Evil Spirits

Birds of the same feather flock together and more funny though birds of the same flock feather together.

Groups with the same vision and purpose may gather together and there is no way a person with a different agenda can join their group.

Evil spirits have different groups of an unclean demon:

The spirit of divination.

Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

The spirit of slumber.

Rom 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

Rom 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

The spirit of fear.

2 Tim 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

The spirit of the world.

1 Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the earth and of the whole world. They can go in altogether in a man by the hundreds or thousands.

Lk 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Mk 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

Devils go in by the groups where they can find rest. However, a devil who loves and enjoy illicit relationship with women will never group with devils who love gambling. Though he can possibly join them but will never find comfort spending or wasting time in gambling.

Mt 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Mt 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Mt 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Knowing this, Let us humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift us up.

Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

This way, though outnumbered, we can’t be outfought.

Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Heavy Load

Officials at the state-run Cultural Center of the Philippines shut an art exhibit on Tuesday after it provoked heated debate as well as threats and hate mail for combining Christian symbols with phallic objects.

The decision by the center’s board of directors came a day after former first lady and art patron Imelda Marcos joined politicians and Roman Catholic church leaders in denouncing the exhibit.

The board said it made the decision because of “an increasing number of threats to persons and property,” including the artists and the cultural center staff.

It said the threats increased after critics vandalized an installation by removing a wooden penis from a poster depicting Jesus Christ.

The exhibit by contemporary Filipino artists including Mideo Cruz prompted heated debate about freedom of expression, with President Benigno Aquino II describing it as offensive to the 85 percent of Filipinos who are Christian like him.

God is asking even unto this very day. When do people will ever stop from likening Him to idols made of silver, gold, wood, stone, plastics or styrofoam?

Isa 46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads were heavy; they were a burden to the weary beast.

Isa 46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity.

Isa 46:3 Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the birth, which are carried from the womb:

Isa 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Isa 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Either an art by an Artist or an idol by Roman Catholic church or any other religious belief, they are all the same and are offensive unto God.

Is 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

House of God

I have a dream of a better life and at the same time become a better person even within and after the process of transition. Most of us want changes though new and orthodox changes are mostly opposed. People are stuck with the routine and old customs and traditions. Dealing with a new and better one means starting from the very beginning and thus tedious and time consuming.

Repeatedly reading the letter of Saint Paul to his brethren in the Church of God at Corinth and to the Macedonians, Philippians and Thessalonians, It never came to my mind that the church where I once belong was never found in the Bible, not until I have a closer look and keen understanding of the Scriptures.

1 Cor 1:2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

2 Thess 1:1 From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Cor 8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

Knowing that the Church of God is the true church, I can’t help but to bring the good news to my family, friends and relatives but to no avail. I was called foolish and sometimes branded as out of my mind, by going against the people or customs of our fathers. Now I understand why Jesus and his Apostles were killed for spreading out the good news.

1 Cor 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

Will you blame me then if I say that the existing churches, bearing not the name of God are all faked, as the people of God are called not by any name but by his name.

2 Chr 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Undoubtedly this is the truth unless our minds are already blinded by Satan who is the god of this world.

2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

This is the challenge for all the Christians of our time. We must start looking for the house of God wherein righteousness dwells.

1 Tim 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Are you now in the house of God? If not then start making the changes not tomorrow but today as in now. For whether we live or we die, we are for Christ.

Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

1Thess 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1Thess 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.