1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:11,519 Speaker 1: Welcome to vlat Subject podcast. Our mission at Vlatimery Subject 2 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:17,519 Ministries is to reach the world globally and disciple them digitally. 3 00:00:18,199 --> 00:00:21,199 Let's dive into this episode. 4 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,879 Speaker 2: The truth about witches in your church. What if I 5 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,640 told you not everyone. 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,679 Speaker 3: Who sits in the church is there moortion Jesus. 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,039 Speaker 2: Some people come hungry for God, some people come out 8 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:39,759 of a habit, some people come for community, and yes, 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:50,320 sometimes people come with dark spiritual activity with assignments to monitor, manipulate, curse, seduce. 10 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:51,759 Speaker 3: And even cause division. 11 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: Now listen, this video is not to make you a 12 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,799 paranoid or to turn you into a spiritual deliverance detective, 13 00:00:58,399 --> 00:01:00,560 nor is it to create a witch in the. 14 00:01:00,479 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: Body of Christ. 15 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: But it's something that we need to restore in the 16 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:06,879 body of Christ, and that is discernment. Because the Bible 17 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:09,719 says we don't wrestle against flesh and blood. We do 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,239 wrestle against spiritual powers. And the enemy loves to hide 19 00:01:13,439 --> 00:01:16,519 in the religious environments. And today I'm going to share 20 00:01:16,519 --> 00:01:18,560 with you the truth about which is in the church. 21 00:01:18,599 --> 00:01:21,560 What the Bible actually shows, how the enemy operates in 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:22,359 the House of God. 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 3: The signs of occultic. 24 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: Influence without you accusing people unjustly and what to do 25 00:01:28,239 --> 00:01:31,599 biblically as a believer if you see this in the church. 26 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:33,719 Now from the beginning, I want to set the foundation 27 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:39,439 very clear. The Bible clearly prohibits witchcraft and occult practices 28 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:44,480 in Deuteronomy chapter eighteen. The New Testament shows even deeper 29 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,280 reality of the spiritual world. You will see a guy 30 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:51,519 in the Bible in the New Testament, Simon the Sorcerer, 31 00:01:51,959 --> 00:01:55,959 who tried to mix power with the Gospel after he 32 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,560 professed to be a fallover of Christ. In Book of 33 00:01:59,599 --> 00:02:04,319 accept eight you will see also a demonized girl used 34 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:09,280 for divination, following Paul and saying all the right things. 35 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:14,039 You will see emas the Sorcerer resisting the Gospel. And 36 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,840 Book of Acts chapter thirteen. So you see these interactions 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,919 with the men of God, preachers, and the occultic world 38 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,159 in some cases where the occultic world try to infiltrate 39 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,199 the churches. So it's true that dark influences exist, but 40 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,039 you must remember not everybody that's struggling is a witch. 41 00:02:33,719 --> 00:02:37,599 Some people are bound, some people are deceived, some people 42 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,680 need deliverance, some people need discipleship. 43 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 3: That's why the scripture teaches. 44 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,039 Speaker 2: Us in First John chapter four, verse one, that test 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,719 the spirits. That means we test, we don't jump to conclusions, 46 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,080 we don't accuse, we discern, we don't slander. So what 47 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,719 do I mean by witches in the church? Because when 48 00:02:57,719 --> 00:03:00,680 you hear the word which some people think of movies, 49 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,080 but biblically, the deeper issue is witchcraft, which is an 50 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:13,680 attempt to control reality or manipulate reality spiritually outside of 51 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,919 biblical borders or outside of submission to God. Witchcraft is 52 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,439 more than just lighting candles and casting spells. Witchcraft in 53 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:26,960 the Bible is tied to manipulating, dominating, intimidating, and rebellion 54 00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:30,879 as the spiritual nature of it in Galatians chapter five, 55 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:34,840 where actually witchcraft and sorcery is listed as the work 56 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:37,240 of the flesh. So in the church setting, a cult 57 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:41,479 influence shows up, usually in two kinds of lanes. O 58 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,599 Cult pratitioners or people who practice a cult who attend 59 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:50,240 with hidden involvement, so they practice witchcraft and they are 60 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,599 there as like spiritual spies. And the other one is 61 00:03:54,639 --> 00:03:58,879 the witchcraft like control that operates through people who are 62 00:03:58,919 --> 00:04:02,599 not necessarily involved with spells and they are not in 63 00:04:02,639 --> 00:04:06,639 the contract or covenant with demons, but they're through the flesh, 64 00:04:07,039 --> 00:04:12,639 allowing manipulation, domination, and spiritual intimidation to operate in the church. 65 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,439 And they'll never call themselves witches, but they do act 66 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,079 like those. So here are the five realities or warning 67 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,959 signs of occultic influence in the church. 68 00:04:23,079 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 3: Now, remember these are patterns. 69 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: We're talking about fruit, we're talking about behavior, So don't 70 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,560 use any of them to write away label somebody in 71 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,120 your church, but it's important that we highlight them. Number 72 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,319 one sign is these people are drawn to power, not 73 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:45,279 to God's presence, So they don't love Jesus. They love power. 74 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,839 You'll notice things like an obsession with manifestations but not 75 00:04:50,079 --> 00:04:53,879 the fruit of the spirit, or not transformation. They're interested 76 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,120 in codes and secrets especial revelations, but they're not interested 77 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,680 in scripture. They want a lot of influence and they 78 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:06,199 want access, especially being near leaders or prayer teams. And 79 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,160 this is actually assignment. In Book of Acts, chapter eight, 80 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,759 he saw power and wanted to buy it. So the 81 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,759 question you got to ask is this does this person 82 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:21,040 hunger for holiness or do they hunger for control and power? 83 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,079 Now you may say is it wrong to be hungry 84 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,319 for power, not necessarily, but as Christians are hunger, the 85 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,720 Bible says, blessed to those who hunger for righteousness. The 86 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,399 hunger for the Word of God, and the hunger for 87 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:35,720 the presence of God has to become first for the Christian, 88 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,439 not for power. Do we want power, absolutely, do we 89 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:41,600 ask God for power? 90 00:05:41,639 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 3: Absolutely? 91 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:46,079 Speaker 2: Our main hunger is for the presence. The second sign 92 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,240 is this is they resist repentance, but they do love 93 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:55,639 attention and platform. So when the word is preached, broken 94 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:01,160 people repent. Often occultic influence read acts to the word 95 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:05,480 of God when it's preached with irritation when conviction is present, 96 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:12,800 offense when correction is given, anger when they are confronted, 97 00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:16,000 and the refusal to submit to leadership or any sort 98 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,480 of accountability. So when somebody is operating with the occultic influence, 99 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:25,600 you will notice when they are convicted, they're irritated, when 100 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,920 they're corrected, they're offended, when they're confronted, they're get angry, 101 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,279 and they refuse to submit to any accountability. But they 102 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,959 still want to be seen, they still want a lead, 103 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:38,399 and they still want access. And so that's a reflac 104 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:45,399 when somebody wants authority and wants no accountability because witchcraft 105 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,079 and a cult will never submit and they will never 106 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,319 correct their behavior when they're confronted, and repentance is not 107 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:59,079 on the radar. Control is influences and accesses. It's a 108 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,040 big draw drive for access. 109 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,439 Speaker 3: And influence, not for repentance. 110 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,079 Speaker 2: The third sign is they operate through whisperings and divisions. 111 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:17,600 Dark demonic influence loves to plant seeds, and the seeds 112 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:20,800 go like this, did you hear what the pastor said? 113 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:25,759 I don't feel peace about this leader. God showed me 114 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:30,000 something about them, and it's always destructive. They would rarely 115 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,839 confront someone biblically, but they will recruit emotionally, so they 116 00:07:35,879 --> 00:07:39,759 don't bring solutions. They always bring suspicions. And the enemy 117 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:44,040 knows if he cannot stop the church with persecution, he 118 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,120 will seek to stop the church with division, which starts 119 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:53,600 with emotional recruitments, where people sow seeds of suspicion. They 120 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,720 would never go talk to that person because there's nothing 121 00:07:56,759 --> 00:07:59,759 to talk about. They'll go and talk about that person 122 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,279 and they're just pretty much. They love whispering. They're into 123 00:08:03,319 --> 00:08:07,680 whispering about people. The fourth sign is they try to 124 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:12,959 attach themselves to spiritual leaders and people in position, and 125 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,560 many times even intercessors. In Book of Acts sixteen, they 126 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,000 demonized the girl. Interestingly, she didn't follow just any Christian. 127 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:26,879 She followed Paul. Close proximity. Occultic influence comes to monitor 128 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:33,200 what God is doing, gather information, and intimidate sensitive people, 129 00:08:33,759 --> 00:08:38,200 disrupt prayer. Paul was headed to prayer and moments of 130 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:44,200 encounters with God. And they'll often be unusually interested in 131 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,399 and who is on the worship team, who is on 132 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:52,120 the deliverance team, what the pastor is planning, and who 133 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:56,279 has the influence. Not because they love the church, listen 134 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,799 to this. It's because they love leverage and they love 135 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,399 that access. Sometimes they'll even buy that access through giving. 136 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,279 Sometimes they'll buy that access through contributions. And that's why 137 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,080 as leaders people in positions, we have to be very careful. 138 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,120 Not everybody who says these are the servants a Most 139 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,919 High God. The source is God. You have to discern 140 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:27,559 otherwise you will be leveraged and you will fall prey. Well, 141 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,120 they said all the right things, they did all the 142 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:34,080 right things, but the spirit with which they did it 143 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,440 was wrong. Because they needed access to the leader, and 144 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,320 so you gotta practice discernment. The fifth sign is there 145 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,039 is usually a spiritual cloud around this person or these people. 146 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:51,080 They have confusion, heaviness, intimidation. This is harder to explain, 147 00:09:51,399 --> 00:09:54,960 but this stuff is real. When a cultic influence is near, 148 00:09:55,279 --> 00:09:59,519 you will notice sudden mental fog during worship or around 149 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,080 that person. You will notice heaviness and distraction around the 150 00:10:04,159 --> 00:10:07,000 time when it's a time to go to the altar. 151 00:10:08,039 --> 00:10:12,679 You will notice fear intimidation rising and paralyzing the room. 152 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,799 And you will also notice strange manifestations that pull away 153 00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:21,879 from our focus on Jesus. Let me say this very clearly. 154 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,559 Not every strange moment is a witch, not every manifestation 155 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:33,000 is demonic, but things that constantly induce confusion, fear, control 156 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,399 and distractions from Christ. 157 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 3: That is a red flag. 158 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 2: Because the Holy Spirit exalts Jesus, he doesn't distract us 159 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:41,879 from Jesus. 160 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,039 Speaker 3: So what should you do? What should the church do? 161 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: Well? Number one is that don't panic, but also don't accuse. 162 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:56,879 Accusations destroy churches. If you start labeling people, which without evidence, 163 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,120 you actually become a weapon in the hands. 164 00:10:59,879 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 3: Of the enemy. 165 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 2: Discernment is quiet wisdom, is slow and love is careful 166 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,759 or patient. So don't rush, don't panic, and nor should 167 00:11:11,759 --> 00:11:14,759 you right away start whispering and labeling people as witches. 168 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,919 Pray and ask God to bring things to the surface. 169 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:24,080 Ask God to expose what needs to be exposed, and 170 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,240 heal what needs to be healed. Sometimes people are just 171 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:34,240 hurt deceived, and sometimes there set their minds to actually 172 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:39,159 sent by Satan into churches. Light and God has a 173 00:11:39,159 --> 00:11:41,240 way of exposing things, and that's when we need to 174 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,799 start praying. Sometimes you need to start fasting. And then 175 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,039 there's also a biblical order to follow, which means if 176 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,799 you are going to go and confront this person and 177 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,320 you know that this person has an occultic agenda behind it, 178 00:11:52,759 --> 00:11:58,399 don't confront this person alone. Involve pastoral leadership, document things 179 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,440 as well, patterns, not just your feelings and your preferences, 180 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,000 and handle things with maturity but also protection, which is 181 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,480 why it's very important not to do it alone church leadership. 182 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 3: Pastors. 183 00:12:10,879 --> 00:12:16,039 Speaker 2: Leaders should also guard their prayer teams. We should train 184 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,879 our ushers, our ultra workers, and we should have protocols 185 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:24,799 for disruptive behaviors. We should prioritize discipleship and deliverance, but 186 00:12:24,919 --> 00:12:28,600 not major and drama. Not seek the drama that we 187 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:35,840 should as church. Have grace, but also boundaries, and remember 188 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:42,240 the goal of Christian confrontation is repentance and deliverance, not humiliation. 189 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,000 Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Sometimes 190 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,399 the person you suspect is actually bound, they just need freedom. 191 00:12:48,799 --> 00:12:52,960 Sometimes they're truly involved in darkness, and the church needs wisdom, 192 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,759 firmness and actually remove that person from the fellowship. But 193 00:12:56,879 --> 00:12:59,679 the heart behind all of that is the people to 194 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,919 be rescued, redeemed and delivered. Yes, darkness can walk into 195 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,440 the church, but darkness is not close to light when 196 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,639 the church is full of prayer and fasting, full of 197 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:12,799 God's Word, full of holiness, and full of love. Witchcraft 198 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,759 will try, but it cannot dominate the atmosphere. So this 199 00:13:17,799 --> 00:13:19,919 is my call to action to every believer, and that 200 00:13:20,039 --> 00:13:23,240 is this. If you're a believer walking on fire for God, 201 00:13:23,799 --> 00:13:27,840 please don't be naive, have some discernment. If you're a leader, 202 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,840 do not tolerate manipulation, division, guard the flock. And if 203 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,799 you're watching this and you are involved in witchcraft or 204 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:36,480 a cult. 205 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: Listen to me. 206 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 2: Jesus can set you free. You don't have to hide, 207 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,759 you don't have to stay bound. And if you want 208 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:44,279 to renounce that darkness and return to Jesus, say this 209 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,679 with me, Say Lord Jesus, I repent for any involvement 210 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,919 with you, occult, known or unknown. I have renounced witchcraft, 211 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,559 I renounce sorcery. I renounce this divination and every demonic 212 00:13:56,639 --> 00:13:57,559 lie I belong to. 213 00:13:57,639 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 3: Jesus. 214 00:13:58,519 --> 00:14:02,159 Speaker 2: Cleanse me right now, forgive me and fill me with 215 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,960 the Holy Spirit in Jesus' name. Amen, thank you for 216 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,639 watching this video and share this with others so that 217 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,399 we as churches can grow on righteousness, impurity and not 218 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,720 allow infiltrations from the dark one. 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