Prince-they let themselves be possessed not by any god they could name but by the spirit they felt in the music. Their behavior in this possession was something Western society had never before tolerated. And the way a possessed devotee in a Voodoo ceremony often will transmit his state of possession to someone else is by merely by touching the hand; Western performers transmitted their possession through their voice and their dance to their audience, even through their records.

“Rock ‘n’ roll... does preserve qualities of that pagan metaphysic intact so strongly that it unconsciously generates the same dances, acts as a major antidote to the mind/body split, and uses a derivative of Voodoo’s technique of possession as a source for performers and audience alike, of tremendous personal energy.” Michael Ventura, “Hear That Long Snake Moan,” Whole Earth Review, Spring 1987, pp. 28 - 43.

The fact that rock ‘n’ roll originated with satanic cults and religions, and has been used for thousands of years by these satanic cults and religions, and is continued to be used today is a well documented fact. Even secular rock stars acknowledged this fact. Here are some comments made by rock star and icon Jimi Hendrix.

"He [Hendrix] had gotten a chance to see Rocki and some other African musicians on the London scene. He found it a pleasure to play rhythms against their polyrhythms. They would totally get outside, into another kind of space that he had seldom been in before. ... ROCKI’S FATHER WAS A VOODOO PRIEST AND THE CHIEF DRUMMER of a village in Ghana, West Africa. Rocki’s real name was Kwasi Dzidzornu. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ROCKI ASKED JIMI WAS WHERE HE GOT THAT VOODOO RHYTHM FROM. When Jimi demurred, Rocki went on to explain in his halting English that many of the signature rhythms Jimi played on guitar were very often the same rhythms that his father played in voodoo ceremonies. The way Jimi danced to the rhythms of his playing reminded Rocki of the ceremonial dances to the rhythms his father played to Oxun, the god of thunder and lightning. The ceremony is called voodooshi. As a child in the village, Rocki would carve wooden representatives of the gods. They also represented his ancestors. These were the gods they worshiped. They would jam a lot in Jimi’s house. One time they were jamming and Jimi stopped and asked Rocki point-blank, ‘You communicate with God, do you?’ Rocki said, ‘Yes, I communicate with God’"David Henderson, ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky, pp. 250,251

Look at what Little Richard said about rock music.

"My true belief about Rock ‘n’ Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A LOT OF THE BEATS IN MUSIC TODAY ARE TAKEN FROM VOODOO, FROM THE VOODOO DRUMS. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you’ll see that is true ... I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious" Little Richard, quoted by Charles White, The Life and Times of Little Richard, p. 197).

This next story supports that fact that rock music originated in voodoo and links Christian rock to that same origin.

“In 1981, I was driving down a jungle road in the Ivory Coast with several African pastors in the car with me. I had recently received a couple of cassette tapes from our denominational headquarters that were intended for our teenage daughter.

These were recordings of various ‘Christian rock’ artists. In listening to the tapes, I was very disturbed in my own spirit that such material was being sent to our missionary kids.

But not trusting my own reaction alone and realizing that these pastors with whom I was traveling were very sensitive to the spirit world (both good and evil), I decided to play the tapes for them. The reaction I got was immediate and verbally violent!

One of the pastors asked me this question, ‘Do you mean to tell us that this kind of music is played in your churches in America?’

I answered in the affirmative. His response was filled with disgust and anger as he replied with another question. ‘What are you doing allowing your church people in America to call up the evil spirits with their music?’” The testimony of Rev. Joe Meyers, Tacoma, Washington, printed in; “What the Bible has to say about... ‘Contemporary Christian’ Music,” Institute in Basic Life Principles, 1990, p. 8.

Even the origin of the name ‘rock and roll’ has its roots in evil.

“Rock 'n' roll was a kind of fusion between rhythm & blues and country & western music. Freed was one of the first white people to play this new rhythm & blues/country combination on his radio program, and was perplexed as to what to call it since it obviously needed a new name. Freed had been receiving bizarre reports concerning kids' reactions to this new music, so decided to name it after a ghetto term that black people used for pre-marital sex in the back seat of a car -- hence, the term "rock 'n' roll" was coined.” “Christian” Rock Music, Christian or Satanic? http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/rockm/satanic.htm

So undeniably we can see from many sources secular and Christian that the origin of rock music was with the various forms of satanic religious ceremonies. Even the history of its name speaks of its evil origins. Thus the origin of rock music can be traced back to voodoo ceremonies.

“Musicologists and historians are in no doubt that the drum rhythms of Africa were carried to America and were transmitted and translated into the style of music which became known as jazz. Since jazz and the blues were the parents of rock and roll, this also means that there exists a direct line of descent from the voodoo ceremonies of Africa, through jazz, to rock and roll and all the other forms of rock music today" David Tame, The Secret Power of Music, 1984. p.189,90.
 

 

Rock Music and the antichrist Part 2

Rock Music and the antichrist Part 3

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36

 

The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you, will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved here.

 

William Frederick is an end times Bible prophecy researcher who has written a must read prophecy book entitled The Coming Epiphany which is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.

 

He has also cracked the hidden codes on the dollar bill that have staggering implications which are explained in his book The Dollar Code; also available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.

Rock Music: Is it Good or Bad? The Bible Codes Reveal the Answer!

 

 

Rock music: Is it good or bad? This is a question that has been hotly debated in the church for quite some time. Some churches have turned to rock music as a way of reaching out to this generation of younger folks; while other churches have been staunchly opposed to it.

 

Upon seeking the Lord and the principles in his Word, I was shown the answer to the question of whether rock music is good or bad. I wrote what I found in a book entitled Christian Rock Music, Wolf or Sheep? 

 

To confirm and substantiate the answer, that I had already come to from scripture as put forth in the book, I looked to the Bible codes. Realizing that the Bible code contains time locked information for our generation, what better way to answer a question that is primarily specific to our generation? The answer to that question is set forth in the following matrix.

 

 

 

The matrix shown contains only the statistically significant words. As the report shows these words are encoded at odds of 66.6 billion to one. (Note: The odds are figured by raising 10 to the power derived by adding the R factor of the first term to the sum of the "in matrix" R factors of the remaining terms.)

 

In my opinion those odds indicate that the occurrence of these words in the matrix are beyond chance, thus I conclude that the words were encoded by design and thus God put them there. The question is; will we listen?

 

I believe this Bible code matrix confirms beyond a shadow of a doubt the answer to the question of whether rock music is good or bad. The matrix tells us that Rock music, whether secular or Christian, is indeed evil and a very destructive force.

 

This may be hard for some to accept or understand, but the truth still stands and I call on all who claim the name of Jesus to abhor and turn from it.

 

If you would like to read a Biblical analysis on the subject of whether Rock Music, secular or Christian, is evil read Christian Rock Music; Wolf or Sheep? A Theological Analysis; By William Frederick.

 

BTW; there is a certain type of music that God has told us to listen to. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Eph 5:19

 

Making melody in your heart to the Lord—melody—melodious music in your heart to the Lord.

 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36

 

Do you know if you will be able to stand before the Son of man? Do you know what you must do to be saved? Read a short message entitled God’s Gift of Salvation to find out.

 

Have you prepared for the end times? The Coming Epiphany is an easy to understand prophecy book designed to help you prepare for the end times. You can download it for FREE at this link; The Coming Epiphany.

 

Did you know that there is a secret map and several dates ciphered on the dollar bill? One of the dates is the infamous 9/23/17; another is the 6/6/16 false messiah date. See The Dollar Code for more information.

 

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 1:25

 

Source: The End Times Forecaster

 

The Modern Christian—A House Built on Sand

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And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: Mt 7:26

 

Note: God has laid this message upon my heart. Some of the things I am going to say may make some of you mad, and some of you may not agree with all that I am going to say. All I ask is that you would listen with an open mind. If you disagree with what I say then that is between you and God. I will still love and accept you whether you agree with what I have to say or not, I ask you to do the same.

This message is also not meant as a personal attack against any one particular person or ministry. I am merely sharing what God has laid upon my heart to help others to serve and glorify Him in a greater way.

The modern Christian—they drink, they smoke, they listen to rock and rap music, they dress “sexy,” they tattoo, they body pierce, they celebrate Halloween, they play bad video games, they go to the beach, they watch unwholesome shows and movies, they…

Note: I am not talking about unsaved people who may have done or are doing those things and they come to church and are saved. I am talking about people who have been Christians for a period of time and they fail to remove those practices and or begin to partake of those things.

Do you know somebody like that? I know plenty of people who claim the name of Christ and partake of those practices. So what’s the big deal, right? As long as they “love the Lord,” that is the important thing.

That is what a lot of people who claim the name of Christ think. Let’s see what the word of God has to say about this. In looking at the list above, without getting into too much detail, let me quickly show you how each of those practices violates Gods Word.

Drinking Alcohol: Puts your stamp of approval on a product that has destroyed many lives. Is an addictive substance. Causes loss of mental, and physical abilities. Kills brain cells. Causes a loss of inhibitions.

Smoking: Addictive. Harmful to the body.

Rock/Rap Music: Breeds sensuality, rebellion, and violence. Addictive. Attracts evil spirits.

Note: many Christians have a hard time discerning how certain types of music can be harmful. Below are a few bits of information in this regards, for a thorough explanation read the post; Rock Music and the antichrist.

“The Guiding Spirits of Crowley made it quite clear to him that, soon after his death, the world was going to enter the final stage of preparing the hearts and minds of the people to accept the Black Magick attitudes and values of Antichrist. Crowley was told that a very special kind of music was to prepare the hearts and minds of the people for Antichrist. Rock-n-Roll was that music.”

Cutting Edge News Article #1758. http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1758.cfm BTW; Crowley was one of the most powerful satanist that ever lived, he died in 1947.

“In 1981, I was driving down a jungle road in the Ivory Coast with several African pastors in the car with me. I had recently received a couple of cassette tapes from our denominational headquarters that were intended for our teenage daughter.

These were recordings of various ‘Christian rock’ artists. In listening to the tapes, I was very disturbed in my own spirit that such material was being sent to our missionary kids.

But not trusting my own reaction alone and realizing that these pastors with whom I was traveling were very sensitive to the spirit world (both good and evil), I decided to play the tapes for them. The reaction I got was immediate and verbally violent!

One of the pastors asked me this question, ‘Do you mean to tell us that this kind of music is played in your churches in America?’

I answered in the affirmative. His response was filled with disgust and anger as he replied with another question. ‘What are you doing allowing your church people in America to call up the evil spirits with their music?’”

The testimony of Rev. Joe Meyers, Tacoma, Washington, printed in; “What the Bible has to say about... ‘Contemporary Christian’ Music,” Institute in Basic Life Principles, 1990, p. 8.

Immodest dress: Violates a direct command of God to dress modestly. Defrauds.

Tattooing and body piercing: Graffiti on God’s temple—the body. Is a practice of occultists and idol worshipers.

Halloween: Is an occult holiday that celebrates and glorifies death, satan, evil spirits, and the fall of man. Day of human and animal sacrifices.

Public beach/pool: Exposes someone to soft core pornography. If there was a park where people dressed in their underwear would it be Okay for a Christian to go there? NO. So why is it okay to go to a place where they dress in brightly colored “less than underwear”? It aint!

Bad video games/movies/TV: Engages one’s mind in unwholesome and ungodly thoughts and actions.

All of those things above, either by principle or by direct command violate the Word of God. Let’s just sum them all up as sinful worldly practices. And what does God’s Word say about sinful worldly practices—worldliness?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom 12:2

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus 2:12

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4

15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1 Jn 2:15-17.

Friendship with the world is enmity with God and hinders us from being the kind of people God wants us to be. The goal of a Christian is to be a mirror image of the Lord Jesus Christ and to have love as our greatest quality. That is the goal—love. What process must a Christian go through to progress to that point? It is laid out for us in 2 Peter.

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So the process goes;

Faith—virtue—knowledge—temperance—patience—godliness—brotherly kindness—charity. Here is a little diagram depicting the process.

 

 

Notice that the first step after salvation to building true love into our life is virtue. What is virtue? Here is one definition;

1. Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.

2. Conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.

Thus virtue or moral excellence is the practice of living righteously—the removal of sinful practices from one’s life. When a Christian fails to remove sinful worldly practices from their life the whole process of Christian growth, and the ability to reach the ultimate goal of love, breaks down.

Thus the more a Christian is able to remove sinful practices from their life the more they are able to grow in the Christian life and attain to true love and godliness. The more sinful and worldly practices a Christian has in their life the less they are able to grow in the Christian life and attain true love and godliness.

Here is what the process would look like if a Christian would fail to remove sinful worldly practices from their life.

Love is the goal and without removing sinful practices it is impossible to ever attain to it. In fact Jesus himself told us that in order to love God we must be obedient to his commands including the removal of worldly sinful practices.

If ye love me, keep my commandments. Jn 14:15

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 Jn 5:3

So if somebody says they “love the Lord” and fail to keep His commandments, including removing worldly sinful practices, they are deceiving themselves, and God says they are blind.

 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue… But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 2 Pet 1:5,9

So I say the worldly Christian who fails to have virtue/moral excellence by removing sinful worldly living from their life will short circuit the Christian growth process. Further their sinful worldly practices done under the guise of “liberty” will most likely lead to enslavement and moral failure in their lives and or the lives of their children.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Gal 5:13

16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2 Pet 2:16,19-22

Bottom line: you cannot please God and grow in the Christian faith without the removal of sinful worldly practices. Trying to live the Christian life without the removal of these practices is like building a house on the sand.

Now here is the kicker. As I said in the past I have run into Christians who do some or all of those things that I have talked about as being worldly sinful practices. And to some of those Christians, because I believe—based on God’s word—that those things are wrong they look at me as being legalistic and or a weaker brother. They say I am weaker because they believe their stronger faith allows them to partake of these things.

I disagree; the problem is that they have been deceived by the evil one in thinking that God’s Word does not speak against those things, when it does. Will they still go to heaven? Yes. But their ability to love and please God and progress in the Christian life will be diminished. And further by allowing those things they, or more likely their children, may fall into major destructive sin and be enslaved thereby.

Now to be fair, on the other hand, there are people who say things are wrong that are not in scripture; like men have to be clean shaven, or it’s sin to not wear a suit to church, etc. Things like that have no scriptural basis and they are going too far the other way.

The Word of God is the key, if God’s Word condemns it by command or principle then it should be removed from a Christian’s life or they will be building their house upon sand.

The church needs to open its arms wide and provide love and acceptance to all people—even the worst of all sinners. But on the other hand the church must take a stand against and help its members to break free from these destructive sinful worldly practices or they will be building their church upon sand.

The goal of a church is not to get numbers; its primary reason for existence is to glorify God, and worldly sinful practices do not glorify God. A Church must have love and truth—we must worship in Spirit and truth.

Many churches in America have lowered their standards to try and attract a larger audience. Unfortunately they fail to realize that they are building their “house upon the sand” and will alienate those in their church who view the lower standards as sinful. This in turn causes those individuals, who live by principles, and thus are usually the tithers and faithful workers, to leave.

Sinful worldly practices need to be eliminated from our lives and from the churches in America. For our sake and our children’s sake may God help all of us to remove worldly practices and become more like Jesus. Here are a few prayers that I pray every day in this regards.

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Phil 1:9-11

9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Col 1:9-11

10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 1 Thes 3:10-13 

Christians Calling On the devil—Where Are You Pastors?

 

That’s right; many Christians are calling on the devil? How are Christians calling on the devil, you ask? I will tell you how they are calling on the devil; by playing rock/rap music, watching demonic shows, playing evil video games, reading demonic books and desecrating the body.

What do you mean? Here is what I mean. Very simply; there are certain practices that attract evil demonic forces into one’s life. And it follows that if a person were to engage in those activities it would open them up to demonic forces.

You ask; what practices? To start; how about Rock and Rap music. Rock/rap music is out of the pit of hell and calls on demonic forces. Look at what Little Richard said about rock music. 

My true belief about Rock ‘n’ Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A LOT OF THE BEATS IN MUSIC TODAY ARE TAKEN FROM VOODOO, FROM THE VOODOO DRUMS. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you’ll see that is true ... I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious^[3]

And here are a few words about rock music straight from the mouth of a former Satanist.

When I was about seven, I became involved in a satanic coven....  I was involved quite heavily in satanic worship for seven years in three different covens.... Satanic worship services are designed to put the worshipers into a mood where spirits can be called to manifest themselves during the service.  They always use live music, and the music always has a beat.

They start with a drummer.  The rest of the instruments are geared to the drumming. These people practiced many, many hours for every service we had.  It was rock music with a rock beat.  We were told that the reason they used the rock beat was because it’s the same beat as your heart.

Subconsciously, while you listened to the music, it would open you up.  People weren’t aware that they were opening up to spirits, because they were concentrating on the music.  The music is a great part of the service because it opens you up to spirits without you being aware of it.  This music prepared everyone to open themselves up to the forces of darkness.

As those forces respond to that invitation, people become inhabited by demons.  There is no way to carry out the things done in those services without inviting spirits into your life to empower you to do them.  During those services, I saw atrocities and vile acts.  People turned against their friends with savagery, even  becoming cannibalistic. ^[7]

Oh, but you say; I listen to Christian rock and rap music, not that bad secular stuff.

In 1981, I was driving down a jungle road in the Ivory Coast with several African pastors in the car with me.  I had recently received a couple of cassette tapes from our denominational headquarters that were intended for our teenage daughter.

These were recordings of various ‘Christian rock’ artists.  In listening to the tapes, I was very disturbed in my own spirit that such material was being sent to our missionary kids.

But not trusting my own reaction alone and realizing that these pastors with whom I was traveling were very sensitive to the spirit world (both good and evil), I decided to play the tapes for them.  The reaction I got was immediate and verbally violent!

One of the pastors asked me this question, ‘Do you mean to tell us that this kind of music is played in your churches in America?’

I answered in the affirmative.  His response was filled with disgust and anger as he replied with another question.  ‘What are you doing allowing your church people in America to call up the evil spirits with their music?’ ^[4]

http://thecomingepiphany.com/BookArticles/music.htm

I liken Christian rock/rap to a Bible verse on a cigarette. And then Christians wonder why they are so defeated in their lives and easily fall when tempted. Oh, BTW I was once cussed out by a “Christian” rock musician for my stance against it—go figure.

And what are Christians watching and allowing their children to watch, that are opening them up to demonic forces? Vampire shows, horror movies, half time shows featuring demon possessed people, etc. What a joke!

Oh, and how about those “entertaining” video games where they cast spells, shoot, kill, steal, and rape, all in the name of fun. Do you think that maybe engaging in those activities will open someone up to demonic forces? Why don’t you ask some of the recent mass murderers who became possessed by demonic forces and carried out great atrocities, and who loved playing games like that. You know how many young people from Christian homes I have heard talking about playing those type games?

Oh, let’s not forget about all the secular books, like Harry Potter, that Christians read, that were written by demons through automatic writing—where the author goes into a trance and a demon enters their body and writes through them—look it up—even some popular so called Christian books are written this way. Do you think that maybe reading books written by demons will open someone up to demonic forces?

Christians have the Holy Spirit in them, thus their bodies are a Temple of God. So why are Christians engaging in the occult practice of graffiting/tattooing God’s Temple? Now I am not talking about people who got their tattoos before they were saved, but after—what a sacrilege. While we are talking about the boday as God’s temple, let’s not forget about the Christians—mainly girls—that are wearing lewd immodest dress—even to church. What a disgrace to the name of Christ, what in the world is going on? Whatever happened to this verse?

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 1 Tim 2:9

I know Christians are engaging in these practices because I have run into many who claim the name of Christ, go to church, etc, that I hear of doing these things. Just yesterday I heard a Christian young teen talking to another about what happened on a vampire show on TV, and the one girl comes from a “good” Christian family. A few months ago I heard a Christian saying how she loved Beyonce, saying she was her favorite “Christian” performer. I almost puked—you know Beyonce admits that she performs via demon possession, right? I know what; maybe she can dress like her at the church Halloween night.

Where are you Pastors? Don’t you care that your flock is calling on the devil? How can you idly sit by and allow your flock to engage in these evil practices? Are you afraid to turn the heat up and preach a hot message against these things because you are afraid that you will lose members from your church, or have you joined the “keep it positive” club?

Well let me inform you that if you continue to allow them to engage in these practices, you have lost them already. Case in point, where are your young adults—sucked away by the world?  Now of course pastor, you cannot make their decisions for them, but it is your job to enlighten them and educate them with the facts so that they can make proper decisions.

The church used to be the backbone of this once great nation, now the spine has turned to jelly, and the church and this nation is very weak. There are very few churches that are fighting against the evil forces that have pervaded our society, instead they embrace them or remain silent not wanting to offend. As a result the flock is being decimated for lack of knowledge of the evil around them.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6

Where are you pastors?

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 2 Tim 4:2

Where are you pastors? The Sunday morning pew sitter is waiting for you to reprove, rebuke, and exhort them in regards to calling on the devil. Will you? (Note: this post was not directed to any one pastor in particular, but the many across our land that are failing to do their job.)