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“Do not allow demons to speak!”

18 Thursday Jun 2020

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Entering the Promised Land

“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. (Mt 5:37 ESV)
– Picture taken from http://www.firesong.net/doubleminded.html

This morning as I awoke I had a haunting picture on my mind I could neither understand nor get rid of. In my mind I was looking at a very small, seemingly white fox that stood a few meters in front of me. He was so small that he could have been easily overlooked unless the contrast between his bright appearance and a huge dark hole, even abyss, behind him would not have caused me to look a bit longer at him. He seemed to be so innocent, so small and unimportant, even so full of light. Yet the light was cold and its brightness made me feel repelled in a sense I have known before, especially during the last few weeks as the Lord has…

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Counterfeit Spirits

17 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Building up the Body of Christ, Church, confusion, Deception, Delusion, Demons, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's Voice, Knowing God, Miracles, My Spiritual Diary, Obedience, peace, Resisting the Devil, Witchcraft

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The danger behind the fence… (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

The following excerpt by T. Austin Sparks speaks bluntly about how evil spirits imitate God by letting people appear ‘holier’ than before they had come into touch with these cunning underlings of Satan. May we not think it is easy to discern the real Christian who is indwelt by Christ’s Spirit (cf. Rom 8:9) from the ‘Christian’ that is indwelt by these evil spirits that comport themselves as if they were beings of light. Sparks wrote,

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Seven ways to discern truth from error by A.W. Tozer

05 Thursday May 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in clarity, confusion, Deception, Delusion, Discerning the Spirits, Mysticism, Satan, Seeking the Truth, sin, The Bible, The World

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"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." (Mt 7:13-14 ESV) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Mt 7:13-14 ESV)
Photo by Susanne Schuberth

If we are insecure about how to discern the spirits in certain cases, A.W. Tozer offers a very helpful method to try any new experience, doctrine, or religious movement regarding their effects on our relationship with (1) God, (2) Jesus Christ, (3) the Bible, (4) our (old) self, (5) other believers who are indwelt by Christ’s Spirit, (6) the world and its desires, and as to (7) sin. It is a quite long article of which I only pasted some excerpts on here although the text is pretty long, still. If you want to read more, please, follow the link below. It is well worth reading, I believe. I also think we can use this method in order to judge the origin of our thoughts, our (day)dreams and visions, even everyday occurrences and their effect on us. May God help us sharpen our discerners with what Tozer, who in my opinion had been inspired by God, wrote about.

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On the Consistency of Thought and Deed

08 Monday Feb 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Charity, Deception, Delusion, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Exhortation, Fellowship of His Sufferings, God's Love, God's Voice, Resisting the Devil, Satan, The Truth, The Word

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Picture credits http://stores.jkmstore.org/spirits-that-hinder-the-flow-of-god-in-your-life-mp3/

Picture credits http://stores.jkmstore.org/spirits-that-hinder-the-flow-of-god-in-your-life-mp3/

Michael Clark and I wrote this blog post together, once again. As it has often been the case, I, Susanne, start with writing and share my thoughts on a certain topic with Michael and then God gives us a confirmation about writing another joint article.


Can you force yourself to seemingly like what you basically do not like? What a strange question, Susanne! I need to admit that I can’t do it any longer although I tried. My heart won’t let me deceive myself anymore. Even if I like or love someone, I cannot like nor love what they do when their twisted thinking and doing contradicts the truth revealed in Christ. Not that I stop loving them, but my heart is grieved, often very deeply grieved. That hurts a lot indeed!  😦 In the past, I tried to do the impossible, that is, to encourage someone despite their wrong thinking and doing, simply because I liked these people. Well, God showed me how hypocritical that behavior was and how much I put myself in a state of bondage of the wrong spirits through that seemingly “kind” behavior. No, Susanne, that was not kind, it was only “nice.”

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Instead of Christ: The social gospel spirit

07 Monday Dec 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Charity, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's Voice, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, Resisting the Devil, Spiritual Guidance

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The most obvious thing to do is not always what is right - in God's sight (Picture credits to http://dianawaring.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iStock_000011493906Small.jpg)

The most obvious thing to do is not always what is right – in God’s sight
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The night before last I had a really strange dream in which I found myself standing on a sandy beach, knowing that the ocean was right behind me. I did not look back since what I saw in front of me was more interesting and quite amazing, so to say. Just a few meters before me a huge sand wall rose; actually, it appeared to me it was about 300 meters high (i.e., almost 1,000 foot). What was so stunning about this wall was that it looked like a mountain, but there was no way to ever climb it at the front side because all I could see was smooth. No rock overhang, no plants, merely smooth and hardened sand it seemed. Only at what I saw as the top of the mountain there was a sandy overhang of which I immediately knew it would be a lethal experience to step out on it since it was already cracking. Since we do not have such natural phenomena in Germany, I told Michael Clark about my dream and he said that there are sandstone cliffs in Western Washington that might look that way.

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There is confusion ahead or… Some other strange spirits you might know

14 Saturday Nov 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Deception, Demons, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's Voice, Living in the Presence of God, Resisting the Devil, Submission to God, The Gospel, Walking in the Light, Walking in the Spirit, Wisdom

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And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. (Is 30:21 ESV) Picture taken from https://confessionsslp.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/shutterstock_106645070.jpg

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. (Is 30:21 ESV)
Picture taken from https://confessionsslp.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/shutterstock_106645070.jpg

Do we know how easy it is to confuse Satan’s lies with what God has been telling us? I do know how often that happened to me in the past and I am glad to have received continued access to the heart of God so that I immediately sense another spirit in whatever someone tells me. Without even thinking about it, I immediately feel a sort of uneasiness, even a strong feeling of disgust at times, depending on how evil the spirit was who talked to me through others.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” (Jn 8:42-47 ESV)

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“Do not allow demons to speak!”

11 Wednesday Nov 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Authority, Discerning the Spirits, Disciplining, Exhortation, False Spirits, Fellowship, God's Voice, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, My Testimony, Resisting the Devil, Submission to God, The Fear of God, Walking in the Light

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“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. (Mt 5:37 ESV)
– Picture taken from http://www.firesong.net/doubleminded.html

This morning as I awoke I had a haunting picture on my mind I could neither understand nor get rid of. In my mind I was looking at a very small, seemingly white fox that stood a few meters in front of me. He was so small that he could have been easily overlooked unless the contrast between his bright appearance and a huge dark hole, even abyss, behind him would not have caused me to look a bit longer at him. He seemed to be so innocent, so small and unimportant, even so full of light. Yet the light was cold and its brightness made me feel repelled in a sense I have known before, especially during the last few weeks as the Lord has been teaching me more and more about how demons disguise as creatures of light. As I asked God several times about an interpretation of this strange pic, I only heard one Scripture in my mind’s ear that reads,

“Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” (Sg 2:10 ESV)

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Disclosing Demonic Deception

10 Tuesday Nov 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's Jealousy, God's Voice, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, Prayer, Resisting the Devil, Spiritual Guidance, Submission to God

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If we see Satan as he really is, we will not be deceived any longer. (Photo from http://fbcmillington.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Demonic-Deception-1140x641.jpg)

If we see Satan as he really is, we will not be deceived any longer.
(Photo from http://fbcmillington.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Demonic-Deception-1140×641.jpg)

My special thanks today goes to Kenneth Dawson whose last comment on my latest blog somehow haunted me (positively, of course) and eventually has helped me go deeper into the issue of how Satan works.
Just this morning I had a strange experience. After a few short and rather restless sleeping periods, I awoke finally when it was still dark. As I began to pray, God gave me some light about how demons disguise inside human beings and about how to discern them so that we might be able to see what is really going on behind the scenes. Since, if we truly read Satan’s character, we will see that others, and maybe we ourselves, still, are not as (naturally) moody as we might have thought but only under the undetected guidance of Satan at times.

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