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They said there was no chance of evil

To touch those walking in the light -

And they backed it up with Bible verses.

 

They said love, love, love

Was what we needed for the ravening wolves

Assaulting the flocks all around.

 

They said power, power, power

Throwing of power in every direction

Was the way to soundness of mind.

 

And yes they quoted the same verses

That really would have disproved them

If we had dared take those verses in context.

 

They said declaring victory

And focusing on our status as Christians

Was what would make us strong.

 

Yes they had pages of verses

To be quoted and memorized -

And yes, I did it all.

 

They said when God's Spirit was present

There was no room for any devils,

Even the ones welcomed at the door -

 

Even the ones that took over churches

With strange shrieks and gyrations -

'Ignore them, for they have no power.'

 

For years a wild lightning power

Posed as the Holy Spirit

And made wreckage in its path.

 

The Holy Spirit was still working,

But He was quieter and gentler

And didn't ravage with His fire.

 

They said we should submit to man,

Learn the right affirmations,

Ignore the devil and he would flee from us.

 

As bit by bit it came unglued,

I fled from their entrapments

And was condemned at every step.

 

Still they believe they are in safety,

But they cannot see the cords around them

Closing in tighter and tighter every day.

 

A few days ago, one died -

I saw her falling and my spirit cried,

But I think God saved her at the last.


I cannot deny the real Holy Spirit

Who led me out by discernment and warnings

And kept me in God's truth;

 

I cannot deny the real God the Father

Who held onto me through demonic horrors

And holds me through this phase of agony;

 

And though the enemy still opposes

Every step towards freedom,

I know I belong to the real Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Without the Bible and the Holy Spirit,

We are lost in the tangles and convolutions

Of modern spirituality and worldliness.

 

There is a type of presumption

That flourishes when people are too sure

And lulls them into embracing the unthinkable.

 

Oh Lord deliver us from presumption

And forgive us for ever believing

That we could be safe with compromise!

 

(by Sarah M.)



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