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Hello, I'm Yvonne Shelton.
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I have to say that this is a
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most
uncomfortable situation for me.
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It's not just that I'm
speaking to the world church
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which in and of
itself is pretty daunting.
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It's also that I'm very aware
of the politically correct world
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in which we live
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where many accuse others
of judging and hate speech
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when one is merely calling
sin by its rightful name.
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So, let me give my
disclaimer upfront.
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I'm a sinner saved by grace
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and what I'm
sharing with you today
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is as much for me... as for
everyone who hears my voice.
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I also want to say
to my friends, patients,
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professors and colleagues
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with whom I
practiced Acupuncture,
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Iridology and
Reflexology... I love you dearly
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and I'm not
indicting you as individuals
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or on a personal level
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but the philosophies that you
taught, practiced and supported
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probably
unknowingly were tainted.
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So, please know that
what I share today...
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I share with love.
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If you have your Bibles,
let's read 1st Timothy 4:1
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in the New King James Version.
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I'll read it in your hearing.
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"Now the Spirit expressly
says that in latter times
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some will depart from the faith,
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giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons. "
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My Presentation today is
entitled: Deceiving Spirits.
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Pray with me,
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"Dear Lord, I just pray for
Your power... Your anointing,
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I pray that You will use me.
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Thank you, in
Jesus' name, amen. "
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One of the gravest
dangers of the modern Christian
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is deception.
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In Matthew 24 verses 3 and 4,
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the disciples came to
Jesus privately and said,
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"Tell us, when
will these things be
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and what will be
the sign of Your coming
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and of the end of the age?"
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And the very first thing
that Jesus said to them was,
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"Take heed that
no one deceives you.
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For many will come in My
name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
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and will deceive many. "
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Indeed most of us know that
we're living in the last days.
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Have you ever thought
that maybe being deceived
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is a choice?
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If it weren't, Jesus wouldn't
have told us not to be deceived.
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He wouldn't have
told us to take heed
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or check ourselves out.
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We're not
victims of deception...
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we choose to be deceived.
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It sounds kind
of harsh doesn't it?
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Well, Jesus was well aware of
the work of the great deceiver.
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He knew exactly what had
happened in the Garden of Eden
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in the scene of the
first earthly deception.
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Ah, that
beautiful Garden of Eden...
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Adam and Eve
were so happy there.
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Elohim in His
great creative work
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had given them a
paradise in which to live.
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In Genesis 2:9 it says,
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"And out of the ground
the Lord made every tree grow
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that is pleasant to the
sight and good for food.
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The tree of life was also
in the midst of the garden,
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and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. "
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And verses 16 and 17 say,
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"And the Lord
commanded the man, saying,
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'Of every tree of the
garden you may freely eat;
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but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil
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you shall not eat,
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for in the day that you eat
of it you shall surely die. '"
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Now, notice that
every tree was beautiful.
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It was pleasant to the sight
and good for food... every tree,
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there were no
poisonous plants...
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no nasty fruit...
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Elohim the
Creator God knew full well
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what Satan was capable of
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and what his intentions were.
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God had warned Adam and Eve
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to stay away from the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil.
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So, let's apply our
sanctified imaginations here.
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On this particular day,
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Eve found herself
looking at the forbidden tree
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for in it was a beautiful
serpent that could talk.
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This must be a special tree
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for no other tree in the garden
had a talking serpent in it.
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She moved closer to it
than she had ever moved before.
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She knew she shouldn't
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but it wouldn't hurt to
see what the serpent was doing
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or hear what he was saying.
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She was transfixed... beguiled
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and every other
word you can think of
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to describe her attraction
to this unusual creature
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and then the serpent asked her,
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"Has God indeed said, 'You
shall not eat of every tree
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in the garden?'"
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Eve answered... I'm
going to paraphrase...
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"We may eat any of the
fruit from all the other trees,
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except this one...
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God said that if we eat
or even touch this fruit,
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we will surely die... "
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and can't you just hear
the serpent kind of chuckle
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as though she's
naive when he answered,
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"Huh, you will not surely die,
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for God knows that in
the day that you eat it,
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your eyes will be
opened and you will be like God
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knowing good and evil. "
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Now, what did
the serpent offer Eve
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that was different from
any other tree in the garden?
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Remember, all the
trees were beautiful...
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all had fruit
that was good for food.
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No... this was different...
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it was a tree
to make her wise...
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this tree would
give her wisdom...
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hidden knowledge that
she didn't have before.
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It would make her like God
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and she took the fruit... ate it
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and gave it to
Adam and he ate it too.
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I find it very interesting
that in verse 22 of Genesis 3
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the Lord God said,
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"Behold, the man has
become like one of Us,
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to know good and evil. "
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Well, wait a minute...
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was God saying that He was
threatened by His creatures
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because they now have
knowledge that only He has?
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Of course not.
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What I do think he
was saying was that
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Adam and Eve had
now been disobedient
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and their eyes were
now opened with evil.
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Through their disobedience,
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their natures were
immediately changed
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from perfection at
Creation to sinful human beings.
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They had experienced sin
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and unlike God their Creator
could not be exposed to it
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without being tainted by it.
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They had to be
removed from the garden.
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Eve had been
duped by the deceiver
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and Adam went along with it.
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Eve's desire for hidden wisdom
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is what gets so many
folks caught up today.
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Let's re-examine
today's Scripture.
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In 1st Timothy 4:1 it says,
"Now the Spirit expressly says,
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that in latter times some
will depart from the faith,
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giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons. "
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In this verse, the Holy Spirit
warns us of three dangers:
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The danger of departing
from the faith or apostasy...
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the danger of
deception by deceiving spirits
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and the danger of doctrines
of demons or false teachings
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from demons.
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This idea of
deception is so important
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that Jesus and the Holy
Spirit warned us about it.
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At one point, I too
was in spiritual danger
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and caught up in deception.
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I'm a third generation
Seventh-day Adventist.
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I grew up in a family in which
my parents and grandparents
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at some point all
worked for the Denomination.
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I was educated
in Adventist schools
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until my
sophomore in High School
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and then I also attended
what was Oakwood College...
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it's Oakwood University now
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at the time and until my
Junior year I attended Oakwood
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and so, I knew the beliefs
of our church quite well.
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I remained an
Adventist Christian
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until after my mother died
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and after her death... I began
to drift away from the church,
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I became interested in
Horoscopes and as I look back,
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I realize that that was
a point of entry for Satan.
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It seemed pretty
harmless, you know,
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checking out compatible
signs and personality traits...
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there couldn't be anything
wrong with that... could there?
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Well, in Proverbs
14:12 the Bible says,
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"There is a way that
seemeth right to a man,
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but the end thereof
is the way of death. "
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I began to sing
professionally in my late 20s
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and with that emerging career,
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I began to drift
further away from the Lord.
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I remember going to a
Studio where one day I met a guy
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that told me that he
was a Wiccan... a male witch
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and he seemed pretty normal.
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He wasn't a weirdo... he just...
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he said that not
all witches were bad
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and that they worshipped nature.
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He asked me if
there was something
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that I wanted him
to pray for for me
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and I told him that
I... I wanted to be rich
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and he said... he
would pray for that.
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I'm so ashamed
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that I actually had
someone pray to the enemy of God
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to ask for wealth for me.
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Why did I do that?
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What was I thinking?
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Well, fast
forward to the year 2000
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and by now I had returned to
the church... praise the Lord
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and now, instead of
making my living singing,
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I was into Alternative Medicine.
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I became a
Naturopathic Doctor...
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I was certified in
Iridology, Reflexology...
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I became a Massage Therapist...
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I studied
Kinesiology, Aromatherapy...
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I was on a roll with
New Age Medicine modalities
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and I didn't even realize
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that there was
anything wrong with them.
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I stayed away from Reiki
which is a form of massage
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and involves the
transfer of energy
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from the
Practitioner to the Client
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but I was open to learning more.
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So, I decided to go
to Acupuncture School.
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During my journey, I
was more and more interested
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in learning
about natural medicine.
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It all sounds
pretty harmless doesn't it?
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Little by little, I
became driven to know things
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that others didn't.
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I enjoyed the power that I had
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to stop pain in just a touch.
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I could recommend an herb
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that would make a difference
in someone's symptoms.
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My pride was being massaged
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as I continued to grow in
my various fields of study
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and the perennial
student that I am,
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I became obsessed with learning
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about these
different modalities.
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I acquired multiple
certifications and degrees
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and I decided to look into
traditional Chinese medicine
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also known as TCM.
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TCM training would offer
me a way to diagnose and treat
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ailments using the TCM Model
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so I'd be in a
supervised clinical environment
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learning from some
great professors in my field.
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So, I went to the Dallas
College in Oriental Medicine
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and was pretty impressed.
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I asked the Rep from the School
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whether or not Acupuncture
was related to Eastern Religion
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and he told me... there
was no direction connection
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between them, although he said,
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Acupuncture does have
some ideas from Daoism.
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Well, that was enough for me.
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Huh, I later discovered though
that that really wasn't true.
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Acupuncture is
directly influenced by Daoism
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and its Cosmology.
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So, let's talk a
little bit about Daoism.
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Daoism is about "The Dao"
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or otherwise
known as "The Way. "
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The Dao is said to be the
ultimate creative principle
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of the universe.
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All things are unified
and connected in the Dao.
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The core basic belief
and doctrine of Daoism
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is that the Dao
is the origin and law
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of all things in the universe.
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So, already, are
you seeing a conflict?
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Jesus said in John 14:6,
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"I am the way, the
truth, and the life:
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no man commeth unto
the Father, but by Me. "
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He didn't say that
the "Dao" is the way.
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The "Dao" is not God...
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the "Dao" and
"Daoism" is not worshipped,
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in fact, in Daoism
there's no Omnipotent Being
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beyond the Cosmos
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who created and
controls the universe.
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The Dao is some impersonal
force that governs and creates
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but there are Deities that
are worshipped in Dao's temples
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and these Deities...
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most of which are
borrowed from other cultures
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are a part of the universe
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and depend like
everything else on the Dao.
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This is what they believe.
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They also believe that people
can become gods or live forever
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to practicing certain rituals
like Eastern Meditation...
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Feng Shui...
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Fortune Telling including
Astrology and the "I Ching"
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and other forms of divination.
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Talk about doctrines of demons!
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Eastern Meditation...
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Spiritual Immortality...
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Astrology and Divination...
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man becoming deities...
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all of these rituals and
practices are a part of Daoism
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which is the foundation
of Acupuncture and TCM.
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Pause...
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Now Jesus said in
Matthew 7 verses 15 to 20,
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"Beware of false prophets,
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who come to you
in sheep's clothing,
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but inwardly they
are ravenous wolves.
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You will know
them by their fruits.
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Do men gather
grapes from thorn bushes
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or figs from thistles?
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Even so, every good
tree bears good fruit,
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but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
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A good tree
cannot bear bad fruit,
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nor can a bad
tree bear good fruit.
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Every tree that does not
bear good fruit is cut down
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and thrown into the fire.
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Therefore by their
fruits you will know them. "
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So, I have a saying,
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"To know the
fruit... check the root. "
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We've already seen that
the root of Acupuncture and TCM
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is Daoism
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and Eastern
Philosophy and religion...
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the foundation of which is
Spiritualism and Astrology.
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Daoism is the source
of the dualistic concept
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of Yin and Yang... the
most fundamental tenet of TCM.
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It's a harmony of opposites
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and we have a symbol for
the... the Yin and Yang Symbol
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and it is a Daoist symbol.
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It shows opposites
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and these opposites
are not conflicting forces
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but complementary ones.
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With this concept,
there must be a balance.
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According to the classic
TCM Text Plain Questions,
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Yin and Yang... and I quote,
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"Yin and Yang are the
laws of heaven and earth...
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the great
framework of everything...
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the parents of change...
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the root and
beginning of life and death. "
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According to this theory then,
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Yin and Yang are
the sources of life.
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God is nowhere in the picture.
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Yin and Yang are the
foundation of Dao's cosmology.
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Cosmology is the science
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of the origin and
development of the universe.
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So, let me see if I can
explain this more simply.
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Think of day and
night for example...
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they're opposites, right?
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Well, at some
point, day becomes night
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and night becomes day.
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They're opposite
yet interdependent.
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Consider hot and cold...
Yang is hot and Yin is cold.
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According to Dao's
philosophy and TCM,
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health is the
balancing of the Yin and Yang.
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Too much of either
creates an imbalance
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that must be remedied
for there to be true health.
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Let's take another
look at the Yin-Yang Symbol.
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As you can see, the
symbol reflects fluidity
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and inter-connectedness
of opposites.
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The black segment is Yin
and the white segment is Yang.
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The black circle is
Yin and that's in Yang
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and the white segment
and the white circle Yang
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is in the black segment
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indicating that there is
Yin and Yang and Yang and Yin.
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Try saying that five times.
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In Daoism, there
are no absolutes.
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In other words,
there's good and evil
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and evil and good...
there's both in everything.
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Now, how does that line
up with the Word of God?
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Is there
evil... any evil in God?
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No way...
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1st John 1:5 says,
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"This is the message
which we have heard from Him
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and declare to
you that God is light
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and in Him is no
darkness at all. "
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There's no balancing
of good and evil in God.
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He is light... He is sinless...
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He is pure... He is perfect.
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Spiritualism is a
part of Daoism as well.
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The first encounter that I had
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with a relationship with
Spiritualism to Acupuncture
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was when in my
Theory of Acupuncture Class,
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I was introduced to the
Hun... the Po... and the Shen.
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They comprise the Dao's
concept of the five Shen.
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The Five Shen
are the five spirits
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associated with each of the
body's five Yin organ systems.
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Heart, kidney,
spleen, liver and lungs.
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Each of these
spirits has a connection
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not only with the Yin
organ and its associated element
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but also with the
energy of a planet
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and the direction
which is Astrology.
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So, to wake up the
Shen of the organs,
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is similar to calling in the
spirits for a Shamanic ritual.
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The Hun is the ethereal soul
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and the Po is
the corporeal soul.
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If this is not spiritualism,
I don't know what is.
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When I first read
about the Hun and the Po,
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I was horrified straight up.
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Additionally, when I
studied Acupuncture itself,
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I learned that there was a point
on the wrist called the Shenmen
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and when I needled this point,
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I was able to induce a
profound sense of relaxation
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in my patients.
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Some would see
colors as they relaxed.
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For your
information, by the way,
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Shenmen when
translated means: Spirit Gate.
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Believe it or not though, I
rationalized the whole thing
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and I thought: I'll
just keep those things
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that fit into my
Christian worldview
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and discard the rest.
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I rationalized the
Christian Physicians
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don't espouse Evolution
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so I could be a TCM Practitioner
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and not embrace Eastern Religion
or Eastern religious philosophy.
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How deceived I was.
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I wanted to be an Acupuncturist
00:17:40.82\00:17:43.06
and I had set my
heart upon that goal
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and I wasn't going to be moved.
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Astrology is another aspect of
TCM that you should know about.
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When I was in School,
it wasn't presented openly.
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Daoism and Astrology are
interwoven in TCM Cosmology.
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Dao's Cosmology teaches that
the body's vital energy or Chi
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travels through 12
meridians or pathways.
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These meridians
run from head to toe
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and interconnect around
361 primary points on the skin.
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There's a strong possibility
that this web of points
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was based on Astrological
Principles and Solar Mythology.
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This episteme or set
of fundamental beliefs
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are also indicating that a
person's health and destiny
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were determined by the
position of the sun... moon...
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the five planets and
the person's time of birth.
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According to this
worldview, each body segment
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corresponds to one of the 12
houses of the Chinese Zodiac.
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The meridians are named
according to their degree
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of Yin and Yang
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from Tai Yang to Jue Yin
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which are terms that describe
the phases and positions
00:18:51.26\00:18:54.00
of the sun and moon.
00:18:54.03\00:18:55.36
We learned about
the five-element theory
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and it could be used to
determine a treatment protocol
00:18:57.83\00:19:01.20
for the TCM patient.
00:19:01.24\00:19:03.14
Five-Element Theory is one
of the major systems of thought
00:19:03.17\00:19:06.84
within this medical model.
00:19:06.88\00:19:08.21
It is an important
theoretical foundation of TCM
00:19:08.24\00:19:11.78
and serves as one
of the major diagnostic
00:19:11.81\00:19:15.12
and treatment protocols.
00:19:15.15\00:19:16.48
When I studied
the five elements:
00:19:16.52\00:19:19.09
Wood... Fire...
Earth... Metal and Water,
00:19:19.12\00:19:21.49
I never put two
and two together.
00:19:21.52\00:19:23.26
I never thought
about those Earth Signs
00:19:23.29\00:19:25.36
that I used to read
about or Water Signs...
00:19:25.39\00:19:27.60
all of the years that I
innocently read horoscopes
00:19:27.63\00:19:31.40
and I never made the connection.
00:19:31.43\00:19:33.37
It just never
popped into my head
00:19:33.40\00:19:35.24
and yet we learned
that certain organs
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are connected to those elements
00:19:37.71\00:19:39.34
and each element is
connected to a planet.
00:19:39.37\00:19:43.04
In other words,
the five-element theory
00:19:43.08\00:19:46.68
was an extension of
the astrological system.
00:19:46.72\00:19:49.98
So, how does this
line up with the Word?
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In Deuteronomy 18
verses 9 through 14,
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God says, "When you enter
00:19:57.43\00:20:00.23
the land which the
Lord your God giveth thee...
00:20:00.26\00:20:03.00
do not learn to
imitate the detestable ways
00:20:03.03\00:20:05.73
of the nations there.
00:20:05.77\00:20:07.10
Let no one be found among you
00:20:07.14\00:20:08.90
who sacrifices their
son or daughter in the fire,
00:20:08.94\00:20:11.74
who practices
divination or sorcery,
00:20:11.77\00:20:14.68
interprets omens..
engages in witchcraft
00:20:14.71\00:20:17.55
or casts spells,
00:20:17.61\00:20:19.15
or who is a Medium or Spiritist
or who consults the dead.
00:20:19.18\00:20:23.18
Anyone who does these things
is detestable to the Lord;
00:20:23.22\00:20:27.19
because of these
same detestable practices
00:20:27.22\00:20:30.03
the Lord your God will drive
out those nations before you.
00:20:30.06\00:20:33.73
You must be blameless
before the Lord your God.
00:20:33.76\00:20:37.10
The nations you will dispossess
00:20:37.13\00:20:39.33
listened to those who
practiced sorcery or divination.
00:20:39.37\00:20:42.74
But as for you,
00:20:42.77\00:20:44.37
the Lord your God has
not permitted you to do so. "
00:20:44.41\00:20:48.14
In Isaiah 47
verses 13 to 15 it says,
00:20:48.18\00:20:51.55
"Let your
astrologers come forward,
00:20:51.58\00:20:54.92
those stargazers who make
predictions month by month,
00:20:54.95\00:20:58.15
let them save you from
what is coming upon you.
00:20:58.19\00:21:01.06
Surely they are like stubble;
00:21:01.09\00:21:02.82
the fire will burn them up.
00:21:02.86\00:21:04.49
They cannot even save themselves
from the power of the flame.
00:21:04.53\00:21:08.13
These are not coals for warmth;
00:21:08.16\00:21:10.27
this is not a fire to sit by.
00:21:10.30\00:21:12.43
That is all they are to you...
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.50
these you have dealt with and
labored with since childhood.
00:21:14.54\00:21:17.77
All of them go
on in their error;
00:21:17.81\00:21:20.84
there is not one
that can save you. "
00:21:20.88\00:21:23.85
So, how can you recognize
00:21:23.88\00:21:27.12
and overcome the
deceiving spirits
00:21:27.15\00:21:29.42
and doctrines of
demons in your life?
00:21:29.45\00:21:31.99
Ask yourself
these five questions:
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Number 1: Do you
really want to know the truth?
00:21:34.56\00:21:38.03
If not, ask God to help
you to really want to know.
00:21:38.06\00:21:41.50
Be honest with Him.
00:21:41.56\00:21:42.90
He already knows your heart.
00:21:42.93\00:21:44.33
If you really want to know,
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.00
God will reveal
the truth to you.
00:21:46.03\00:21:48.30
John 7:17 says, "If
any man will do His will,
00:21:48.34\00:21:51.64
he shall know of the doctrine,
00:21:51.67\00:21:53.54
whether it be of God, or
whether I speak of myself. "
00:21:53.58\00:21:56.51
And James 1:5 says,
00:21:56.54\00:21:58.98
"If any of you lacks wisdom,
00:21:59.01\00:22:01.22
let him ask of God,
00:22:01.25\00:22:02.58
who gives to all
liberally and without reproach,
00:22:02.62\00:22:05.59
and it will be given to him. "
00:22:05.62\00:22:07.49
Number2: Ask yourself,
00:22:07.52\00:22:09.89
"What is the Holy
Spirit telling you about this?"
00:22:09.92\00:22:12.83
Pray and ask God
to show you the truth
00:22:12.86\00:22:15.33
through His Holy Spirit
00:22:15.36\00:22:16.70
and to help you to receive
it with an open heart and mind.
00:22:16.73\00:22:20.24
Jesus said, "However, when He,
the Spirit of truth, has come,
00:22:20.27\00:22:23.91
He will guide
you into all truth;
00:22:23.94\00:22:26.27
for He will not
speak on His own authority,
00:22:26.31\00:22:28.64
but whatever He
hears He will speak;
00:22:28.68\00:22:30.65
and He will tell
you things to come.
00:22:30.68\00:22:32.61
He will glorify Me,
00:22:32.68\00:22:34.25
for He will
take of what is Mine,
00:22:34.28\00:22:36.45
and declare it to you. "
00:22:36.48\00:22:37.82
That's found in
John 16 verses 13 and 14.
00:22:37.85\00:22:41.12
The Spirit is
going to glorify Jesus.
00:22:41.16\00:22:44.49
That means that any
philosophy or ideology
00:22:44.56\00:22:47.23
that does not acknowledge...
acknowledge Jesus...
00:22:47.30\00:22:50.03
is not of Him.
00:22:50.07\00:22:51.40
Number 3: Ask yourself,
00:22:51.43\00:22:53.64
How does this philosophy or
ideology line up with Scripture?
00:22:53.67\00:22:57.64
1st John 4:1 says,
00:22:57.67\00:22:59.31
"Beloved, do not
believe every spirit,
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.78
but test the spirits,
whether they are of God;
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.51
because many false prophets
have gone out into the world. "
00:23:04.55\00:23:07.95
And Isaiah 8:20 says,
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.88
"To the law and
to the testimony:
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.45
if they speak not
according to this word,
00:23:11.49\00:23:13.96
there is no light in them. "
00:23:13.99\00:23:15.62
Number 4: Ask yourself,
00:23:15.66\00:23:18.39
"Upon what is the
foundation built?"
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.96
Is it built on syncretism?
00:23:21.00\00:23:23.06
Syncretism means...
00:23:23.10\00:23:24.43
a little bit of this
and a little bit of that.
00:23:24.47\00:23:26.00
Or, is it built on the
Word of God and its principles?
00:23:26.03\00:23:30.54
Matthew 7 verses 24 to 27 says,
00:23:30.57\00:23:33.74
"Therefore whoever hears these
sayings of Mine, and does them,
00:23:33.78\00:23:37.45
I will liken him to a wise man
who built his house on the rock:
00:23:37.48\00:23:41.12
and the rain
descended, the floods came,
00:23:41.18\00:23:43.55
and the winds blew
and beat on that house;
00:23:43.59\00:23:45.92
and it did not fall,
00:23:45.95\00:23:47.29
for it was founded on the rock.
00:23:47.32\00:23:48.92
But everyone who
hears these sayings of Mine,
00:23:48.96\00:23:51.69
and does not do them,
00:23:51.76\00:23:53.09
will be like a foolish man
who built his house on the sand:
00:23:53.13\00:23:56.26
and the rain
descended, the floods came,
00:23:56.30\00:23:58.67
and the winds blew and
beat on that house; and it fell.
00:23:58.70\00:24:01.87
And great was its fall. "
00:24:01.90\00:24:04.04
Friends, you
can't mix Christianity
00:24:04.07\00:24:07.74
and Eastern religions.
00:24:07.78\00:24:09.11
Don't dabble with the Dark Side.
00:24:09.14\00:24:11.51
1st Corinthians 10:21 says,
00:24:11.55\00:24:13.85
"You cannot drink the cup of
the Lord and the cup of demons;
00:24:13.88\00:24:17.42
you cannot partake
of the Lord's table
00:24:17.45\00:24:19.95
and of the table of demons. "
00:24:19.99\00:24:22.22
And the fifth
question to ask yourself is:
00:24:22.26\00:24:25.63
5. Who are the leading
proponents of this philosophy
00:24:25.66\00:24:28.93
and ideology?
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.30
What fruit are they bearing?
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.53
2nd Corinthians 6:14 says,
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.84
"Do not be yoked
together with unbelievers.
00:24:34.87\00:24:37.51
For what do righteousness
and wickedness have in common?
00:24:37.54\00:24:41.11
Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness. "
00:24:41.14\00:24:44.61
I remember the
very day that I realized
00:24:44.65\00:24:48.42
that I had been deceived.
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I was so broken
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because I realized
that I had let my pride
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and the desire for
hidden wisdom... the occult...
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propelled me into
a Practice that...
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that was disapproved of by God.
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I remember going to a
Prayer Meeting that night
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and... and thinking
how I had let God down
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and I was so... so
broken up about it.
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Pause...
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God has been so merciful to
me and He's there for you too.
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In 2009... that very day...
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I walked away from
Acupuncture and TCM
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and I never looked back.
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Praise God.
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I'm so grateful that He
led me out of that Practice.
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But what about you?
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What are you holding on to
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that is slowly and suddenly
leading you away from God?
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Have you gotten
caught up in deception?
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Are you supporting
any of these practices
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that are rooted in Eastern
religion and philosophies?
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Acupuncture and Yoga and
Martial Arts and these...
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these other practices that
are leading you away from God
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and you don't even know it.
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You don't even realize it.
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You can get so
adrift that it's so subtle
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and it's so imperceptible
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that you're so
far away from God...
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you don't even realize it.
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Ask yourself: Are you as
interested in reading the Word
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as you were before?
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Are you as interested in
praying as you were before?
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Jesus is
reaching out to you today.
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Won't you
determine in your heart
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to walk away from whatever it is
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that's holding you captive?
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You don't have to be deceived.
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You can choose
to walk in victory.
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Today is the day
of your salvation.
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Today you can be delivered.
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Jesus can set you
free from every deception
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and right now, you
can give yourself wholly
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and totally to Him.
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Please accept His invitation
and turn away from the darkness.
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He's waiting... and if
you allow Him into your heart
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fully and completely,
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He will destroy the
deceptions that bind you
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and you will be free.
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Pray with me.
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"Lord God, right
now we come before You.
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We thank you that you
will receive us with open arms.
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When we have been deceived...
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when we have let
ourselves be deceived, Lord,
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we know that You are
calling us out from deception.
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We know that You are there to
lead us through Your Holy Spirit
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into all truth.
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We know that You will
guide us and take care of us
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if we just will turn
everything over to You
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so, help us not
to be deceived, Lord,
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help us to listen
and to hear Your voice
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and to know that You are
leading us out of deception.
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You don't want
us to be deceived.
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Thank You.
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Be with us... guide us...
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direct us, Lord,
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keep us close to You
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and help us to make
the right decisions...
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decisions that will honor You...
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decisions that come from
the Word and not from the world.
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We will praise
You and thank You.
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In the name of Jesus our
Savior, we pray... amen. "
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May God continue
to richly bless you.
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You need to know that you
don't have to be deceived.
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Again, 1st Timothy 4:1 says,
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"Now the Spirit expressly says
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that in latter times some
will depart from the faith,
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giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons. "
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That does not have to be you.
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You can be set free.
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God bless you.
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