Spirit Guides or Demons?
by: Brian Flynn
How I escaped the New Age to discover the truth.
I walked into the church classroom as a psychic, a medium, and a
person who had trivialized religion and especially Christianity. I
had
explored any and all other spiritual options of modern culture. I
listened as a skeptic to the historical evidence which proved the
authenticity of the Bible, and the validation that all the things
that
Jesus had said and done were true. I leaned back in my chair and
contemplated all that was shown to me. Did this mean I had been
completely wrong about Christianity?
During the seminar by scientist Dr. Don Bierle (who became a
Christian
after examining the evidence that sup****ts the Bible's authenticity)
I
held my friend's hand and asked for forgiveness of my sins and
accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. As I walked out of the
church, I felt unsettled. What did I just do? Am I really a Christian
now? A voice spoke loudly in my head saying, "Nothing happened Brian.
You just said a sentence or two. It means nothing. You are not a
Christian." The voice was familiar; it was one of my spirit guides
who
I had called upon many times to assist me in my psychic readings or
whenever I needed guidance. However, this time the voice sounded
angry.
I was born in Albany, New York the youngest of three children. My
father was Catholic and my mother was Episcopalian. I was raised
Catholic and attended church almost every Sunday. When I was ten my
father decided that we were not going to church anymore. He said the
church was getting too modern. Conducting folk m***** and having
people on the pulpit that were not ordained was too much for him. I
believe the real reason was that my father had lost his faith or he
never had a very strong one. I had no objections to leaving the
church. It had no meaning for me anyway, it was all very boring and
pointless to me.
I left home when I was eighteen and joined the Air Force. I attended
church on occasion but not that often. I would only go at out a sense
of guilt not out of a desire to know God.
Like many people in my position who felt that Christianity was not
the
answer to life's questions, I began to explore other beliefs and
religions. I ventured or perhaps waded into Buddhism, Hinduism, and
Transcendental Meditation. I eventually embraced the New Age.
My friend Bill was attending a year long course that he said was
helping him to become aware of himself and his identity in the
universe. He told me that it was giving him the peace that he had
always sought. In the same course you could also learn how to perform
psychic readings. I wasn't interested in the psychic aspect, but I
was
looking for meaning in my life and perhaps this would help. I
attended
the course and at the end of it I was able to perform psychic
readings
and was quite good at it.
The talent I had for performing readings was not of my own. Anyone
who
chose to take this course could learn to perform psychic readings.
Through this yearlong course students learned how to form a
connection
with several spirit guides by performing a certain type of
meditation.
It was the spirit guides that gave you the information you needed
while you were in this meditation. While in this state you could
perform psychic readings for anyone who asked.
We learned that when performing a reading we had to be aware not to
influence or inject our own opinions. We must allow the spirits to
speak through us so that the person receiving the reading would get
the most accurate information that the spirits had to give. We were
learning a code of ethics. To do this properly and effectively I had
to remove my will, to be ethical. It bears repeating, in order to
perform a good reading I must learn to remove my will. The thought
seems scary to me now.
I didn't know it at the time but I was allowing myself to become
possessed. The word "possessed" has a different meaning today. The
word is usually used when describing a person who is acting weird or
strange. When I use the word I mean it to be that I was becoming a
willing, accepting possession by my spirit guides. I lost a great
deal
of my own will. Although at the time I would have described the
feeling as being empowered. In reality, I was an ignorant pawn.
Over the next year, I performed many readings and often people would
be amazed at how accurate they were or how much they enjoyed them.
Some of my friends or clients were so impressed that they didn't want
to make a decision without consulting me first. It was a great
feeling. I felt so connected and powerful. I knew that the power had
to be coming from God. Simply because it was real, it was good, and
therefore it must be God.
Being on top of the world spiritually you would guess that my life
was
going great, but nothing could have been further from the truth. My
marriage was unraveling, my finances were in a mess and I didn't know
where I was heading. It seems interesting to me now that my spirit
guides never told me that I was going to lose my house and my car to
bankruptcy and that my wife would leave me.
My whole world had crashed and I didn't know where to go. A business
associate who was a born again Christian asked me if I would be
willing to go back to church. I was so low I could not refuse her
offer. Besides, she had always been gracious to me even though she
disagreed with me about my spirituality. She maintained a close
friend****p with me throughout all of my ups and downs.
For the first time I had a positive experience at church. It was a
modern place with contem****ary music and a positive message and one
that I could relate to. While I was there I was informed about Don
Bierle's seminar in which evidence would be presented that proved
that
the story of Jesus Christ was true.
I was skeptical, but the evidence was overwhelming. For example, I
did
not know that the number of New Testament manuscripts that are
available for study today dwarfs all other ancient works. There are
only 10 manuscripts ever of found of Caesar's War Commentaries, seven
for Plato's Tetralogies and only twenty for Livy's History of Rome.
There are more than 5,300 known manuscripts of the New Testament in
the original Greek language and over 24,000 hand written copies when
you include other language versions.1 The evidence of the
authenticity
of the Bible kept on mounting. Each factual example chipped away at
my
aversion to Christianity and the argument that the story of Jesus
Christ had been embellished or falsified. By the end I had no choice
but to accept that the story of Jesus was both factual and credible.
I
had no idea that my spirit guides were going to declare war against
me
for that realization.
Over the next few days I engaged in more sinful behavior then I have
ever done in such a sort period of time. Binge drinking, drugs and
***ual impropriety. I missed several days of work and didn't seem to
care. I lay on the couch one morning nursing a hangover when a
thought
crossed my mind, why was I doing this? Why at this time am I partying
like there is no tomorrow? If I am now a Christian, isn't this all
wrong?
Like a dark veil being lifted from my eyes the answer came clearly.
In
Satan's attempt to keep me where I was he had revealed his true
identity. My spirit guides were not of God and they were threatened
by
and fearful of my choice to move towards Christ. They never protested
when I explored other forms of spirituality. Why was Jesus different?
The answer was plain. My spirit guides were not angels or helpers
they
were demonic.
I felt a wave of fear and remorse. I dropped to my knees in tears and
prayed asking for God's forgiveness and dedicated my life to serving
only Him. I had been wrong my entire life. Jesus Christ was the Lord
and the only truth about God.
Seven years later the spiritual attacks still continue but they never
deter me. I know who they are and I am familiar with their tricks.
When they attack me it must mean that I am about to do something good
for God's Kingdom. I have no fear because I'm am blessed by the Holy
Spirit and know the truth. It also helps to have my fellow Christians
sup****ting me in prayer.
If you are involved in any practice of witchcraft, paganism or the
occult, you are playing with fire and the fire will eventually
consume
you. Many Wiccan's tell me that they are only using witchcraft for
good. They say that there is good witchcraft and bad witchcraft. This
is analogous to saying that there are good drug dealers and bad drug
dealers. What they don't understand is that the source is the same.
Satan's trick is to empower you a little to make sure you never seek
the truth of Jesus Christ or seek God for answers to life's
questions.
It feels good for a while but it doesn't last. The demons will use
you
up and then spit you out leaving an empty shell.
Where do you go from here if you are looking for truth?
The first step is the hardest. You must be willing to open the door
and allow Christ's message to be heard in your head and your heart.
Study the words of Jesus. The message of love and forgiveness will
silence your fears. It is because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross
that the emptiness inside can be filled. "For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16. By God's grace we are
saved, by the love of Christ we are healed, by the Holy Spirit we are
made whole.
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