Told I need Salvation

[Slich]

Everyone, at times, has nightmares. It is natural. However,

Seventeen years ago, I began experiencing these terrors. And still
today those terrors plague my sleep.

The Reaper (or whatever it is labelled in your religion) appears, sometimes
accompanied by a monk dressed in black. The monk always attempts to kill me.

I have also physical evidence of these dreams.


I have spoken with religious figures of this (priest, mon signor etc), and
they believe that my actions as a dark cultist in my teens has caused a
demon to cling/attatch itself to me.

Could you assist me in shedding light into this? I may have studied theology
for years, however this one has me baffled.

 

[Boanerges]

My friend, have you give your heart to Christ? Have you accepted His sacrifice for sin as your own? Is He your Lord?
If you answered yes to all these things then you are indeed one of His children.
Perhaps it is less a matter of theology and more a call to simple child like faith.
In the case of recurrent nightmares I usually find this quite effective;
as you lay down to sleep a simple prayer of something like this:
Father in Jesus Name I am asking you for godly dreams and thoughts of You as I rest. If these dreams occur a simple "bad dreams go in Jesus Name and do not return" can stop any attacks.
Know that when you speak in Jesus Name you have heavens throne behind you words and any spirit that would try to resist is not arguing with you but must "take it up with the Father".
Once this is spoken thank the Father for a good night's sleep and lay your head down in faith.
I will be praying for you.
Many blessings in His Name,
your brother Larry.

 

[Coconut]

If you are familiar with scripture, i`m sure you have read numerous accounts where God allowed 'terror' to happen to people who knew 'about' Him, but would not serve Him...

One example:

Deu 28:65 You will find no peace anywhere, no place to call your own; the LORD will overwhelm you with anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.
Deu 28:66 Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror, and you will live in constant fear of death.
Deu 28:67 Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening; every evening you will wish for morning.

I`m not baffled at all of your night terror...I`ve experienced this battle that goes on in the Spiritual realm...

The truth from my perspective is...the Prince of Darkness knows when a man is having an encounter with Light....he will fight for your soul until you surrender to either himself or Christ.

Seventeen years is a very long time...arn`t you tired of it enough to call out to God yet ?

 

[Slich]

knows when a man is having an encounter with Light.

Funny you say this. In these dreams, the reaper fears light.


I have heard man say: Jesus is the life and the light.

The Reaper is death and hates light.

 

[beam]

Hi there Slich,

Sounds like you need deliverance..
Mathew 6:13...and deliver us from the evil one.

But it will not work for you at ALL, unless you have confessed and agree with the mighty word of God that you are a sinner and in need of saving.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:10 There is no one righteous no not even one!

Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is only ONE name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

John 3:16 For God so loved Slich that He gave His only begotten Son that if Slich believes in Him, he shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead...you will be saved!

John 3:7 Jesus said...You should not be surprised at my saying you must be born again.

Then and only then will you have the right to use the powerful name of Jesus Christ against the reaper that terrorizes you at night in your sleep.

John 1:12 Yet to all who received Him, only to those who believed in His name did He give the RIGHT to become children of God

You should:- Confess all occultic involvement as sin before God - by any occult involvement however tiny, ones actions always invite satan in, 1 John 1:9..IF you confess your sin, God is faithful and just and will forgive you your sin AND cleanse you of all unrighteousness. Ask our precious Holy Spirit to show you what else you must confess and repent, He will lead you to the Truth, memories will begin to come to you of things you have done and said in the past, this is the Holy Spirit bringing things to your remembrance that you should confess to God as sin and repent of.

Repent of your sins and transgressing God's word and ways - Luke 13:3 unless you repent, you too will all perish. - Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent. Mathew 4:17 From that time on JESUS began to preach..Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Renounce - ONLY NOW will you be in a SAFE position to command satan and the demon/s harassing you, to get out of your life in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. God has given YOU the responsibility of doing this, He gave Adam dominion over all the earth, Adam made a wrong choice and fell from that position of authority, Jesus Christ (thank God for Him) came and made a sacrifice to God that God found acceptable, and God resurrected Jesus and gave Jesus ALL the power to take all that authority back from the devil and his cronies.

Ephesians 6:12 for OUR struggle is not against flesh and blood, but (our struggle) is against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms....so i quite believe you when you say you are being visited, harassed and terrorized by something.

AND now Jesus says, behold ALL authority in Heaven and Earth has been given to me Mathew 28:18

And Jesus said...And these signs shall accompany those who believe, IN MY NAME THE WILL DRIVE OUT DEMONS.... Mark 16:17

1 John 3:8..........The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's works

If anyone tries to command satan out of their lives without accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and saviour, it will be dangerous for them! (perhaps someone could help me out here, i have been unable to find the place in scripture about the story of the seven sons of someone!! who heard (i think and saw), the disciples casting out demons in the name of Jesus, and they themselves were not followers of the Way and they tried this on someone and the demon spoke to them and said...Paul I know and.....i know but who are you? and the demon beat all seven of them up pretty bad) so it is imperative that one do things Gods way according to His instructions in the Bible.

This is jus one of the reasons the devil hates you and terrorizes you so bad Slich, cause you have access to the Power that can turn the tables on the enemy of your soul in the blink of an eye, but only if you do it correctly. To him it is jus so so so unfair man, cause you invited him in, in the first place, and now you can kick him out through this simple yet amazing FREE gift God has given you access to and ya dont even have to work for it, all He asks is that you simply BELIEVE....we do it by faith.

We simply come with child like faith to receive the Free gift and the awesome power that goes with it, isn't God's grace to us jus fabulous...and God has even supplied us with that Faith already....He has given to each person a measure of faith......Hallelujah V..I.C..T..O..R..Y is so sweet man.

God bless you in your conquest. :wink:
Much love in Christ
beam

 

[shipwrecksoul]

This is the stuff dreams are made of

Thank you Beam,
I will pray for you Slich in the dilemma you face.
God has blessed you to Beam. He has a plan for you and slich and all in Christ. Take care and God bless.

 

[ChildrenOfLight]

Everyone, at times, has nightmares. It is natural. However,

Seventeen years ago, I began experiencing these terrors. And still
today those terrors plague my sleep.

The Reaper (or whatever it is labelled in your religion) appears, sometimes
accompanied by a monk dressed in black. The monk always attempts to kill me.

I have also physical evidence of these dreams.


I have spoken with religious figures of this (priest, mon signor etc), and
they believe that my actions as a dark cultist in my teens has caused a
demon to cling/attatch itself to me.

Could you assist me in shedding light into this? I may have studied theology
for years, however this one has me baffled.

DEMON, BE GONE, OUT OF YOU IN JESUS' NAME.

there, go sleep

praise God right before you pass out!

bless ya
<3

 

[shipwrecksoul]

50,000 angels

Dear Father,
I pray for Slich whether it is through disobedience of either omission or remission that you would send 50,000 angels when he sleeps at night so slich can focus on your love for him and humble himself in resting in your grace by your mercy for him. by calling on your only Son as his Savior the "Lord Jesus Christ". I ask this in the name of your beloved Son Jesus dear Father amen.
Even if the devil himself was in your room right now he must FLEE!

 

[rlowe]

I have heard Satan called the Grim Reaper.

The closer you get to God the more you are aware of the presence of evil.
The Satan doesn't want you to know that Jesus is the Ressurection & the Life.

I would suggest listening to below song then singing with it with feeling.

YouTube - Carman - Get Outta My Life (1984)

 

[RJ]

Slich,

The human conscience can be a fragile thing; this is especially true if you live in fear. For a Christian, there is no doubt that this fear is from your occult experience and a life control by lies and untruths.

Some here have already told you that Jesus and God live in the light, which means truth. Satan and his followers love and live in the darkness, which is a lie. Your bad dreams and negative thoughts keep you in bondage to the untruth because they are lies.

If you are not a true, born again Christian, this makes no sense to you. You see only these negatives thougts and, without any substantial influence from good and positive thoughts, you think you have no choice but allow them to plague your conscience and therefore start believing in them.

You are here for a reason and most of us here at TJ would agree to that. This is no coincidence that you are hear seeking truth. You are seeking because your occult experiences have left you on empty having a void feeling from with in. You see satan can never fill you with peace and love that you really seek, he can only fill you with lies of hate, mis-trust, negatives and especially no self worth or value.

Our God loves you still no matter what you think you have done. If you a currently a believer or a non-believer, God loves you ; He loves you as much as He loves His own Son. And, I tell you this truth from the Bible, you are forgiven and you were born forgiven. There is absolutely nothing that you have done that you are not forgiven for, except one thing, not beleiving in the resurrected life of His Son, Jesus Christ.

I don't know anything about demons clinging or attaching themselves to you. I know we read about such things happening in the Od Testament. But I do know this, as a believing Christian, the devil was defeated at the cross and God has put him under our feet.

From the point of being a believer, you will understand this, We now live under the New Covenant (promise from God) of grace and love. Any bad dreams, bad thoughts, negative thoughts or feelings are not of God. So if they are from satan or just conjured up in your own mind, they are to be cast out as lies and the untruth. It is an impossibility for them to hurt you physically, so why let them control you mentally.

Since you are here seeking the truth, no better time than now to get started. You can't give God a try and truly discover the answers to your questions, unless you are willing to give Him a try and you can start with th Bible.

Start with the New Testament and, for the time being, don't spend alot of time in the Old Testament unless it is referenced to.
Matthew, Mark, Luke , John and Acts, will teach much about Jesus Christ. Romans on, will teach you things about forgiveness, salvation, Grace and God's unconditional love.

So, get started on your journey towards truth and find out that God wants is Son to live his resurrected life through you and gain the true love ad peace that you seek and your salvation for all eternity.

 

[RJ]

One additional thought to clearify:

All Chrisitians, know this as much as anything we know, we all came seeking something we didn't have and found it Jesus Christ, and you are as deserving now as we were then.
There is absolutely nothing that can prevent you from having the salvation and happiness that we share, except your ultimate failure to admit your sinful nature and your own denial of Jesus.
Learn about Him and discover that He is already " knocking at your door"!

 

[Veracity]

Everyone, at times, has nightmares. It is natural. However,

Seventeen years ago, I began experiencing these terrors. And still
today those terrors plague my sleep.

The Reaper (or whatever it is labelled in your religion) appears, sometimes
accompanied by a monk dressed in black. The monk always attempts to kill me.

I have also physical evidence of these dreams.


I have spoken with religious figures of this (priest, mon signor etc), and
they believe that my actions as a dark cultist in my teens has caused a
demon to cling/attatch itself to me.

Could you assist me in shedding light into this? I may have studied theology
for years, however this one has me baffled.

I would be very interested to know what the physical evidence is.
I have dealt with being physically attacked by demons, which the Lord used to teach me something years ago. Not that this is the same.

I have already been ridiculed and condemned and put through the ringer regarding "this just doesn't happen if you have a good relationship with the Lord"...not true. It really depends on where you are in the Lord. You may send privately if you don't wish to disclose.

 

[RJ]

I would be very interested to know what the physical evidence is.
I have dealt with being physically attacked by demons, which the Lord used to teach me something years ago. Not that this is the same.

I have already been ridiculed and condemned and put through the ringer regarding "this just doesn't happen if you have a good relationship with the Lord"...not true. It really depends on where you are in the Lord. You may send privately if you don't wish to disclose.

Veracity,.
I agree that the Lord will use any experience of ours to gain knowleged about Him and the truth about the gospel but, I have a question :

1. Are these negative thoughts or physical attacks of yours from the Lord? You can PM if you wish.

 

[shipwrecksoul]

This May Help

A long time ago I went to a Neil Anderson seminar which lasted a week. He touch on the topic of demons and bondage, I even got him to sign my book. Well anyway towards the end of the seminar he and his group handed out booklets that were titled "Resolving Personal and Spiritual Conflicts." I opened it up while in a crowd of about 800 and started reading it as he was walking everyone through the pages. I got to the last page and it had 4 lists of things people might do in response to wrong and disobedience. I read the list and the last list was like chewing gum, talking back to the teacher blah blah blah. But the first list was horrendous in what people were capable to be involved in. I said to myself this list aint no way Im on it. So I said hey lets ask God. So I said dear Lord am I on this first list. And you know what it was like the Lord took a computer mouse and clicked it on my conscious and opened up what I was involved as a child of 9. I had done everything on the bad list. I was amazed. My conscience had made me forget it but the Lord brought it to light.
The reason I write all of this I believe, and im not talking about doctrine of demons be cast out here there and everywhere, that a lot of people suffer bondage thats related to decisions of what they did in the past or what their father or mother did.
So I think deliverance is needed for those in bondage of these things. And only the Lord can open the door. But it takes people who have fasted and prayed and who are not in rebellion or involved in a secret sin.
I hope what I wrote here can be of value to someone seeking the power of God and what he can do for them.
If anyone has any other questions they can PM me.
Only the Lord Jesus can set you free.

 

[Veracity]

Veracity,.
I agree that the Lord will use any experience of ours to gain knowleged about Him and the truth about the gospel but, I have a question :

1. Are these negative thoughts or physical attacks of yours from the Lord? You can PM if you wish.

I am not some idiot trying to create a new religion or something. At the time this took place, (1983) I was very happy in relationship to the Lord, I asked a question and He answered, with a show and tell so to speak. He never allowed any harm to come to me, and I learned a very valuable lesson. I was not having negative thoughts, but funny you should mention thoughts , anyway, I would share more if you are really interested in a PM when I can have time to explain it better.

The attacks were not from the Lord, but they were allowed by the Lord...if you can make sense of that.

Jeez...whatever I say, sounds crazy, but oh well, God does not think like we do.

 

[RJ]

I am not some idiot trying to create a new religion or something. At the time this took place, (1983) I was very happy in relationship to the Lord, I asked a question and He answered, with a show and tell so to speak. He never allowed any harm to come to me, and I learned a very valuable lesson. I was not having negative thoughts, but funny you should mention thoughts , anyway, I would share more if you are really interested in a PM when I can have time to explain it better.

The attacks were not from the Lord, but they were allowed by the Lord...if you can make sense of that.

Jeez...whatever I say, sounds crazy, but oh well, God does not think like we do.

I seem to have struck a nerve. I apologize if I inadvertanly offended you, that was not intended. That's why cyberspace is not an effective venue as face to face. It is often too easy to recieve a different connotation than intended. I would be very interested in hearing more in a PM. And again, sorry!

 

[Veracity]

I seem to have struck a nerve. I apologize if I inadvertanly offended you, that was not intended. That's why cyberspace is not an effective venue as face to face. It is often too easy to recieve a different connotation than intended. I would be very interested in hearing more in a PM. And again, sorry!

I am not at all offended...just reassuring anyone, that I am not trying make a 'new' religion, or romanticize satanic presence...simple as that. (trust me, someone will think that way) When the subject is about the 'evil spirit' realm, some people don't like to believe it is there, or they assume you are in the occult...etc etc.

Really, the only thing that strikes a 'nerve' on me is my children
And they do it very well.:weirdo:

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I have already been ridiculed and condemned and put through the ringer regarding "this just doesn't happen if you have a good relationship with the Lord"...not true.

I am a lover of catch phrases and buzz words. A catch phrase I heard soon after coming to Christ (and found to be sooo true) is, "If the devil doesn't know your name, its a sign that you're not doing anything (for the Kingdom)."

SLE

 

[AbbysAunt]

Reply to told I need salvation

Hi,

I too am a child of Jesus Christ. Been saved since I was around 13 years old, but during my late 20's and early 30's I went through a time where things were not so good. Was into things I normally wouldn't be and started slipping further from the Lord. I remember my mom sitting me down and telling me I had the miserableness or I could choose God again and I got on my knees and did choose God and Have been so blessed since then.

However once I was back on the road to spiritual recovery I too was attacked in a dream by a demon I believe. I remember I could see it floating above me...it was a shapeless black mass and then it seemed to come down and started to smother me and I couldnt breath or move..then I remember screaming for Jesus to help me and whatever it was left. Now, I'm not sure whether it was a dream or real but it scared me enough to never go back to that bedroom again. I was once again attacked after I moved out of my old place into my new apartment and this time it also tried to smother me and let me tell you it scared me so bad I slept with the light on and a bible on my bed. I am able to sleep very peaceful thanks to the Lord Himself putting His shield of protection around me...I will not give up my safe space to a demon of satan's....it is not welcome only God Himself is. I still sleep with the word of God on my bed because it makes me feel safe.

I think satan wants to scare us and we need to take back power...say you are not welcome here in our homes, lives or otherwise you leave us alone and one way of doing that is to keep the word of God near at all times and wear our spiritual armor at all times. We can call on the name of Jesus and demons must flee...His power is way more than satan or his demon's could ever be.

I do hope these attacks stop on you and that you can find some peace. God bless you.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I think satan wants to scare us and we need to take back power...

Why does one need to take back power unless it was surrendered to the devil? Being hammered by the enemy is a sign that he's trying to break your resistance; it's not a sign that your resistance IS broken. If he had control of you, he wouldn't waste time pestering you.

"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (Jas 4:7 NIV)

SLE