Prepare-for-War

satanists are very strong and fast growing, they are but a handful compared to the vast numbers held in bondage by peripheral involvement in the occult and other sins which have opened up their lives to Satan's power and/or an inflow ofdemons. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ... " Hosea4:6 Every person needs to be aware of possible doorways in his own life. But it is also important to have an understand ing of these doorways to be able to effectively share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. Many are not able to accept Christ when He is presented to them because their will and mind is literally bound by the dark powers through some opened doorway in their lives either currently or in the past. This is a very important principle to understand as we go about our Father's business and share the gospel of Jesus Christ with other people. Many people are literally bound by demonic spirits, either from within or without, so that their wills are not free. They cannot will to accept Jesus as their Savior and their minds are similarly bound so that they cannot understand the gospel message. As the above quoted scripture states, "the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not." This is such an important principle that I want to give a couple of examples here before going on to talk about some specific doorways. 1. Some friends of mine, Mark and Cathy, (not their real names) had been trying to share the gospel for several years with a couple who were business partners and friends. Always, this couple just never seemed interested or to even begin to understand their need of a savior. The couple had "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." II Corinthians 4:3-4

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