Testing Your Spiritual Gifts:

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Spoke to a woman on the forum today who states that her house has an "evil presence" that is troubling her and her husband. Many were suggesting burning various herbs, meditating on white light, etc. I shared some dimensions to spiritual warfare from a uniquely Christian perspective. Interestingly, I got a positive response. A wayward Catholic chimed in about how he thought I was right with calling upon the name of Jesus and rebuking the spirit. I'm sure she didn't expect this on a psychic's forum. lol

It's almost like being a missionary among those who are seeking spiritual answers and don't know exactly where to look. Remember, many of these people were burned by religion or were heavily judged over a moral struggle in their personal lives or spiritual questions. God loves them as much as any other soul. If someone wasn't willing to get in close and get their hands dirty, many trapped in this stuff wouldn't have found deliverance. I don't know why I felt led there. Maybe we'll see the fruit of it in the coming days.

Many have a desperate hunger for the supernatural in their lives. However, their experience with religion has been dry and ritualistic. I'm slowly and conversationally introducing the supernatural realities of Spirit filled Christianity to them. So far, we've talked about prayer, the name, oil, prayer cloths, and angelic assistance in spiritual warfare. I've also talked about the 9 spiritual gifts with them with very positive discussion and interest. Some of them haven't actually heard the more supernatural aspects of Christianity from a non-fundamentalist-crazed perspective. It's proving to be interesting.

I understand all that.

However, the Lord isn't the only one who 'moves in mysterious ways'.

Keep that in mind, and keep a record of where you are now, and where you are going, all the stops along the way... and in a few years you may be surprised at where you wind up.

The 'spirit world' is always reaching out to a receptive person...

Spiders often weave webs so fine you cannot see them until you find it all entangled in your face.

I will also say a lot of what passes for 'teaching' in the realm of 'spiritual warfare' and 'spiritual gifts' among charismatics and now many Pentecostals is just old order witchcraft repackaged with new labels and bright shiny bows with little Jesus stickers on them.