jesus-christ

He was trained and expected to emerge as a teen rock idol.

Then, he died in a sudden air crash at a young age. Over 40 years later, his music is still popular, resonating deeply with our hearts*. And he had shaggy hair, a groomed beard and bell bottoms, so we know we can trust him!

(I’m a closet Hippie, too. How can you tell? One of my teachers didn’t seem to know my real name and called me “Hippie Chick” for four years of high school.)

And that’s how you can know you can trust me, too, because therefore, I MUST be cool, too!

And now that I have established my authority as someone who is MORE COOL than you, I’m sure you will be waiting in anticipation for my next words!

Ahem . . .

You MIGHT want to stop worshipping Satan.

This suggestion is just an idea. See this post for the beginnings of this argument. Now, before you SLAM your laptop closed in indignation, asserting to me, “I would NEVER do that, Loser!” can I have your ear for two minutes so we can challenge each other for a moment?

There has been an alarming increase in people visiting exorcists in the last several years. An exorcist is someone “who expels or attempts to expel a supposed evil spirit from a person or place”. For example, as mentioned here, over the last several years both the Catholic and Protestant churches have noted an alarming increase in the number of reported demonic possessions.

People are more frequently looking for hope in the dark arts.

Why is this?

The musician mentioned earlier, Keith Green, gives us a hint in the lyrics of his song “No One Believes In Me Anymore (Satan’s Boast)”

I’m drawing people just like flies ‘cause they like what they hear

Keith Green said (and we can trust him, as noted above because of his nice hair – remember?) that we are looking for hope in the wrong places.

Also, his words align with those who are intimate with these sorts of issues.

For example, in The Exorcist Files, which is among the top podcasts overall on Apple, Father Carlos Martins explains that many seeking hope turn to Spiritists etc. because they desperately want something. Power, unusual strength, knowledge of the future, or sometimes things as joyful as the hope of having a baby drive people to open the door to satanic practices.

This deep hope is also called worship.

Worship is where we show “reverence” or “deep respect.” It’s where we turn to for hope for our spiritual, emotional or physical ailments. We dabble. We dip. We sacrifice just a bit.

We toss a coin in the wishing well of the dark arts, hoping our wish comes true. And what emerges from this innocent hope is sometimes a dark shape that is much stronger than we anticipated.

And then we need help.

And so many more are returning to the church, but not as we expected. Not as congregants wondering if worship on Sunday will offer their soul’s peace, but as those seeking to be rid of the dark art’s hold on them. Bummer.

It’s better to steer clear of that stuff.

I’m just suggesting.

My opinion.

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My job is getting easier because no one believes in me anymore

Keith Green – No One Believes In Me Anymore (Satan’s Boast)

And so, the two forgotten reasons we should stop giving Satanism our hope?

The stuff is real.
Satanism will eventually consume you, friend, not set you free.

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