Month: November 2014

By now you’ve likely heard the bizarre news that Charley Manson is getting married. He has been convicted of the 1969 mass killing of pregnant actress Sharon Tate, 26, wife of director Roman Polanski; celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, 35; screenwriter Voytek Frykowski, 32; and Folger’s-coffee-fortune heiress Abigail Folger, 25. On November 7, Kings County issued a marriage license for Manson, 80, to marry 26-year-old Afton Elaine “Star” Burton. Burton left her home nine years ago and has been living near where Manson is incarcerated so she could get to know him better. The wedding invitation above lists the sadistic, demon-possessed Manson as “Charles ‘Cuddle Bunny’ Manson.” Manson is pictured with his fingers up his nose, a tribute to his current contention that, “Air is god, because without air, we do not exist.”

As crazy as this all sounds, be prepared. It gets even crazier. Burton, almost 60 years younger than the man with whom she will never conjugate (death row inmates get no “private” visits), was raised in a strict, Baptist Christian home. As a child she gave her heart to Jesus. As a rebellious teen, Burton smoked pot and got high on mushrooms. At age 16 she started writing to Manson and eventually, at 19, hopped a train to California to be near the love of her life. Burton incredulously believes that Manson is innocent and says she thinks that being married to the killer will give her access to otherwise unobtainable documents so that she can prove his innocence.

I have several observations about this. First, in a delusional YouTube posted video, entitled “Daddy, I’m getting married to Charles Manson!” Burton clearly exhibits the personality of a child in an adult body. She obviously has a daddy-fixation with Manson. One has to wonder what father-figure bonding she missed at home. I’m not judging, just speculating. Her defense of Manson, in this video, is both psychotic as well as puerile. Burton dismisses the trial and conviction of Manson, based on massive evidence and the testimony of his own cult-following killers, as a “myth” generated by the media. Such conclusions speak of more than brainwashing. In my opinion, Burton is dissociated and some childlike alter personality inside has found the daddy she never had. (She has assumed the middle name “Star” which may be the name of her child alter-ego.) That mentally challenged part of her has a childish innocence that can’t cognitively comprehend the measure of Manson’s murders.

Second, do we need more proof that a Christian can have a demon? Of course, Burton is demonized. How else can this travesty be explained? She knew Jesus and was “saved.” Now demons of murder, confusion, and delusion have taken over her mind. Manson has demons and his demons have bonded with Burton’s demons. I know Manson has demons. Though I haven’t met him personally, I have talked privately with prominent Satanist who have been to prison and met with him personally. One of them even showed me the actual Bible that Manson reads, briefly loaned to this Satanist. The margins of the Bible were annotated with hideous, irrational comments, coded in colors, detailing his blasphemous, anti-Christ thinking. It’s no wonder that Manson and his demons would gain enormous satisfaction from spiritually and psychologically seducing a young woman, just as in his heyday he seduced the likes of Susan Atkins. Atkins, who died of cancer in 2009, murdered for Manson but found the Lord behind bars. Knowing that, there is still hope for “Star” Burton.

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An encouraging word:  DON’T EXALT VILE MEN

A scripture I’ve often thought of, when reading the news headlines, is this (Psalm 12:8): The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. I like the bluntness of the old King James Version. The NIV is a bit more polite: The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. Either way, the point is that a failure in moral leadership leads to all kinds of lawlessness in the general population. In a nation, a state, a city, when righteousness decreases, wickedness increase. Our culture has made sin politically correct. But no matter how evil may be dressed in the finery of approbation, sin still takes a toll. Pain, suffering, heartache, and misery of all kinds accompanies evil. To heal who we are as a people, we need to start at the top down. We must stop exalting vile men and elect godly politicians, promote moral public figures, and restore the respect of clergy. As long as immoral men are leaders, those who are wicked will feel free rein to do their dirty deeds.

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Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did(Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

To be honest I seldom watch religious TV. Too boring. Too predictable. Too digestible. But Sunday I was working out in a hotel fitness room on a stationary bike.  I was reading the news on my iPad while the TV screen attached to the bike was still on. A television preacher came on the screen, one I’d never seen before. The screen had been tuned to subtitle mode so I could see what he was saying without hearing him. Reading his body language he seemed like a nice enough guy. He actually had his shirt tucked in and was wearing a suit, an oddity in today’s supercool style of evangelical communication.  His message was about the Holy Spirit. He had Calvinist theology, but he did push the theological envelope.

His message built to the punch line: “The Holy Spirit still prophesies, still gives words of knowledge, still does miracles, still heals, still . . .”

I waited. Would he go on to say the “D” word? No. What he couldn’t bring himself to say were these six words: THE HOLY SPIRIT STILL CASTS OUT DEMONS. This good man of God and excellent preacher, whom I’m sure is dedicated to his calling, either couldn’t or wouldn’t say it. Was it off his spiritual radar? Outside his theological purview? Too uncomfortable for his affluent congregation? Too unsettling to his constituency to mention what Christ commanded His followers to do?

That same workout I read the review of a new book by another major Christian TV preacher whose name you’d know. The book’s theme is prophecy and the End Times. The reviewer touted it as the “Number one book in America about spiritual warfare.” I’m sure it’s a great book, but has evangelical political correctness really gone so far as to create new definitions so that a book about the rapture (though much-needed) is in the same category as dealing with demons? Is the church today just confused or willingly ignorant of Satan and what he does? Is eschatology really spiritual warfare?

Wake up Christians! Demonic possession is an epidemic.  It’s not spiritual Ebola we can quarantine with an exegetical hazmat suit.  We can’t verbalized it away. These ARE the End Times and demons aren’t benign (Revelation 12:12).  Spiritual warfare is REAL and real demons must be confronted by the Holy Spirit, not leap-frogged over by artful avoidance. Every person reading this blog has a close friend or family member who is demonized. What will you do about it? I suggest that you immediately enroll in our International School of Exorcism. Or, you can arrange for them to have a personal encounter session with me. You can also support our efforts to declare boldly that deliverance is available here and now. Encourage your pastor/priest to speak out on the wave of witchcraft and the occult that overwhelms our culture. Putting one’s spiritual head in the sand isn’t artful avoidance — its spiritual suffocation.

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An encouraging word:  GOD’S PURE WORDS

Those who follow our ministry know that we place strong emphasis on renouncing the evil that has been passed from generation to generation. But just as curses have perpetuity until they are broken, the blessings of God’s Word continue forever. Psalms 12:6-7 reminds us that, “The words of the Lord are pure words . . . you shall preserve them from this generation forever.” When you choose to believe and hide God’s Word in your heart, the promise is that your children and their children shall always have that blessing of God’s pure Word. Begin today by putting your full faith in Christ and passing on the heritage of belief to all who shall come after you.

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Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

In case you  missed it (Don’t expect the mainstream media to think it’s newsworthy.), this week

the Vatican held a special conference concerning the family, sponsored in part by the Catholic

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Pope warned about the current marriage crisis

facing the West by decrying the breakup of the family and children who are being raised without a

father/mother family. The Pope called it the “culture of the temporary,” a moral climate where many

have given up on marriage altogether. Now comes a report of yet another assault on the family: the

acceptance of incest.

The German Ethics Council (There’s a misnomer.) has recommended accepting incestuous marriages.

The Council, comprised of doctors and scientists, argues that the genetic risks to a child are no longer

so scary to justify keeping people from the loves and relationships that they choose. At this point the Council’s

viewpoint is only a recommendation but it does carry weight. Said the Council, “The fundamental right of adult

siblings to sexual self-determination has more weight in such cases than the abstract protection of

the family.” Whoa. What twisted logic from the nation of the Reformation!

What stirred this controversy in part is the marriage of Patrick Stuebing and his wife, Susan, who also happens to be his sister.

Patrick married Susan when he was 23 and she was 16. In America we not only call that incest, but

statutory rape. Said Susan in an interview with Vocativ media, “We fell in love as adults and our

love is real. There is nothing we could do about it. We were both attracted to each other and then

nature took over from us. We followed our instincts and our hearts.”

Will Germany upset the taboo and moral code of thousands of years? What about the damaging effects of inbreeding?

Of the four children of Patrick and Susan, two are disabled and a third needs a heart transplant. Yes, in the

past, such unions were sometimes used, as in ancient Egypt, to perpetuate the royal lineage of

dynasties; but the word itself comes from Latin meaning “impure.” Even the old myth of “Oedipus”

warned of dire consequences. The Jewish Torah condemned it in the moral codes of Leviticus and

Deuteronomy. The offspring are considered illegitimate, “bastards.” Islam likewise abhors

incest.

In a sex-obsessed culture where traditional moral distinctions of fornication are widely disregarded where might we go next in

America? The way the Germans are seemingly headed? The western world sorely needs to rediscover the

Christian teaching of sex as a spiritual mystery that reflects marriage as a union mirroring Christ

and the Church (Ephesians 5:32). By no stretch of logic can Christian redemption typify incest.

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An encouraging

word:  OBEY GOD’S DECREES

“Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying

your decrees.” So said the Psalmist (Psalm 119:5). The Living Bible speaks of wanting to follow

the laws of God “consistently” to avoid “being disgraced.” What has been lost on our world is the

steadfastness of fidelity to the ancient moral codes of Moses and the higher moral law of Jesus.

Humanism, relativism, Darwinism, behaviorism and other substitutes of God-inspired, revealed truth

have taken over where once religion gave direction. The result is a culture of shame and disgrace

that is without an ethical compass. Think of your own life. Do you with purpose and resolution do

all you can to walk in obedience to God’s Word? Beware the temper of the times and remember to

always obey the decrees of the Lord.

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Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives

free and Do What Jesus Did (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and

support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Monday, Nov 17, 2014 Here’s a scary thought for those who are sexually promiscuous. I’ve long observed, from doing deliverance, that STDs (“spiritually transmitted demons”) are the result of immoral behavior that isn’t dealt with by the breaking of past soul-bonds. Many evil spirits have told me that they entered the person receiving ministry by a past sexual encounter when, by intercourse, the two became one flesh. (See 1 Corinthians 6:15.) It’s important that once an individual makes a confession of Christ as Savior that they pray to spiritually break all soul bonds with their past sexual partners. Now comes a new study that scientifically backs this up. Research into something called “telegonoy” reveals that at a microbiological level every sexual encounter leaves a permanent connection to that lover. A study at the University of South Wales found that the process of “telegony,” where traits of past lovers are passed onto future children, holds in fruit flies.  In case you want to know why geneticists love to study fruit flies, it’s because the genetic structure of these little creatures is highly comparable to humans.  In fact, fruit flies contain 75% of the genes that lead to disease within human beings. The conclusion of the study is that molecules of the seed of previous sexual encounters leaves part of the seed absorbed by the mother’s eggs and never leaves. When these eggs are fertilized by a later lover, the first man’s effect is still felt inside the mother’s body. It still is left to be proven that what is true for fruit flies holds for humans, but I can affirm that it is true from a spiritual standpoint. Why not a physical one? This interesting speculation might not matter so much if all we’re talking about is the color of your future child’s eyes or the shape of his or her nose. But what if you ex-lover practiced the occult, or came from a bloodline of ancestors who did? In deliverance, we know how this operates. Everyone who has read my book CURSE BREAKING (To order CLICK HERE.) understands how the STDs of curses are transmitted by the bloodline. And what if that bloodline is not from a current spouse but an ex-spouse or sexual partner? Suggesting this possibility isn’t intended to make anyone feel guilty or paranoid, especially if you’ve since repented of those sins and walk in the grace of God. It does emphasize how important it is to cut off the soul-ties of old cohabitants and walk in new freedom through Christ. It also underscores how important it is to cleanse your soul and body of those old influence. Please read by book CURSE BREAKING and then pray this simple prayer. Lord Jesus, I repent of my past sins of sexual immorality and place those sins under your blood. I break every soul-bond with every individual with whom I’ve been involved sexually. Cleanse my soul and body, spiritually and physically, of every remnant they have left behind. Give me a new spiritual heritage based upon my relationship to you Lord, and my relationship to my currently lawfully wedded spouse. Sanctify my children from any evil, soul-tie influences in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.  An encouraging word:  BE SOBER AND VIGILANT One of the most important scriptures in the Bible warning us about the devil is First Peter 5:8. You may know it by heart. It tells us that the devil, like a “roaring lion,” stalks our steps. But notice the way Peter introduces this description of the Evil one: Be sober, be vigilant. Be on the watch-out. Take him seriously and be ever on-guard. Sadly, some Christians act like Lucifer is on vacation somewhere, caring less about believers. The Living Bible adds the description of the devil as an Enemy who wants to “tear apart” his victims.  Have no doubt, Satan is real and he stalks from every angle to take advantage of our carelessness. Spiritual sobriety and constant watchfulness is one way to ward him off.   Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did� (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

 

Monday, Nov 10, 2014 A friend sent the above photo of an advertising billboard as an example of exorcist humor. Actually, I’ve heard that punch line so many times that all I can do now is muster a slight grin when it’s thrown my way. But it does bring up an interesting question. If an individual has an exorcism, can the demon come back? It depends. Demonic possession is all about legal rights and the exercise of free will. One can get a demon by spiritual inheritance through the bloodline, but if that demon is to continue its inhabitation it needs a legal right to remain. For example, an ancestor who murdered someone could put a curse in the bloodline. You could inherit that demon; but for the evil spirit to remain in your life it would need to find a place to embed, such as your own unresolved anger and rage. Once a demon is exorcised it may return if it is invited back in some way, or if the delivered person doesn’t fill that vacancy with the Holy Spirit and positive, God-affirming values (Luke 11:26). If the “house,” the delivered person’s soul, is only “swept clean and put in order” and not occupied by God’s presence through active pursuit of a dedicated spiritual life, there may be room and the right for eight demons to repossess. If the same sin is indulged in again, that kind of demon may return. I especially encounter this in the area of addictions. After an exorcism, counseling and rehabilitation is critical so that the root issues allowing the possession, and the addiction, are dealt with. A drug addict, for example, whose open door to demons was through illegal, recreational drugs risks being repossessed if he goes back to using those same substances. The same is true of sexual sin, the occult, and spiritual rebellion. Being delivered is not an action, it is a way of living, continuing to abide in God’s grace and freedom. It means walking in accountability with others, regular church attendance, submission to spiritual authority, continuing counseling, and seeking healing and restoration for the wounded areas formerly infested by evil spirits. Yes, a delivered person can be “repossessed.” Not by a casual slip of rectitude, but by willfully reverting to the things that once held that individual in bondage to the forces of darkness.   An encouraging word:  NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED “There is no peace for the wicked,” says Isaiah 57:21. I realize that it doesn’t look like it from the outside. The wicked often appear to be having the time of their lives, with all the money and pleasures one could imagine. In my counseling I’ve met any people who seem to be extremely successful by all appearances, but inside, in private, they are broken, depressed, tormented individuals. And even if they look like they have “peace” for a while, it eventually turns to sorrow, regret, and hopelessness. Don’t be fooled by the smiles, charm, and pretentiousness of the rich and famous. Those who are evil may be hiding a lot of misery you never see. God’s Word is true. The wicked have no peace.   Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did� (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

 

Thursday, Nov 6, 2014 Last Saturday, Brittany Maynard at age 29 murdered herself and became the face of the right-to-die movement in America. (I reported on this last week. To read that blog CLICK HERE.) Maynard had moved to the state of Oregon, which has the country’s most liberal euthanasia laws.  Suffering from terminal brain cancer, Brittany took a lethal concoction of drugs and exited life with the words, “Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward.”  Just days later, in the same state, Jillian McCabe threw her six-year-old son off a bridge on the Oregon coast. McCabe has been arrested on murder charges. Both incidents in Oregon. Interesting. Any connection? Let’s explore this further. Who was the legal guardian of the murdered child? The mother. Let’s suppose that the infant had been suffering, like Maynard, from an incurable, terminal disease. The six-year-old could not have likely committed suicide by herself, but what if her mother did it for her? Instead of an overdose, a toss off a high bridge. If the child were facing a soon and suffering death, as was Maynard, what’s really the difference? Both acts result in death. Both are acts of murder, Maynard to herself and McCabe acting with legal parentage, in my hypothesized example. Yes, I realize there’s no evidence that the McCabe child was terminally ill. I’m just asking a “What if?” question, a hypothetical  moral query. What truly separates the two acts is not the disgust at the murder of a child or the squeamishness we feel at the image of a small body flung from a bridge. In fact, at a fundamental level of ultimate rectitude, what might someday prevent a parent from ending the life of a terminally ill child the same way Maynard ended her life? It’s done every day to unborn children in the womb who are not terminal. My point? We’re on a slippery slope here and who can say where it might end up. Many civilizations of the past have practiced systematic infanticide. Sometimes it was for economic reasons and other times it was sex-selective.  It was fairly common among the ancient Romans until Christian beliefs took hold. It was, in fact, the first Christian emperor Constantine who outlawed the so-called “exposure” of infants in A. D. 313. “Spread good energy?” Self-murder is a demonic act and Maynard was deceived by evil spirits. “Pay it forward?” Her self-induced death was paying it backwards for the values of Western Civilization in general and our societal rejection of Christian morals in particular. I don’t take lightly the suffering she sought to avoid, but death is final and eternity is forever, and that is a comparison the devil hid from the eyes of both Maynard and McCabe.   An encouraging word:  REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION “I will rejoice in Your salvation,” David said in Psalm 9:14. Most of us who are Christians did that in the beginning, when we first found the Lord. Remember your excitement and exuberance at finding God’s joy and peace? Over time, it can become just a distant memory and we are in danger of going through the motions of Christian living. We do what we believe is right. We go to church and say all the right things, but somehow the joy isn’t there. We’ve lost the deep emotion of our first love. It would be a good idea if you and I today were to reflect for a few moments on what it means to be saved and recapture those forgotten feelings. Today, rejoice in your salvation.   Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did� (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

 

Monday, Nov 3, 2014 Okay, so some of my critics may not agree that tattoos can be portals for demons. I get that, though I think they should take a moment to read my book CURSE BREAKING (to order CLICK HERE) and digest the section on the “curse of cremation.” Leaving that aside, maybe there is something even my tattooed Christian friends can agree upon. (Then again, maybe not, in our age of eclectic, no-rules Christianity.) A hot new trend is having the cremated remains of a loved one tattooed as a memorial, and a constant reminder of their presence. It certainly adds new meaning to the old Frank Sinatra signature song, by Cole Porter, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” Says one tattoo artist, “Ashes are essentially carbon, and carbon is the main ingredient in black ink. ” Some have even had their cat or dog’s cremated remains tattooed, preferably in the shape of a paw. Awww. Or should it be Ugh! This trend, dubbed “morbid ink” by  some, may carry health risks since cremated remains are unsterile. But it’s the spiritual contamination that concerns me. As an exorcist having done in excess of 30,000 documented cases of actual exorcisms, I’m surprised I haven’t run into this yet. Or perhaps I have and no one told me. One thing is certain, the Bible is clear about the curse of touching an unclean corpse (see Numbers chapter 9). That injunction was for more than hygienic reasons. God also wanted to separate his people from the pagan practice of failing to honor the dead body by leaving it to be defiled and devoured by wild beasts. The Lord also wanted this command to be a symbol of the purity of God’s people, to worship a living God instead of unduly revering a dead corpse as was the heathen custom of the time. If momma or Tabby or aunt Emma is under your skin, get deliverance before their cremation become your curse. The remains of a dead body in a tattoo could be an invitation for a ghost (demon) to haunt the entire body. An encouraging word:  FOUNDATIONS IN LIFE  One of the most quoted verses in the Bible is Psalm 11:3: If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Many sermons have been preached on these 10 words, but I’d like to reflect on the foundations that make life worth living. Trust and faith in God is an indispensable foundation. So is family and friendships. Believing God’s word about sin and eternity provides a foundation to face death. The church, despite its frailties, is another crucial foundation. How many of these foundations are securely grounded in your life? If you don’t want your plans and hopes destroyed, take care that your foundations are secure.    Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did� (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.