But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ. – 2Co 11:3.
Our meditations this week are about the massive full-scale PR campaign
that Satan runs to launder and bloat his image.
One of such means is through so-called “deliverance Confessions” by
people who claim to have served Satan as witches, occult grandmasters, etc.
Somehow, we generally hold the impression that a former witch knows much
more about spiritual realities than we do. Just imagine with me, a 15-year-old
girl, recently delivered from witchcraft, giving a speech about the goings on
in the spirit-world. Huddled among the audience are her Pastor, deacons, and
elders: all entrapped in her narrative. She speaks with an air of authority and
confidence. This is, after all, her area of expertise, she has been doing this
for years, she should know what she’s talking about.
She is also only 2 weeks in the Faith.
I find it absurd that we would presume a 2-week-old convert to be suddenly
more knowledgeable than our pastor who has been studying the Bible for years.
While I’m not questioning the genuineness of the salvation of such
former workers of darkness, or the sincerity of their experience, but even common
wisdom tells us that evil masterminds do not reveal their ways to the lowly
pawns that work for them. Jn 8:44 says lying is the native tongue of the Devil
and calls him “The Father of Lies”. What modicum of truth can we then expect to
get from persons who spent their lifetime with him?
Many of these testimonies end up simply glorifying the Devil, filling us
with fear and reducing the power of the Finished work of Christ on the Cross.
Testimonies are good; at the very least, they’re indications that a soul
has been won to Christ; but let us not forget our PRIMARY source of revelation:
the very Bible in our hands.
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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