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GreyFriar,

Thanks for the compliment.. But it is actually not me doing it. Or should I say it is only me doing it when it does not work!!!

I am noticing that the energy in the Holy Spirit is getting stronger daily. I have no doubt but that we are in the times Jesus told/warned us about.

I’ve noticed that the Light shining through the portal to Heaven is shining through as though the realm of darkness is getting thinner. We are truly living in wonderful times.. rough times, but wonderful.

I’ll admit, I’m having a hard time with it. The consequences of sinful actions are accelerated. I really need to watch my thoughts all the time, especially in this election year. The message I keep getting is to “Rise above all evil you encounter by turning to God in Prayer.” i.e “Love even your enemy.”

It’s even to the point that I feel the need to rebuke evil thoughts in the name of Jesus constantly as they come at me like fast pitch baseballs from all directions. Everyone’s garbage is coming to the surface and they are getting real uneasy and short tempered.

With all due respect to tired&retired, I believe he is engaging in activities that are both physically and spiritually dangerous, for him and those he is trying to help.

Demons are real and so are exorcisms, but those are the only realities that are to be considered, first of all. I think Redneck’s point is valid, and what initially caused a red flag for me. Again, with respect, I must say I do not think tired&retired has a firm grasp of Scripture if he believes in “ghosts” (”spirit of a guy”) that plague people. The only spirits who plague people are demons, and they aren’t human.

To assign a humanity to them already slips into their trap, which is to get away from the Truth, God, and believe a lie. So however effective such an “exorcism” may have appeared to be, if a demon is involved it is only tricking you into believing you triumphed.

The only men who have the ability to combat demons, literally, are priests and not even all of them. While they all have the ability they all don’t have sanction from their bishop to do such battle. Only priests with such a sanction can and should do it.

All others are just looking for trouble (including priests who don’t have permission). No matter how many times one has read or how much one knows Scripture. Satan and all his fallen compatriots are many many many times smarter than any human who have ever lived and know Scripture better than anyone else, including any man, no matter how many decades he’s studied the Word.

We’re taking about creatures who have existed since the beginning of time itself. There’s no way you can know Scripture better than them.

You need the power of Christ through the Sacraments to defeat them, not knowledge of Scripture alone.