After Christ’s Crucifixion, and his entombment for three days, and then his Resurrection from the dead, HE APPEARED, in his resurrected body, to the eleven remaining apostles, and charged them to preach the gospel to every creature. This was Christ’s final commission to his apostles, the last words which the Master Jesus Christ spoke to them before his Ascension. And he gave us, as part of this commission, a reality check for us to use to determine whether a person is actually a believer. The very FIRST ITEM in the list is the casting out of devils.
Mark 16:17 - "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils"It is the first item in the list, because this is the primary avenue of temptation to sin, and to do evil. To raise up a shield (of light) against these dark influences is the first priority unto salvation.
It is the same thing with a back yard swimming pool. We all like to swim in crystal clear water. But the agents of the demonic world conspire to add ink jets alongside the water jets, and thus the pool is polluted and dark, and all the fish therein, they cannot see where they are going. To see clearly is the first priority, and thus, the first priority is to remove these ink jets.
The whole character of this demonic “ink” is not limited to its seamless opacity. No, it is like unto an acid (derived from their hatred of God) that wears away the sensibilities of the soul itself to where the soul becomes numb to the radiance of love itself.
One might therefore consider the landscape of the earth as a depository of many lakes, each one representing a soul. And the lakes they are polluted beyond health. And they need to be cleaned up. And therefore, the activity of the polluters, that is to say the agents of pollution, which is to say the demonic hordes, must be actively opposed, and the polluters themselves bound by the Holy Angels in the Name of Christ.
Though it be true, and we must keep this in mind, that there are two categories of demonic influence to consider. The first is manipulation from the outside. The second is manipulation from the inside (possession). If manipulation from the outside is not address immediately, then the demonic agent gets more and more of footfold inside of the temple, and eventually, it will become a condition of possession.
John 5:14 - "Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."The way to deal with demonic manipulation from the outside, is to understand that demonic manipulation always pushes the soul in the direction of Disobedience to the Commandments of Christ. When one is caught red-handed, as it were, in an act of disobedience to the Commandments of Christ, one must first recognize the origin of the influence, and then quickly enter into the spirit of repentance, and penance as necessary. The spirit of repentance and penance, is actually the very Light of the Heart of the Master Jesus Christ that would flow into the soul's temple to seal the demonic inroad, if only the soul will give this light a pathway, through personal consent.
In the Matthew version of Christ's last words to his apostles, we see the importance of obedience to the teachings of Christ highlighted.
Matthew 28:19-20 - "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.Christ commanded his apostles to teach the people to observe all things whatsover he has commanded, becuase this is the first line of defense against demonic influence. The determination to observe the commandments of Christ, is actually a shield of light that will not allow the temptation of the demonic agents to enter into the temple.
If the soul is likewise invested with a spirit of pride that will not allow the individual to admit to a mistake, then the demonic influence will increase its hold upon the individual, always pushing the envelope in the direction of greater disobedience. When you look at an Atheist, this is what you are seeing, a temple completely invaded, being used as a pawn of the demonic force to sew seeds of disbelief in God himself among the general population.
Note: In these cases, the demonic force need not push the soul into other more overt avenues of disobedience, in terms of violation of moral precepts, as the soul has already been pushed to the very pinnacle of disobedience in its denial of the very Existance of God, and moreover, the mentoring demonic force will help the individual to maintain a veneer of ethical righteousness so as to not impune the veracity of the anti-god belief system for which the Atheist has become a valued ambassador.
If any disciple of Christ feels anything less than a great enthusiasm for adhering to this central aspect of the Teaching of Christ, then he should ask himself, what is it that suppresses my enthusiasm for this aspect of the Teaching of Christ? If he is able to ask the question, he will then be open to this knowledge, that this spirit of rejection of the teachings of Christ can be laid upon the feeling world be the demonic agent, for the purpose of bending the behavior of the soul onto the path of disobedience.
Add all of this together, and you will understand the essential truth of this statement made by Jesus Christ:
John 14:23 - "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."We see here, that through obedience, the Power of the Father, which is Love, comes to dwell in the temple, and this is what seals the soul from further manipulation unto disobedience on a particular point of the law. When we disobey, we realize our mistake, we realize the source of the mistake, and we repent, and do our penance, and in this way, with these actions, we proclaim the willingness of our soul to overcome temptations unto disobedience, and this is what gives entry unto the Power of the Father, through Jesus Christ, to flow into us, through the doorway of our willingness, which will then seal the temple against further temptation on a particular point of the law - Not across the whole spectrum of the law, but on the particular point of the law that is involved in a particular act of disobedience.
In this way the path unto salvation is shown to be incremental, as one crack in our armor after another is identified, and we work with Christ to seal them, one at a time. When he said, be ye therefore perfect as your father in heaven is perfect, he is pointing to the goal, where we have identified every point of vulnerability, and we have worked with Christ to seal that point of weakness. And thus, in that temple, the Power of the Father dwells, as this is the only power that can block demonic manipulation.
John 3:35-36 - "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him."In all of the above, we have the understanding of WHY those who are disobedient, and remain disobedient, cannot enter into the Kingdom of God and its eternal life. It is because they have not yet understood that the Kingdom of God must be manifest in them personally, in the here and now, and that can only happen, if they work with the Master Jesus Christ to seal all cracks in the armor through which the arrows of the demonic force can still penetrate, striking the heart with the desire to rebel.
Clearly this is exposed to be true, that the belief that one is "saved", without having paid any attention to the process by which one is saved, and in some cases, having present the very spirit of denial concerning the process by which one is saved, is a projection of the demonic force itself, indeed, a large black poisoned tipped arrow shot through a large crack in the armor, the arrowhead having the form of this BIG LIE, which when lodged in the heart, keeps the soul from taking advantage of each and every opportunity (which life circumstances provide) to seal the temple against demonic manipulation).
When the end of the life comes, the individual will stand before the judgment seat, wherein, a spiritual x-ray machine will scan the soul, and the soul will see, projected way up there on a giant projection screen, a complex diagram of the soul structure, wherein all of the cracks in the armor will be exposed, and clearly labeled, with a reference link to a database that can reveal every act of disobedience which followed each instance in which the demonic force was successful in sending a temptation through a particular crack.
A member of the judgment panel will use a pointer of light that will highlight each of these cracks, explain it to the soul, and then will cause to have transferred to the soul, into the very consciousness, this record of disobedience associated with each crack in the armor. And the panel member will cover each instance, and explain how it was that the soul could be manipulated into each state of disobedience. And the soul will see this all at once, and will understand, that in this condition, it could never be allowed back into the heaven world.
Some souls will of course stand there dumbfounded, as they departed from their last embodiment fully believing that their salvation was a sure thing. But the presentation given allows them to comprehend this truth as well, that this belief, that salvation is a sure thing, is a device of the demonic force itself, projected into the heart through a crack in the armor, that keeps the soul from even thinking about doing the work of temple shielding (the Fruit of Obedience to the Commandments of Christ), which the path of salvation requires.
No one on the judgment panel is standing over the soul in a spirit of condemnation, as they are all the manifestation of pure love, having the pure vision that goes along with it. They are just showing the soul how it is still vulnerable to demonic manipulation. And they show the soul this in a very comprehensive and thorough manner.
Once this is accomplished, the members of the judgment panel will put their heads together to chart a course for that soul into another embodiment opportunity, one that is most likely to produce the fruit of progress, at some point in the future. And the soul will be told at that point, that it will be given an opportunity to come back and try again, to work towards a level of excellence in this important work, always accomplished in cooperation with Christ, in sealing the whole temple with a shield of impenetrable Light.
Indeed, every bit of shielding light that the soul can put on, comes through the Heart of Christ. As he said, "I Am the Light of the World."
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