guno
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Thanks for your response Sealybobo. I believe if you watch the video and listen to what happened you will understand that this was not a matter of personal revelation but rather an open display of the delivering power of Jesus Christ - a girl who was demon possessed with physical marks in her body from demonic attacks - who had demons speaking through her pronouncing death on a doctor - who subsequently died and this also was documented - a city in fear of who would be next to die - a mayor distraught over something he had no apparent control of - and one hundred eye witnesses who looked on as the principality possessing her cursed God, Jesus. Also the demon cursed Sumrall, accused him of being a bastard ( child born out of wedlock ) to which he replied I am the sixth child of my parents - that is a lie too - the casting out of the demon in front of those same one hundred witnesses - the girl being returned to her right mind perfectly normal - the people who witnessed the miracle - which led to the headlines of a newspaper in the city of Manila declaring the girl being delivered of the devil. Even declaring the devil is dead! Ha! Ha! I believe in their exhuberance they got a bit over zealous in their news report?
Still she was miraculously delivered of the demon which was physically attacking her and others - even death of the doctor - so in that it was a bonafide case of Gods delivering power trumping Satans strongest principality which held the girl in bondage. Do you see the difference?
Now let us consider if I had a personal revelation from Christ about faith. How could I impart that into you? By telling you about it. It may not happen immediately but given time - if you continue to listen to the scriptures that support the revelation on faith I myself have received I believe it would be imparted into you as well. Then you would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. That is how faith is. Then as we continued to share scriptures, songs, hymns, speak about Jesus your faith would grow stronger and stronger and stronger until you'd have a very difficult time not believing God!
You get around someone who is on fire for God? And sooner rather than later - you are going to find yourself seeking Him too.
If you wanted no part of God you would avoid the person who is on fire for God knowing that eventually you are going to become a believer. The devil would do his best to influence you away from listening to those who have are abiding in Christ. He doesn't want people to believe in God. He does not want you to believe in God. He is jealous of you with a perfect hatred because you were created in the image of God - a trichotomy -spirit, soul and body and though your body will one day go into the ground and return to dust your spirit and soul will live eternally in one of two places. Heaven or hell. Of course he does not want you to know about these things either. He would prefer that you held fast to the idea that God did not exist. But God does exist and He loves you so much that He sent His Son to die on a cross, shedding his blood for the remission of your sins. If you would like to know more please look at the thread spirit, soul and body and watch the video which explains Gods plan of redemption for you and also who Jesus is! Jesus is God! God loves you, Sealybobo. It is all good news. I hope we have the opportunity to speak soon. God willing, we will. Good night. - Jeri
As a layman, I found the behavior of the exorcists at least as interesting as that of the subject. Believing in demons is one thing; believing you have the ability to call up a supernatural being with infinite power who will cause demons to move on at your behest is certifiable. The people performing the exorcism clearly felt great pride at their achievement and shared in a glorious victory over Satan. The person possessed was coddled, cuddled, hugged, loved and eventually praised and rewarded with the good feelings of caring people when he released Satan and said "Jesus is Lord." There doesn't seem to be anything deeply complicated about what happened. The group convinced the subject he was possessed. They cued him as to how to behave and they rewarded him and themselves when he let the demon go. Communal reinforcement and self-deception will go a long way toward explaining how the group came to believe they could exorcize demons.
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