Month: August 2017

Is the body politic of America losing its mind? Just weeks ago, a statue was nothing more than a relic of recognition related to some long-forgotten individual. Now, such symbols are flashpoints of cultural divide. Last month, Donald Trump was our controversial new twitter President. Now, TV pundits and psychiatrists are weighing in on his sanity. If you ask me, it’s America that is in danger of losing its mind. Take the case of what happened a few days ago in St. Louis, Missouri.

Police were called to the residence of a black man, who had transgendered to a woman, who came at police with a knife. He/she, was shot dead after attacking and wounding an officer. That led to a black/transgendered “black-trans-lives-matter” protest march. During the march, protesters converged on a white man in a car, and began to pummel his vehicle. He apparently panicked and drove into some of the marchers, though not seriously injuring any of them. That driver, not the marchers, was arrested.

If your sense of political correctness about all this is confused, you’re likely not alone. It almost makes one want to stay home and avoid all human contact, lest someone be offended by something which last year, or even last week, wouldn’t have been an issue of contention. And don’t dare say that there was possible fault on “both sides,” or you’ll be branded a bigot by some cultural storm trooper who has decided that your right of free speech ended with the election of a Republican President.

In the midst of all this, bigots, hate-mongers of the left and right, Antifa anarchists, and sexual stigmatizers of all persuasions have seized the day. Everyone seems offended at something. Better not say what you think or offer an opinion that hasn’t passed the muster of self-appointed defenders the latest cause célèbre. In Canada, a judge in Ontario has been ordered to appear before a disciplinary panel of his peers, because, are you ready for this, he was seen wearing a Trump “Make America Great Again!” cap. No, I’m not kidding. It was reported in, of all places, “The New York Times.”

Satan has got to love this. He is the author of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33) and discord (Prov. 6:19). He foments strife and contention (Prov. 13:10). In society, and in the church, the devil delights in sowing rebellion and division. His demons pit us against one another, and any excuse will do. We all need to remember the words of Psalm 133:1, “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.”

An encouraging word: ON BEING A PILGRIM

Don’t you sometimes feel like your feet are in two different worlds? One, in the life you live on earth, and the other in heaven? I do. Like this week when a judge ruled that a high school football coach couldn’t kneel in the middle of the field, after the game, and give thanks to God . The logic of those opposing prayer is so satanic it’s hard to feel at home in America any more. I feel like the heroes of Hebrews chapter 11 (verse 16) of whom it is said, “They desire a better country-a heavenly one.” I intend to do my best to “occupy” my culture and country and fight for what’s right. But I remind myself ever so often, I am like those who were as “strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” I am a pilgrim here. My home is heaven.

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Don’t worry about being hit on the highway by a driverless automobile. Something worse this way comes. The race is on to produce artificial intelligence, AI for short. Silicon Valley and America’s tech industry are feverishly working to come up with machines approximating human intelligence. But more than that, scientists want to devise a Hal-Space-Odyssey-like machine that can “think” rationally, be aware of its surroundings, and achieve its programmed goals without ongoing human help. The sex industry wants in on this creative curve. So-called sex-bots, copulating robots, are already used in European brothels. There are even child-like simulations for perverts of such predilections. With the leftist, liberal bent of companies like Google and Facebook, do we really think that they’d allow conservative, Christian principles to guide their exploratory impulses?

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (July 15-16, 2017) warned, “Facebook recently announced that it is trying to build ‘optical neuroimaging systems’ that would allow users to direct their digital lives just by thinking. If Facebook succeeds in creating brain-computer interface, will we be prepared to welcome such corporate access to our very thoughts?”

Case in point. YouTube, owned by Google, recently flagged almost two-thirds of the 300 exorcisms on our YouTube Exorcism Channel as “offensive.” This means, among other things, that advertisers cannot place ads there, as has happened in the past. (The revenue was small, but every little bit helps.) And what was deemed offensive? YouTube refuses to say, and all power is in their hands. We do know that this censorship started with them flagging any mention of Islam in our videos. Obviously, their algorithms are set to a politically correct standard of permitting attacks on Christians but nary a discouraging word about Islam.

AI is on the way, and Christians must be vigilant as to what lies ahead. Sex robots with indwelling spirits of Jezebel? Don’t laugh. Stranger things have happened. Satan may have things in store we’ve never dreamed of. Lord Jesus, come quickly (Rev. 22:20)!

An encouraging word: GOD ENDURES

Not much in our world lasts long, but “the Lord shall endure forever” (Psalm 9:7). As society and government rapidly moves further and further away from God, it’s comforting to know that He hasn’t moved. The Almighty is not affected by the petulance of man’s arrogant desire to rid Him from our daily lives. While America disregards God’s law to a greater extent with each passing day, we need to be reminded of the rest of this verse: “He has prepared His throne for judgment.” We need it written large over the entry to every building of our government: HE WILL ENDURE AND HE WILL JUDGE!

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.

I’m often asked about spiritual gifts. Most want a simple answer. There isn’t one. Of course, there are the spiritual gifts that Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. These get the most focus, especially from Pentecostals. But there are other spiritual gifts. Romans 12:6 speaks of spiritual gifts, but places them in a broader category, including preaching, ministering, exhorting etc. Hebrews 2: 4 speaks of gifts of the Holy Spirit, but doesn’t necessarily reference the ones cited by Paul.

My personal favorite, and the one I feel that God has most gifted me with, is “discerning of spirits” (KJV) or “distinguishing between spirits” (NIV), mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10. There are several ways to look at this gift. First, it obviously refers to the detection of demons. But it also can be broadened to include insights about human behavior, the “spirit” in which an individual operates. (Often this is an awareness of a person’s spiritual fruit or lack thereof.) Sometimes I discern spirits visually, by looking at a person, and at other times with a God-given, intuitive sense. I’ve not always been as good at this as I am now. Age, maturity, and a lot of experience has helped to refine the operation of this gift. It doesn’t function with a 100% certainty, and I don’t feel It working through me all the time. But as with anything, practice makes, if not perfect, better accuracy.

Let me be clear. The discerning of spirits is not guesswork, suspicion, curiosity, or mere behavioral insight. It goes beyond natural “horse-sense” to a realm of prophetic insight. And anyone walking in this gift must be careful to avoid being judgmental, since discernment can too easily be confused with prejudice or private opinions. Nevertheless, it is something that can be strongly felt and judiciously utilized. In this age of perverted, demonic evil all around us, it may the one gift Christians need most!

To those who feel called to deliverance, especially students and alumni of our International School of exorcism, I recommend this gift as one to be earnestly desired (1 Corinthians 12:31). Seek it, cultivate it, and subject it to peer review (accountability to spiritual authority). Humbly ask the Lord for wisdom on how best to let it operate in your life, not for your own edification, but for the sake of setting free the captives of Satan.

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An encouraging word: REJOICE!

Yesterday was one of those days when I didn’t feel much like praising the Lord; probably a combination of fatigue and stress. Then I remembered the words of Phil 4:4: Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! “No way,” my emotions said. Then I remembered the several times that I’ve visited Paul’s prison in Rome. It was just a hole carved out of rock, leading to small room not much bigger than most bathrooms today. It was solid stone on every side. Cold. Damp. Dark. Beyond miserable. If Paul could take pen in hand and, in those circumstances, and tell the Philippians to always rejoice, perhaps I too could praise the Lord for just this one day. The results were amazing. Try it.

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