A testimony of demonic possession

[only a sojourner]

There is a war going on between light and darkness and an invisible world exists which interacts with our visible one. I will share some events which happened to me more then 25 years ago. I had just lost a job and was suicidal. I was checking out railroad tracks to find a spot where I could run out in front of a train. I met with with a pastor who was gifted with a word of knowledge and had an experience that was similar to that of the Samaritan woman Jesus met at the well. I was talking about philosophy with him when at some point in our conversation the pastor began telling me details about my life which he could not have known, of such a personal nature as if he were looking directly into my soul. It brought me to tears as I knew that God was speaking to me through this man and showing compassion on my circumstances. The deep depression immediately lifted and did not return. He also told me that I was demonized. A short time after this I began receiving strong impressions that this pastor was trying to start a deliverance ministry and that if he were to persist in this that his next child,a son, would be born either mentally retarted or neurologically impaired and that if this were avoided he would eventually develop a mental illness. I was not aware that his wife was pregnant and that they were receiving medical information that their unborn child was likely to be born mentally retarted or with a neurological disability. I was not sure what to do so I told the pastor. He told me to break off all relationships with my friends, but not family members or leave his church. I had difficulty doing this and left the church but joined a related church nearby. The churches merged a short while after this. I was at a meeting around this time, attended by several hundred people, in which the pastor related these events describing me a "a demon possessed man" without naming me specifically. I apologized to his wife after the meeting. His son has grown up normally and the pastor now has an international prophetic ministry. We fully reconciled a few years ago. There are many in the leadership of Redeemer Church that are acquainted with these events and that can attest to its veracity. As in the apostolic days God wants to make his glory known with power and demonstration.

Now these impressions would clearly have been delusional if not for the fact that they were true. Clairvoyant knowledge is considered a proof of demonic possession. This encounter had a life changing effect on me. When we step out in God, as this pastor did, you can be subject to an attack by the enemy. These circumstances also suggest the role that demonic activity can have in disease. In our modern culture in which naturalism is considered self evident, a basic, fundamental assumption or belief, and demon possession medieval superstition what I am describing could not have happened. However what I related happened exactly as I stated without embellishment. It is your choice as to whether you believe or reject it as impossible because it does not agree with your world view.

 

[ianjosephjackson]

Do you feel your soul is bad? Do you wake up wanting to hurt everything? Do feel that your soul is trying to do good? Do you love? Do you believe everything you are told? Where does wisdom come from? When you look at the clouds by yourself and wonder if souls are trying to give you a message... do you wait and try to see that message? If so, then how can you be demonized?

 

[ianjosephjackson]

When you are searching for good light will come to you in a message that may seem weird or may not make sense. But eventually someone or something will come along that will bring you to your knees and you will cry or ask for forgiveness. At this moment God is wit you. Not a demon.

 

[only a sojourner]

Demons are able to counterfeit the gifts of the Spirit. The word of knowledge is similar to the clairvoyance of psychics. A demon possessed person can sometimes speak in a language unknown to them, a parody of the gift of tongues, the predictions of psychics mimic the gift of prophecy.

When I was in my late teens and early 20's I did many foolish things. I invited demons to inhabit the house I was living in. I personally knew several Satanists. I traveled with one in particular. Although I was inclined toward agnosticism I dabbled in eastern religion, tarot cards, Transcendental Meditation, spiritualism. I knew people that were involved in various occultic practices. I opened many doors to Satanic oppression.

All occultic practices, and certainly Satanism, are open doors to demonic oppression, bondage and torment. I could not leave this post alone without warning those reading this thread of the danger they place themselves in by dabbling in these things. My testimony is only one example of what can happen.

I am drawn toward the deeper experiences of God and wish to know Him in a more tangible way, to be of service to Him

Knowing what I know it would be very foolish for me to stray from my faith. Rather then focusing on my personal experience I would like to recommend 3 books. Acts Today, Signs and Wonders of the Holy Spirit by Ralph Harris provides many verified accounts of healings, Xenoglossolalia, divine provision and other supernatural occurrences. Also God's Generals by Roberts Liardon includes the biographies of Smith Wigglesworth, Maria Woodworth-Etter, John G. Lake, William Branham, Katheryn Kuhlman and several others. Only Believe by Don Stewart includes many accounts of supernatural occurrences in various Christian ministries. These books should be readily available on Amazon.com, Christian Book Distributors or the like at least in the US and Canada and hopefully elsewhere as well

 

[ianjosephjackson]

I respect your understandings. And what you chose to believe. I understand that there is darkness. I've been in a dark place myself contemplating suicide. But God came to me in a time of need. Sending me a message to share with others if they chose to believe or not. The egyption God with the alligator head is apparently written as the maker of earth. The God others refer to in the bible is the maker of earth. This Alligator egyption God came to me in my time of need. I've never been religious and never will be. But I do believe in that there is a God and our souls move on. Our souls will not lie to us or fake what it feels. God can see the good inside and he will give you signs on how to bring it forward. Through people, words, animals, anything even the shape of clouds. If you are willing to wait and listen.

 

[only a sojourner]

These events are similar to what is described in the Gospels if the Gospels are to be taken at face value without reinterpretation according to modern systems of thinking or as metaphor or myth The ancient world did not doubt the existence of a supernatural world. The earliest Christians believed in a supernatural world which interacted with the visible, material world of our senses.

I also have a thread in the General Political Discussion sub-forum titled A Christian Economy where I attempt to analyze modern economic conditions according to the values contained in the Book of Acts. My views are well outside the mainstream.

 

[ianjosephjackson]

There are many mysteries of the past to the present. But nothing has changed in regards to ones soul. We are more knowledgeable to deceive and protect our lives from what the world was And what it is now. I will read your view on the sub forum and will see your understanding, but my understanding is only what God presents to me. He is telling me to stay with a non judgment type of mind. And to be patient. Thank you for communicating with me.