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REBECCA: HEY, GUYS.
REBECCA WEISS HERE.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BACK
FOR ANOTHER EPISODE.
TODAY WE'RE DELVING INTO A SLIGHTLY
CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC, HALLOWEEN.
NOW I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
THAT'S THE JOB OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, NOT MINE.
BUT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION
THAT MOST CHRISTIANS, INCLUDING MYSELF,
DID KNOW NOT ABOUT HALLOWEEN.
I GREW UP CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN
AS A KID.
SO I'M NO STRANGER TO THE HOLIDAY.
SO WHAT INSPIRED THIS EPISODE?
HAVING MY OWN KID ACTUALLY.
ONCE ASHER CAME INTO THE PICTURE,
MY HUSBAND AND I HAD TO DECIDE
WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO AS A FAMILY.
AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT,
AS A MARRIED COUPLE,
ON WHAT WE BELIEVE GOD WANTED FOR OUR FAMILY.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO DO THE SAME.
BUT WHEN RESEARCHING THE HOLIDAY FOR MYSELF,
I CAME ACROSS SOME ALARMING INFORMATION
THAT I BELIEVE MOST CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW.
AND THEREFORE, I DESPERATELY WANTED TO
SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
THIS EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT HALLOWEEN.
WE'RE GOING TO DIVE DEEPER
INTO THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS HOLIDAY,
THE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH IT,
AND WHY YOU MAY WANT TO THINK TWICE
BEFORE WELCOMING IT SO FREELY INTO YOUR HOME.
STAY TUNED.
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REBECCA: HALLOWEEN COMES FROM THE ANCIENT CELTIC
PAGAN FESTIVAL OF SAMHAIN
CELEBRATED OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 31ST.
THIS IS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CELTIC NEW YEAR
ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
THIS DAY MARKS THE END OF SUMMER AND HARVEST,
AND THE BEGINNING OF A LONG DARK WINTER.
CELTS BELIEVED ON THIS NIGHT
THAT THE VEIL BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD WAS THIN,
AND THEREFORE SPIRITS FROM THE OTHER WORLD
WOULD COME AND VISIT THE EARTH.
SAMHAIN WAS PUT IN PLACE
NOT ONLY AS A CELEBRATION FOR THE END OF THE SUMMER,
AND BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR,
BUT AS A FORM OF PROTECTION
FROM THE SPIRITS WHO WERE VISITING THE EARTH.
ON THIS SACRED NIGHT,
PEOPLE WOULD GATHER TO LIGHT BONFIRES,
OFFER ANIMAL SACRIFICES,
AND PAY HOMAGE TO THE DEAD.
IF YOU WERE TO VISIT THE NIGHT OF SAMHAIN,
BACK IN TIME,
YOU WOULD SEE PEOPLE
DRESSED UP IN COSTUMES
CONSISTING OF ANIMAL HEADS AND SKINS,
BUILDING MASSIVE BONFIRES,
BURNING CROPS AND SACRIFICING ANIMALS
TO CELTIC DEMONS ALL WHILE CHANTING.
SAMHAIN WAS BORN AT A PLACE IN IRELAND
CALLED OWEYNAGAT,
MEANING CAVE OF THE CATS,
ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE GATE TO HELL.
OWEYNAGAT WAS SEEN AS A PASSAGE
OR THE THIN PLACE
BETWEEN IRELAND AND THE OTHERWORLD.
THERE WAS A MASSIVE TEMPLE THERE
WHERE RITUALS AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES TOOK PLACE.
THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE ON THIS NIGHT
THEY BELIEVED THAT DEMONS, SPIRITS, AND FAIRIES
COULD TRAVEL THROUGH OWEYNAGAT,
AND WREAK HAVOC ON THE EARTH.
THE PEOPLE OFFERED THESE SACRIFICES
TO CURRY THE SPIRITS FAVOR
IN HOPES THEY HAD GOOD CROPS THAT YEAR.
THEY ALSO FEARED
THE SPIRITS DESTROYING THEIR CROPS
AND HOPED THEIR SACRIFICES WOULD APPEASE THEM.
THE CELTS ALSO FEARED
THAT DEVILS AND BEASTS
WOULD DRAG THEM INTO THE OTHERWORLD,
SO THEY WOULD DRESS UP IN COSTUMES OF HEADS
OF ANIMALS AND SKINS,
TO CONFUSE THE BEASTS FROM THINKING THEY WERE HUMAN
AND STEALING THEM INTO THE OTHERWORLD.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE TRADITION
FOR DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN.
THE CELTS ALSO BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE
OF THE SPIRITS VISITING THE EARTH
THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
FOR THEM TO TELL FORTUNES AND MAKE PROPHECIES
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THEY WOULD ALSO OPEN THEIR WINDOWS
AND INVITE THE DEAD TO COME AND EAT IN THEIR HOMES
AND HAVE SUPPER WITH THEM.
THIS DEFINITELY DOESN'T SOUND
VERY FAMILY-FRIENDLY, DOES IT?
SO HOW DID HALLOWEEN BECOME A KID-FRIENDLY,
CANDY-FILLED HOLIDAY?
WELL, LET'S FAST FORWARD THROUGH HISTORY.
BY THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN AMERICA,
ANNUAL AUTUMN FESTIVITIES BECAME MORE AND MORE COMMON
BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT MESHING OF BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
OF DIFFERENT EUROPEAN ETHNIC GROUPS.
IT STARTED AS PLAY PARTIES,
WHERE NEIGHBORS WOULD SHARE STORIES OF THE DEAD,
TELL EACH OTHER'S FORTUNES, DANCE, SING,
TELL GHOST STORIES,
AND CAUSE MISCHIEF.
BUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY,
WHEN AMERICA BROUGHT IN NEW IRISH IMMIGRANTS,
THEY BROUGHT THE PAGAN TRADITIONS OF SAMHAIN
AND HELPED POPULARIZE THE CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN
HERE IN THE STATES.
BORROWING FROM SAMHAIN TRADITIONS,
AMERICANS BEGAN TO DRESS UP IN COSTUMES
AND GO HOUSE TO HOUSE ASKING FOR FOOD OR MONEY.
THIS IS WHERE THE TRICK OR TREAT
TRADITION WE CELEBRATE TODAY COMES FROM.
IN THE LATE 1800S, HOWEVER,
THERE WAS A PUSH IN AMERICA
TO MAKE HALLOWEEN INTO A HOLIDAY THAT WAS MORE
ABOUT COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORLY GET-TOGETHERS
THAN ABOUT GHOSTS, PRANKS OR WITCHCRAFT.
PARTIES BECAME FOCUSED ON GAMES, CANDY,
FALL FOODS AND FESTIVE COSTUMES.
BY THE 1920S AND 1930S,
HALLOWEEN REALLY BECAME AN INGRAINED AMERICAN TRADITION.
AND TODAY, AMERICANS SPEND AN ESTIMATED
$6 BILLION ANNUALLY ON HALLOWEEN.
THIS IS HOW THE ANCIENT PAGAN FESTIVAL OF SAMHAIN
BECAME OUR COUNTRY'S SECOND LARGEST COMMERCIAL HOLIDAY.
WHILE HALLOWEEN HAS MORPHED OVER THE YEARS,
IT'S STILL A TIME DEDICATED TO ALL THINGS SPOOKY.
INCLUDING, THE DEAD, DEMONS, WITCHES,
GHOSTS, KILLERS, MURDER,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FEAR.
BY BIBLICAL TERMS, IT'S A TIME DEVOTED TO WITCHCRAFT.
AND WHILE IN THE U.S.
IT'S MARKETED TO CHILDREN AS A FUN KID'S HOLIDAY,
SHOULDN'T THAT CONCERN US AS BELIEVERS?
GOD LOVES CHILDREN.
WE SEE THIS WHEN JESUS SAID, LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN
COME TO ME IN MATTHEW 19:14.
AND BECAUSE GOD LOVES CHILDREN,
CONSEQUENTLY THAT MEANS
THE DEVIL HATES THEM.
WE AS PARENTS ARE THE PRIESTS OF OUR HOME
AND WE DETERMINE WHAT WE LET IN
AND WHAT WE CELEBRATE
IN OUR HOMES.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ARE ON GUARD
FROM THE DECEPTION
AND ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY.
SO MY QUESTION TO LEAVE WITH YOU TODAY IS THIS,
IF HALLOWEEN IS ALL ABOUT FEAR,
AND THE BIBLE SPECIFICALLY SAYS GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US
A SPIRIT OF FEAR,
THEN WHY ARE WE CELEBRATING A HOLIDAY
THAT CELEBRATES IT?
NOW YOU MAY HEAR THIS TEACHING AND THINK,
THAT'S IN THE PAST.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRESENT?
ISN'T HALLOWEEN JUST A HARMLESS KID'S HOLIDAY?
WELL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I WANTED TO TALK
TO TODAY'S GUEST.
HE CAN GIVE HIS FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE
ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE DARKNESS THIS HOLIDAY
IS ROOTED IN.
HE'S A FORMER HIGH-RANKING SATANIC PRIEST
WHO MIRACULOUSLY GOT SAVED AND IS NOW AN EVANGELIST,
SPEAKER AND AUTHOR.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW,
EVANGELIST JOHN RAMIREZ.
JOHN: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S A PLEASURE.
I LOVE DAYSTAR.
DAYSTAR IS LIKE MY NUMBER ONE SHOW TO WATCH.
SO, WHEN I'M HERE,
I FEEL LIKE I'M AT TOYS R US, YOU KNOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
REBECCA: WELL, WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO ESTABLISH
FOR THE VIEWERS AT HOME,
IS GIVE US SOME OF YOUR BACKSTORY, YOU KNOW,
GROWING UP, AND BASICALLY HOW YOU GOT SAVED.
JOHN: I WAS A SATANIC DEVIL WORSHIPER
IN THE HIERARCHIES OF THE DEMONIC REALM
OF THE OCCULT,
WHICH IS THE SECOND FIRST HEAVEN TERRITORY DEMONS.
WHERE THE DEVIL BECAME MY DADDY
AT THE AGE OF 8 YEARS OLD.
I WAS SOLD INTO THE DARK SIDE.
I SOLD MY ALLEGIANCE,
I SOLD MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL.
I DID 25 YEARS OF WITCHCRAFT,
GOING TO DEMON CHURCH.
I WENT TO DEMON CHURCH FROM 7:00 IN THE EVENING
UNTIL 5:00 IN THE MORNING.
THE BIG SEASON FOR US WAS HALLOWEEN.
THE BIG SEASON FOR US
WAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER,
WITCHCRAFT MONTH.
THAT WAS THE BIG SEASON FOR US.
I EVEN HAD A WEDDING ON HALLOWEEN.
I GOT MARRIED ON HALLOWEEN.
I HAD A DIABOLICAL, DEMONIC WEDDING
WITH ANIMAL RITUALS,
BLOOD SACRIFICES AND ALL THAT
TO MARRY MY EX-WIFE.
WE GOT MARRIED ON HALLOWEEN
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DEDICATE OUR WEDDING
TO THE DEVIL.
SO I DID THE HALLOWEEN.
I DID 25 YEARS OF WITCHCRAFT.
I DID SATANIC CHURCH.
I DID WITCHCRAFT, ASTRAL PROJECTING,
SACRIFICING ANIMAL BLOOD,
WITCHCRAFT ON PEOPLE.
UNTIL 1999, I HAD A HEAD COLLISION
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
TOOK ME OUT OF MY BODY,
PUT ME IN HELL.
THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST SHOWED UP IN HELL.
DEFEATED THE DEVIL IN HELL.
I CAME BACK INTO MY BODY
AND I WENT TO HELL AS A DEVIL WORSHIPER,
A MONSTER, AS A SATANIST IN THE OCCULT,
AND CAME BACK AS A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST.
REBECCA: IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
SO AS SOMEONE WHO IS IN WITCHCRAFT FOR SO MANY YEARS,
WAS IN SATANISM,
THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO ESTABLISH
TO OUR VIEWERS AT HOME IS
THE DEVIL IS A DECEIVER.
HE OPERATES IN DECEPTION.
SO ONE OF HIS TACTICS
IS TO MAKE SOMETHING INTENDED FOR EVIL
LOOK HARMLESS, OR EVEN WORSE MAKE SOMETHING EVIL
LOOK APPEALING AND NORMAL TO SOCIETY.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
JOHN: OH, ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF THE GREATEST TRICKS
THE DEVIL PULLED ON HUMANITY
IS TO MAKE THINGS CULTURAL, FASHIONABLE
AND ACCEPTABLE.
SO WHEN YOU DRESS UP HALLOWEEN,
WHEN YOU DRESS UP THE OCCULT,
WHEN YOU DRESS UP THE SATANIC DEVIL WORSHIPING,
ALLEGIANCE TO THE DEVIL,
HE'S ALWAYS IS GONNA COME DRESSED UP
AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT.
SOMETHING HARMLESS.
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE.
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF.
SOMETHING THAT'S ENTERTAINING FOR YOU TO ENJOY.
BUT IN THE BACK END OF THE STORY,
YOU HAVE TO PAY A BILL
WITH YOUR SOUL.
REBECCA: AND THIS IS EXACTLY
WHY I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.
BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED
IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
THE DARKNESS BEHIND SOMETHING,
ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE YOU COULD TALK TO
IS A FORMER SATANIST.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT ABOUT SATANISM
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW.
AND YOU CAN REALLY EXPOSE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT HALLOWEEN AND WHAT THESE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SATANIC
PRACTICES ARE ABOUT
AND WHAT THE INTENTION IS BEHIND THEM.
SO I WANTED YOU TO
UNPACK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WHY IS OCTOBER WITCHCRAFT MONTH FOR SATANISTS?
JOHN: WHEN I WAS IN THE SATANIC WORLD,
WE HAD TO TAKE THINGS INTO CYCLES.
YOU CALL IT SEASONS.
IN JESUS CHRIST, WE CALL IT SEASONS.
WE CALL IT THE DEMONIC REALM.
WE CALL IT CYCLES.
SO EVERY CYCLE HAS A DEMONIC ACTIVITY GOING ON.
OCTOBER IS THREE QUARTERS OF A CYCLE
TO FINISH THE YEAR STRONG IN DECEMBER AS
A SATANIC DEVIL WORSHIPER.
SO MY JOB WAS TO FINISH THE YEAR,
OCTOBER WAS A MONTH OF UNLEASH HELL ON PEOPLE
THROUGH WITCHCRAFT PRACTICES,
RITUALS, CEREMONY, AND CLEANSINGS
TO GET STRONGER
IN THE DEMONIC SPIRIT,
IN THE DEMONIC REALM.
SO I CAN FINISH MY YEAR STRONG
AND THAT'S WHY OCTOBER IS SO PIVOTAL.
EVEN ANTON LAVEY WHICH HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST
THAT CREATED THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN CALIFORNIA,
IN THE 60S,
HE RAN THAT ALL THE WAY UNTIL HE DIED.
HE SAID ONE QUOTE,
HE SAID I WANT TO THANK EVERY CHRISTIAN PARENT
THAT ALLOWED THEIR CHILDREN TO CELEBRATE THE DEVIL
ONE TIME A YEAR.
REBECCA: THAT IS SO POWERFUL.
AND SO I THINK FOR VIEWERS AT HOME,
THEY PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
THAT IN SATANISM YOU HAVE WHAT
YOU WOULD CONSIDER HIGH HOLIDAYS.
JUST LIKE THERE'S HIGH HOLIDAYS IN THE BIBLE,
IS THAT CORRECT?
JOHN: CORRECT.
I MEAN, WE'RE JUST COPYCATS.
WE DO COPYCATS
OF WHAT YOU,
THE CHRISTIAN WORLD DOES,
WHAT THE CHURCH DOES.
EVEN WHEN I CAME AS A YOUNG BELIEVER,
I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH GOD
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE,
WELL, EVERYTHING THEY DID,
WE DID IN THE SATANIC CHURCH.
THEY LAID HANDS,
WE LAID DEMONIC HANDS.
THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES,
WE SPOKE IN DEMONIC TONGUES.
THEY FELL BACKWARDS IN THE SPIRIT,
WE FELL BACKWARDS IN THE DEMONIC.
SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN OUR CHURCH AND THEIR CHURCH?
AND GOD SAID IT'S THE PRESENCE OF ME
IN THE CHURCH THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SATANIC WORLD
AND MY PRESENCE IN MY CHURCH.
REBECCA: AND THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE
THE DEVIL CAN'T,
HE'S NOT A CREATOR.
ALL HE CAN DO IS TAKE SOMETHING
THAT IS GOD'S AND PERVERT IT.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
JOHN: COPYCAT.
REBECCA: UH-HUH.
JOHN: AND THE KEY OF THE ENEMY
IS KEEPING YOU AWAY FROM A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MAIN GOAL
TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM GOD'S BEST.
TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM YOUR PURPOSE,
YOUR DESTINY, YOUR TIME ON THE EARTH,
THAT YOU SHOULD BE GLORIFYING GOD.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO
IS JUST GLORIFY MY SON JESUS CHRIST
WITH THE TIME I GIVE YOU ON THE EARTH.
AND WE LET THE DEVIL COME IN
AND PERVERT OUR TIME,
STEAL OUR TIME, STEAL OUR MOMENT,
STEAL OPPORTUNITY WITH GOD
BECAUSE WE CELEBRATE THINGS
THAT ARE UNGODLY, ARE DESPICABLE, AN ABOMINATION
IN THE EYES OF GOD.
REBECCA: SO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING,
WHAT DO SATANISTS DO TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?
JOHN: SO HALLOWEEN IS LIKE GOOD FRIDAY, RIGHT,
TO US, RIGHT.
HALLOWEEN TO THE DEVIL WOULD BE LIKE GOOD FRIDAY.
AND THEN NOVEMBER 1ST,
WHICH IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD
WOULD BE LIKE RESURRECTION SUNDAY TO US.
TO US, WHEN I WAS IN THE DEMONIC SIDE,
WHEN YOU WERE DOING RESURRECTION SUNDAY,
I'D DO NOVEMBER 1ST,
THE DAY OF THE DEAD.
RESURRECTION MEANS LIFE.
THE DAY OF THE DEAD MEANS DEATH.
HALLOWEEN MEANS TO US,
YOU KNOW, CHANGING PEOPLE'S IDENTITY
IN THE SPIRIT REALM,
SO WE CAN ENTRAP THEM
AND THEN ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE IN THEIR LIFE,
AND IN THEIR MARRIAGE AND THEIR CHILDREN,
BECAUSE IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT
IN THE DEMONIC SIDE TO CREATE THAT ATMOSPHERE,
THE DEMONIC ATMOSPHERE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE
WHEN YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN.
SO WHEN WE CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN,
IT'S LIKE YOU CELEBRATING GOOD FRIDAY.
REBECCA: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PARENTS
WHO HAVE CHILDREN THAT WANT TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?
DO PARENTS NEED TO BE ON GUARD?
JOHN: I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE TELLING THE DEVIL HERE,
I'M GONNA PUT MY CHILDREN
IN THE SPIRITUAL ALTAR,
AND SACRIFICE MY CHILDREN SPIRITUALLY.
BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU GIVE THE DEVIL,
THE DEVIL IS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE STRONGHOLD, BONDAGES, LEGAL RIGHTS
OVER YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU MIGHT LOOK LIKE,
YOU MIGHT DRESS UP YOUR KID,
AND SAY I'M GONNA DRESS THEM UP LIKE LITTLE ARIELLE,
THE LITTLE MERMAID.
THAT'S A MARINE SPIRIT,
THAT'S A WATER SPIRIT.
THAT'S IN THE DEMONIC REALM,
WE CALL THAT A WATER SPIRIT, A MARINE SPIRIT.
WHY AM I GONNA DRESS UP
LIKE CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
AND I'M USING THESE TERMS,
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE THINK
THAT IS HARMLESS.
AS LONG AS I DON'T DRESS MY KID AS A WITCH,
AND I DON'T DRESS HIM LIKE A VAMPIRE,
IT'S OKAY.
CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST
IS A SPIRIT.
IT'S A SPIRIT.
IT'S A GHOST IN THE DEMONIC WORLD.
SO YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR CHILDREN'S IDENTITY
IN THE SPIRIT REALM,
WHEN GOD CREATED YOUR CHILDREN TO BE SOMETHING
AMAZING, AWESOME,
BECAUSE GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND A DESTINY,
AND NOW YOU EDIT AND YOU ALTER YOUR CHILDREN'S LIFE.
AND THEN THE DEVIL WILL COME LATER
TO COLLECT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GAVE HIM
WHEN HE WAS 5, 6, 7, 8 YEARS OLD.
AND NOW YOU GET TO 16, 17, AND 18,
AND HE'S ON DRUGS.
YOUR DAUGHTER IS ON DRUGS,
YOUR KID IS ON DRUGS.
THEY'RE NOT BEHAVING.
YOU SAY MY KIDS GREW UP IN CHURCH.
NO, BUT YOU FORGOT,
GO BACK IN B-TRACK AND HIT THE REWIND BUTTON.
YOU DEDICATED THEM TO THE DEVIL
WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT.
NOW THE DEVIL HAS A STRONGHOLD
AND OWNS LEGAL RIGHTS ON YOUR KIDS,
AND YOUR KIDS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING
IN A GODLY WAY.
REBECCA: I AGREE.
I THINK WE CAN OPEN DOORS
EVEN COMPLETELY OUT OF IGNORANCE,
AND I THINK SEEDS CAN BE SOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED ABOUT HALLOWEEN
AND REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME
OVER ALL THESE YEARS,
IT'S REALLY A TIME OF FEAR.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE DEVIL
WANTS TO SOW SEEDS OF FEAR
INTO YOUNG CHILDREN?
JOHN: OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THROUGH MOVIES,
HORROR MOVIES, FEAR.
MIND-CONTROL SPIRITS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS
PROTECT YOUR EYE GATE, EAR GATE, MOUTH GATE, RIGHT?
BECAUSE THESE ARE AVENUES
THAT THE DEVIL CAN CAPITALIZE
AND BRING FEAR.
FEAR BRINGS TORMENT.
THAT'S WHY KIDS SOMETIMES I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT,
BECAUSE I SEE DEMONS,
OR I SEE THINGS,
OR THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ROOM.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE IN YOUR HOME
THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED THINGS TO HAPPEN
THAT ARE UNGODLY.
AND YOU MADE JESUS CHRIST UNCOMFORTABLE IN YOUR HOME,
BUT YOU MADE THE DEVIL VERY COMFORTABLE.
REBECCA: THAT'S SUCH A GOOD POINT.
WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN
SOME OF THE MEANINGS,
I'M GONNA GIVE DIFFERENT THINGS TO YOU,
AND I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN
THE MEANINGS BEHIND POPULAR HALLOWEEN ITEMS.
ONE ARE PUMPKINS OR JACK-O'-LANTERNS.
JOHN: PUMPKIN IS A MARINE SPIRIT.
IT'S CALLED OSHUN.
OSHUN IN THE SANTARIA RELIGION.
SHE IS THE MARINE SPIRIT THAT CONTROLS THE RIVERS.
AND HER M.O., HER OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO OPERATE
IN THE HUMAN TERMS OF PEOPLE IS PUMPKINS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I DID WITCHCRAFT,
WHEN I WAS DOING DEDICATIONS AND CEREMONIES
AND RITUALS IN THE RIVERS,
I WOULD HAVE TO BRING A PUMPKIN, HONEY,
AND SOME OTHER INGREDIENTS
TO MAKE A CONTRACT WITH THAT DEMON.
SO THE PUMPKIN SITUATION
IN THE OCCULT REALM,
IN THE SPIRIT --
IN THE DEMONIC REALM OF THE SPIRIT
HAS AN ATTACHMENT TO IT
THAT YOU MAKE A LEGAL RIGHT
WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH THAT SITUATION,
OR YOU DECORATE YOUR WHOLE HOUSE WITH PUMPKINS
AND CARVE THE FACES AND ALL THESE THINGS
THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT SITUATION INTO YOUR HOME
AND NOT REALIZING THE IMPLICATION.
AND THE DANGERS,
THE SPIRITUAL DANGERS BEHIND IT.
REBECCA: WHAT ABOUT GRAVESTONES?
THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
JOHN: I'M SURE THERE ARE.
PEOPLE PUT GRAVESTONES,
BUT IF YOU PUT A CROSS,
PEOPLE WILL BE OFFENDED, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.
IF YOU PUT A CROSS,
PEOPLE WILL BE OFFENDED.
A GRAVESTONE, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
WHEN YOU PUT A GRAVESTONE,
YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU ARE CONNECTING WITH THE DEAD.
YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH DEMONIC SPIRITS.
THERE WAS A CONTRACT THAT I HAD
WHEN I WAS IN THE DEMONIC WORLD.
IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET THAT CONTRACT,
TO GET IN, I HAD TO SLEEP IN THE CEMETERY,
LIKE SEVEN DAYS IN THE CEMETERY,
IN A TOMB TO GET THAT CONTRACT.
GRAVEYARDS, GRAVEYARDS, GRAVESTONE
REPRESENT THESE THINGS
THAT LOOKS LIKE MORE LIKE, IT IS HARMLESS.
IT'S JUST A PIECE OF PLASTIC,
OR IT'S JUST A PIECE OF CARDBOARD.
BUT IT'S WHAT BEHIND THE SCENES
WHAT YOU'RE CELEBRATING,
YOU'RE DEDICATING,
YOU'RE MAKING ALLEGIANCE TO.
GRAVESTONE REPRESENTS DEATH.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,
WHEN THEY PLAY WITH THESE GRAVESTONES,
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOU'RE DECLARING PREMATURE DEATH OVER YOUR FAMILY.
REBECCA: YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GRAVESTONES,
I WAS SAYING THEY'RE ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I GO FOR WALKS WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD,
AND HE HATES THE DECORATIONS
BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARY.
YOU KNOW, AND CHILDREN ARE SO PURE, YOU KNOW.
HE CAN SEE THAT'S SOMETHING'S WRONG,
AND IT'S NOT OKAY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HATE
ABOUT HALLOWEEN IN THIS TIME OF YEAR,
IS THAT IT TAKES THINGS
THAT ARE EVIL
AND MAKES IT MARKETABLE TO YOUNG CHILDREN
AND TO BELIEVERS.
AND YOU KNOW FOR YOURSELF
IT'S NOT GOOD.
AND YET IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT
BECAUSE IT'S AROUND US SO MUCH.
JOHN: IT BECOMES THE NORM.
AND WHEN IT BECOMES THE NORM,
IT BECOMES ACCEPTABLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS ACCEPTABLE,
YOU OPEN DOORS.
WE CALL IT A DEMONIC WORLD
WHEN YOU OPEN A DOOR, GATEWAYS AND PORTALS
YOU OPEN IN THE DEMONIC SIDE.
AND THEN YOU GET THESE DEMONS AND DEITIES,
AND THESE PRINCIPALITIES,
TERRITORY, FAMILIAR SPIRIT.
YOU GIVE THEM RIGHTS OVER YOUR LIFE,
EVEN YOUR YOUNG BOY,
HE WALKS AROUND.
HE FEELS SOMETHING IN HIS SPIRIT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BOY
THAT IS CALLED BY GOD.
THE HAND OF GOD IS UPON THIS LITTLE BOY.
GOD, EVEN THOUGH HE IS LITTLE,
BUT HE IS BIG ON THE INSIDE.
GOD IS SHOWING HIM,
YOU KNOW, STAY AWAY FROM THESE THINGS.
THAT'S WHY HE FEELS EERIE,
HE FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT HE'S ONLY TWO.
BUT THE JESUS IN HIM
IS TELLING HIM
DON'T PRACTICE THOSE THINGS.
DON'T TOUCH THOSE THINGS.
STAY AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS.
I BELIEVE THAT IN MY HEART.
REBECCA: WOULD YOU SAY THAT SATANISTS FEAR THE DEVIL,
MORE THAN CHRISTIANS FEAR GOD?
JOHN: WE BRING THE DEVIL INTO THE CHURCH
BY CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN, RIGHT?
BUT YOU DON'T SEE SATANISTS SAYING ON GOOD FRIDAY,
SAY, I CAN'T WAIT FOR GOOD FRIDAY.
I'M GONNA GO TO YOUR CHURCH.
IF I WOULD HAVE WENT TO THE CHURCH
AS A DEVIL WORSHIPER,
AT THE TIME THAT I WAS A DEVIL WORSHIPERS,
THE DEVIL WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
THE DEVIL WOULD HAVE DESTROYED ME
BECAUSE I DISRESPECTED HIM.
I DID SOMETHING
THAT WAS SO EVIL IN HIS EYES
THAT I CROSSED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
TO CELEBRATE JESUS.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE MADE HIM JEALOUS,
AND HE WOULD KILL ME.
SO WE COME TO A PLACE
THAT WE CELEBRATE THINGS,
AND WE HONOR THINGS THAT ARE UNGODLY.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU CAN'T EAT FROM TWO MASTER'S TABLES.
EITHER YOU EAT FROM ONE AND HATE THE OTHER,
EAT FROM THIS ONE,
OR HATE THIS ONE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
AND YOU THINK IT'S HARMLESS.
YOU KNOW ONE THING I'VE DOING
THIS WHOLE MONTH OF OCTOBER,
I'VE BEEN PREACHING IN TEXAS.
I'VE BEEN PREACHING IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING ALTAR CALLS.
AND TO MY SURPRISE,
I'VE BEEN DOING ALTAR CALLS
FOR PEOPLE TO REPENT FROM CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN
SO THEY CAN BREAK
THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND THE STRONGHOLDS
AND THE BONDAGES IN THEIR LIFE.
BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE LIVING A MEDIOCRE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
AND THEY'LL WONDER WHY.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING ALTAR CALLS,
AND AT LEAST A HUNDRED TO A 150 PEOPLE
AT THE ALTAR
REPENTING FROM CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN.
REBECCA: WOW, THAT IS SO AMAZING.
AND I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT.
LIKE YOU SAID THAT SATANISTS,
THEY WON'T GO TO CHURCH
AND CELEBRATE FOOD FRIDAY.
BUT YOU'LL SEE CHRISTIANS
CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN.
IT'S JUST SUCH A CRAZY THOUGHT
THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE HONORING TO GOD
THAN SATANISTS ARE BEING HONORING TO THE DEVIL.
THAT IS JUST SO WILD.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK
CONQUER YOUR DELIVERANCE IS OUT.
SO, JOHN, TELL THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE LISTENING,
TELL US ABOUT WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK.
JOHN: I WROTE THE BOOK
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SPEAK ABOUT, RIGHT,
REBECCA, MY SISTER,
HOW MANY TIMES WE QUOTE
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS IN CHRIST JESUS,
BUT WE'RE LIVING A MEDIOCRE LIFE.
WE'RE MORE THAN CONQUERORS IN CHRIST JESUS,
BUT WE GOT GENERATIONAL CURSES.
WE'RE MORE THAN CONQUERORS IN CHRIST JESUS,
WE WIN BATTLES,
BUT WE DON'T CONQUER ANYTHING.
AND I THINK AND HEAR A PERSON, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE,
A PERSON IS CAUGHT IN PORNOGRAPHY,
AND HE WINS THE BATTLE,
AND HE'S CELEBRATING,
OH, I'VE WON THE BATTLE.
I'M NO LONGER IN PORNOGRAPHY.
BUT YOU DIDN'T CONQUER IT.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS
THAT SAME DEVIL WILL COME BACK SIX MONTHS LATER,
AND FIGHT YOU AGAIN STRONGER AND BIGGER
MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER.
AND NOW YOU'RE IN BONDAGE AGAIN,
BACK IN THE PORNOGRAPHY SITUATION.
BUT IF YOU CONQUER SOMETHING,
THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO COME BACK.
I'LL TELL YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE,
THE LIFE OF JOSEPH, RIGHT.
JOSEPH CONQUERED UNFORGIVENESS.
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN JOSEPH WAS BETRAYED,
WE KNOW THE STORY OF JOSEPH,
HIS BROTHERS AND ALL THAT.
BUT WHEN JOSEPH MET HIS FATHER JACOB,
RIGHT, HE FORGAVE HIS BROTHERS.
I FORGIVE YOU.
WHAT YOU MEANT FOR EVIL,
GOD TURNED AROUND FOR GOOD.
BUT THEN JOSEPH MET JACOB,
JACOB CAME BACK YEARS LATER TO HIS LIFE,
HE NEVER TOLD JACOB WHAT HIS BROTHERS DID
BECAUSE HE CONQUERED UNFORGIVENESS.
AND THAT'S THE --
GOD WANTS US TO BE MORE THAN CONQUERORS
IN EVERY ASPECT, IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE,
AND OUR WALK WITH HIM
AND THAT'S WHY THAT BOOK IS SO SPECIAL.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO CONQUER SOME DEVILS.
REBECCA: TELL US CONQUER YOUR DELIVERANCE,
WHERE CAN THEY GET IT?
JOHN: I THINK YOU CAN GO TO AMAZON
AND GET IT.
LISTEN, YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED.
YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S MY BOOK.
I BELIEVE IN MY HEART,
I WANT YOU TO LIVE THE LIFE
THAT GOD SET FOR YOU.
I WANT GOD TO SET YOU FREE.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
CONQUER EVERYTHING, EVERY SEASON,
EVERY SITUATION, EVERY TRIAL,
EVERY INFIRMITY, EVERY GENERATIONAL CURSE
IN YOUR FAMILY.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONQUER THAT
BECAUSE JESUS IS WITH YOU,
WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU.
AMEN.
REBECCA: AMEN.
OKAY, BEFORE YOU GO,
I JUST WANT YOU TO PRAY,
YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS EPISODE,
AND THEY'RE THINKING,
OH, I CELEBRATED HALLOWEEN AS A KID,
OR AS AN ADULT,
AND I FEEL CONVICTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOW YOU ARE HAVING THESE ALTAR CALLS
AND YOU ARE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE,
CAN YOU LEAD THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING IN A PRAYER?
JOHN: AMEN, ABSOLUTELY.
LISTEN, DON'T BE ASHAMED.
DON'T FEEL GUILTY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS.
HE BRINGS SHAME AND GUILT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
IF YOU CELEBRATED SOMETHING
THAT IS UNGODLY, HALLOWEEN, ESPECIALLY,
IT IS LIKE CHRISTIANS CELEBRATING GOOD FRIDAY.
THE DEMONIC DEVILS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN.
YOU CAN SAY, LORD JESUS,
TODAY, I DON'T CARE IF I WAS FIVE,
MY MOTHER TOOK ME OUT,
OR MY PARENTS TOOK ME OUT,
I WENT TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY,
OR I HAD HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES IN MY HOUSE,
OR I DECORATED MY HOME ON HALLOWEEN,
AND GAVE THE DEVIL --
ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY, LORD, I REPENT IN JESUS' NAME.
I RENOUNCE THESE THINGS
THAT ARE FULL OF DARKNESS,
THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION IN YOUR EYES.
I DID THE ALTAR CALLS,
AND PEOPLE WERE CRYING AT THE ALTAR, LORD, FORGIVE ME,
FOR I ALIGNED MYSELF
TO BE INTERTWINED WITH DARKNESS
WHEN YOU HAVE SEPARATED ME FROM THOSE THINGS.
LORD, I REPENT.
LORD, FORGIVE ME.
DEVIL, LISTEN, TO ME,
I RENOUNCE EVERY HALLOWEEN MOMENT,
EVERY OPPORTUNITY I GAVE YOU
THAT HAS TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN.
WHETHER I DRESSED UP MY KIDS,
OR I DRESSED UP MY HOUSE,
OR I CELEBRATED THINGS,
OR I WENT TO HALLOWEEN PARTIES,
I RENOUNCE THOSE THINGS.
DEVIL, RIGHT NOW,
IN JESUS' NAME,
YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHTS
OVER MY LIFE.
BECAUSE WHATEVER I RENOUNCE,
HOLY SPIRIT WILL BREAK AND WILL MAKE ALL THINGS NEW
IN MY LIFE TODAY.
AND TODAY I CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND
BECAUSE THERE ARE GREATER THINGS
THAT GOD HAS IN FRONT OF ME
FOR MY FAMILY AND ME
THAT WE ARE GONNA SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.
AND, DEVIL, THERE'S NO REASON
FOR YOU TO COME AND VISIT MY HOME,
OR TORMENT MY KIDS
BECAUSE I'M SET FREE
THROUGH THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN.
REBECCA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN,
FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO TALK TO US TODAY.
IT WAS AN HONOR HAVING YOU ON THIS PODCAST.
JOHN: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
REBECCA: AND EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING,
DON'T FORGET TO GET JOHN'S BOOK
ON ALL PLATFORMS.
AND, JOHN, FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING,
HOW CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU ONLINE?
JOHN: THEY CAN GO TO INFO@JOHNRAMIREZ.ORG.
YOU CAN SEND YOUR PRAYER REQUEST.
I PRAY FOR PEOPLE.
I HAD A TESTIMONY,
PEOPLE HAD FOUR STAGE CANCER,
AND THEY HAVE BEEN SET FREE
BECAUSE THE POWER OF PRAYER WORKS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TORMENTED
AND HAVE BEEN SET FREE.
PEOPLE HAVE BIPOLAR,
THEY'VE BEEN SET FREE.
INFO@JOHNRAMIREZ.ORG.
I'D LOVE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND GET YOUR VICTORY.
REBECCA: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN.
SERIOUSLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE AT DAYSTAR.
YOU ARE A BLESSING TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
JOHN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND SEND MY LOVE TO DAYSTAR.
YOU'RE AN AMAZING FAMILY.
REBECCA: I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TODAY.
WHY DO I DO SHOWS ABOUT THIS?
WELL, IN EPHESIANS 4 PAUL SAYS,
THEREFORE I, A PRISONER FOR SERVING THE LORD,
BEG YOU TO LEAD A LIFE WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING,
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED BY GOD.
HE GOES ON TO SAY,
SO THAT WE MAY NO LONGER BE CHILDREN
TOSSED TO AND FRO BY THE WAVES AND CARRIED ABOUT
BY EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE,
BY HUMAN CUNNING, BY CRAFTINESS
IN DECEITFUL SCHEMES.
RATHER, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE,
WE ARE TO GROW UP IN EVERY WAY INTO HIM
WHO IS THE HEAD, INTO CHRIST.
I WANT US BELIEVERS TO LIVE A LIFE
WORTHY OF OUR CALLING, LIKE PAUL SAYS.
AND I DON'T WANT US TO FALL INTO THE CRAFTINESS
OR DECEITFUL SCHEMES OF THE ENEMY.
I'M NOT HERE TO SHAME ANYONE OR TO BRING FEAR.
SO MANY OF US DO THIS STUFF
NOT OUT OF A BAD PLACE IN OUR HEARTS,
BUT SIMPLY OUT OF IGNORANCE.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM,
I USED TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN
NOT EVEN THAT LONG AGO.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY THINGS I'VE DONE
BECAUSE I WAS MERELY CONFORMING TO THE CULTURE
I LIVE IN,
NOT KNOWING THE TRUE INTENTION BEHIND THE PRACTICE?
BUT GOD HAS BROUGHT ME ON A JOURNEY,
AND I WANT TO SHARE WHAT I'VE LEARNED
WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO KNOW THE TRUTH
AND WALK IN VICTORY.
I WANT TO EMPOWER BELIEVERS TO SEEK
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
REMEMBER, YOU ARE THE PRIEST OF YOUR HOME.
YOU ALLOW WHAT COMES IN YOUR HOME,
AND YOU HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE TODAY.
REMEMBER WE ARE FOLLOWING JESUS,
WE ARE WALKING IN HIS LIGHT.
PROVERBS 4:18 SAYS,
BUT THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS LIKE
THE LIGHT OF DAWN,
WHICH SHINES BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER UNTIL THE FULL DAY.
LISTEN TO WHAT 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18 SAYS.
IT SAYS DON'T CONTINUE TO TEAM UP WITH UNBELIEVERS
IN MISMATCHED ALLIANCES,
FOR WHAT PARTNERSHIP IS THERE BETWEEN
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND REBELLION?
WHO COULD MINGLE LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?
WHAT HARMONY CAN THERE BE BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN?
OR WHAT DOES A BELIEVER HAVE IN COMMON
WITH AN UNBELIEVER?
WHAT FRIENDSHIP DOES GOD'S TEMPLE HAVE WITH DEMONS?
FOR INDEED, WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD,
JUST AS GOD HAS SAID:
I WILL MAKE MY HOME IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM.
I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.
FOR THIS REASON, COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM
AND BE SEPARATE,
SAYS THE LORD.
TOUCH NOTHING THAT IS UNCLEAN,
AND I WILL EMBRACE YOU.
I WILL BE A TRUE FATHER TO YOU,
AND YOU WILL BE MY BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
SAYS THE LORD YAHWEH ALMIGHTY.
THIS VERSE IS JUST SO CLEAR.
WE AREN'T TO ASSOCIATE WITH DARKNESS.
YOU CANNOT MIX LIGHT AND DARK.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CALLED OUT FROM AMONG
THE UNBELIEVERS AND LIVE SEPARATE
AND HOLY AMONG THE LORD.
LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHO YOU ARE TODAY.
1 PETER 2:9 SAYS,
BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN RACE,
A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION,
A PEOPLE FOR HIS OWN POSSESSION, THAT YOU MAY
PROCLAIM THE EXCELLENCIES OF HIM
WHO HAS CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
THIS IS OUR IDENTITY AS BELIEVERS.
WE ARE A CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
GOD'S PEOPLE AND HIS OWN POSSESSION.
WE HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS
AND INTO HIS LIGHT.
WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
YOUR ACTIONS WILL FOLLOW.
AND WHILE WE MAY NOT BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND US
WHEN WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THESE THINGS,
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS WITH THIS VERSE.
IN PHILIPPIANS 2:15 IT SAYS,
THAT YOU MAY BE BLAMELESS AND INNOCENT,
CHILDREN OF GOD.
WITHOUT BLEMISH IN THE MIDST OF A CROOKED
AND TWISTED GENERATION,
AMONG WHOM YOU SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD.
WE ARE TO SHINE THE LIGHT OF JESUS
IN A DARK AND TWISTED WORLD.
WE ARE NOT TO CONFORM TO THE WORLD AROUND US,
BUT TO BE SET APART FOR HIM AND HIS PURPOSES.
YOU ARE HOLY, SPECIAL AND CALLED IN JESUS CHRIST.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD TODAY
AND SEEK THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THIS
AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
HE IS THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.
AND HE WILL GUIDE YOU.
I PRAY THAT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TODAY
TO BE THE PRIEST OF YOUR HOME,
AND SAFEGUARD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AGAINST
THE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL.
WELL, I PRAY THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN INFORMATIVE,
AND MAYBE EVEN EYEOPENING FOR YOU.
I DO THIS PODCAST TO SHARE THE TRUTH IN LOVE,
AND TO HELP EQUIP BELIEVERS IN THEIR DAILY
WALK WITH THE LORD.
FOR MORE, YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM
@REBECCALAMBWEISS,
AND YOU CAN JOIN THE EMAIL LIST.
THANKS FOR WATCHING TODAY YOU GUYS.
I'LL TALK TO YOU NEXT TIME, RIGHT HERE,
ON ON AIR WITH REBECCA.
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