This is What the Mormons Really Believe (Vintage Cartoon Produced By the LDS Church But Now Banned)

The vintage adult cartoon below was produced by the Mormon church, but is apparently something that the sect no longer wishes its members to see, perhaps out of concern that their members might find the believes to be rather strange.

Mary K. Baxter & Pastor Jamerson: After the Rapture, the Believers Who Remain Will Be Rounded Up and Beheaded by Guillotine, Unless They Receive the Mark of the Beast

Mary Katherine Baxter was an ordinary housewife until Jesus Christ appeared to her on 40 consecutive nights and took Mary on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She walked, with Jesus, through the horrors of hell, and she has described what she has seen and experienced in her book ‘A Divine Revelation of Hell’.

Besides seeing hell and heaven, Mary also received warnings from Jesus Christ about the endtimes. She shared her endtime warnings in an interview with Pastor Jamerson. Below, please find an edited transcript and the Youtube video of the interview.

Mary Katherine Baxter:

What I saw was that in the endtimes, the church was caught up.

And then I saw the world and the American flag was burned. And I saw army troops all over the world. And I said, “Lord, where are the Christians?”

And He said, “Look”.

And I could see no one praising God. I saw army trucks come in with guns and barricade, and coming in, putting people into the big trucks, and taking them to places to be tormented

I saw people with marks on their heads – (gesturing to her forehead) three ‘6’s up here – and on their hands. And the peoples who would not take the mark were beheaded.

I saw awful, awful things on the face of this earth.

I saw beast that looked like part-man and part-beast walking around.

And Jamerson shared with me today about another lady (a young Christian) who had a similar vision.

People need to get ready for the coming of the Lord. The word of God is coming to pass very quickly. And it is not to put the fear into people, that God would smush them. It is to let them know that God expects us to turn to Him, and to turn from our sin (you know) to truth and righteousness, and let Him clean up our lives.

And He will help us overcome everything. And He loves us; Jesus loves us.

And people need to know the love of God. Yet they need to know what is coming on the earth, and He promised that He would let us foreknow things coming on the face of the earth.

Pastor Jamerson:

I have given this book (i.e. Mary Baxter’s ‘A Divine Revelation of Hell’ book) to many people and I have given this tape to many people too…

This sister I gave this book to is – her husband that I led to the Lord (he was on one of our videos). I led him to the Lord about 4 years ago and his wife got saved too and I gave them this book. And immediately they began to read the book and it shook them up so much.

The next night, this sister went to bed, and immediately woke up in this dream.

In her dream, she woke up, and she and her husband were looking for their little kids. They have 2 children. And she woke up looking for them but she couldn’t find them. In her dream, she woke up her husband, and they looked, and ran outside. Once they ran outside, they saw other individuals running outside also looking for their kids. And she looked up to the air, and she saw hundreds of thousands of people – most of them were kids – going up to the air. And a voice said: “This is the rapture. They are taken away.”

And she said out of a sudden from nowhere (just like your vision Miss Baxter) army trucks began to come all over America and began to bum rush the territories in the cities, all the different cities, and they took trucks, and they began to take people out of their households, and put them into these trucks.

They took her to these buildings, which reminded her of an aid office, where you receive financial aid or whatever situation you might be in.

And she said that they would sit them down and tell them to take this mark (Mary Baxter can be head in the background saying: “Yes, I saw the same thing”). And if you don’t take this mark, you are going to be killed.

And she said she’d seen a group of people running around and they said they were Christians. And they’d began to praise the Lord and chant “Jesus is Lord”.

And the more they began to chant “Jesus is Lord”, they were snatched up into different rooms.

And she said she heard them being tormented in different rooms, crying and hollowing and screaming out: “Jesus”

And she said, “Lord, wait a minute. I am a Christian, what am I doing here? I prayed to you and I was in Your Word”

And she said that a voice spoke to back to her and said, “The reason you are here, Micky, is because you didn’t preach my word.”

And she said: “Well, Lord, why is my husband here?”

“And the reason your husband is here is because he had unforgiveness in his heart.”

From there, they let her go to the washroom area. And she said that they gave them 3 minutes to let them do what they needed to do.

She said that the water would come on. And when the water would come on, the people were washing their hair.

And the lady got soap in her eyes and she began to cry. She wanted to take the mark, because she couldn’t get the soap out of her eyes, because they had immediately cut off the water.

Micky told her, “You can have my water.” And then she said “Don’t take the mark”.

She said that she came back down. She saw a special bulletin on the TV (the TV was embedded on the wall; like a hospital wall).

And on the television set, a special bulletin came on. It was a man, with a sneaky smile and said something like “Yes, hundreds of people, or thousands, are missing all over the nation. Could this be the rapture?”

He was sarcastic. “Could this be Jesus coming back?” “Nah, I doubt it. Wait a minute. Let’s have a word from our president.”

And she said that all of a sudden, she saw the president. Bush had lost the Presidency when she had had this dream. And she said that it wasn’t Bush. She said that that Lord covered up his face and the only thing she could see was his hand and hear his voice. And he was lying to the public and everybody was buying it.

And suddenly, they snatched her up. They told her, “Come!”

And they began to march single line down this tunnel. And on this tunnel they were walking through, she heard voices of different individuals crying and screaming out to Jesus: “Jesus, Jesus, have mercy I love you, Lord. I love you, Lord. I am about to die. I am about to dieeeee (Pastor Jamerson claps his hands to imitate the sound of a guillotine hitting the ground)”… and it would get cut off.

And she began to march down the stream and she sees the other end of the tunnel. There were hundreds of them going across.

She said that when she got to the other building, there was a whole room of guillotines. And the guillotines -- people were actually getting their heads cut off.

She said for the people who were taking the mark of the beast, when they took it on with their right hand, it would immediately appear on their foreheads. And she said that you can see that thing in the spirit, and in the physical. And she said that you can see it.

And when she walked towards the other building, she said that she saw a whole bunch of people. People whom she thought were regular human beings but they were really demon spirits. They had black capes on, hoods over their faces, but their eyes were like demon eyes. And their hands were like snake skins – (gesturing to Mary Baxter) like you said about the heart of hell.

These demons were cold blood killers. And the Lord spoke: “This is what I mean when I said ‘woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short’. These were demon spirits manifested in the flesh to act like people, but they have a heart to kill people.

And she said that they began to take people and chop their head off.

And they chopped her and her husband’s head off, and their spirits immediately went up to heaven. And she was up there with the children and other people.

But the thing about this dream, Miss Baxter, was that the people that were up in heaven – her kids, the age was one and a half, and this dream was three and half years later. Like it is right around the corner. I am not saying that that that is accurate and that what they said is coming to pass.

What I am saying here is that warning comes before destruction. If the watchmen see the war coming and don’t blow the trumpet, the bible says, their blood shall be on our hands.

That’s why what you said, Miss Baxter, is very important for the pubic to understand. It’s no joke. Jesus is coming back soon.

Mary Katherine Baxter:

Yes, and it is the sins in their hearts that is going to keep them from the rapture. If they have unforgiveness… in Galatians 5, if you have unforgiveness in your heart, you got to get that out because you can’t go to heaven. And this is so true, that the nations need to have understanding what God is telling us today.

Mary K. Baxter's Frightening Endtime Vision: America in Tatters, Men Mind-Altered to Become Hard Labour Slaves; Women Made to Become Depersonalised Breeders

Mary Katherine Baxter was an ordinary housewife until Jesus Christ appeared to her on 40 consecutive nights and took Mary on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She walked, with Jesus, through the horrors of hell and talked with many people. Besides seeing hell and heaven, Mary also received an endtime vision. Here are excerpts from Mary Baxter’s book ‘A Divine Revelation of Hell’:

The Lord said, "This vision is for the future, and it will come to pass. But I shall return to redeem My bride, My church, and they shall not see it. Awaken, o My people I Sound the alarm to the comers of the earth, for I shall return as My Word has spoken."

I beheld the fiery serpent that was in the right arm of Hell.

Jesus said, "Come, see what the Spirit is saying to the world."

I saw the horns of the fiery serpent as they entered the bodies of people on earth. Many were completely possessed by the serpent. As I watched, I saw a huge beast arise in a large place and turn into a man. The inhabitants of the earth ran from him, some into the wilderness, some into caves, and some into subway stations and bomb shelters. They sought any shelter to hide from the eyes of the beast. No one was praising God or talking about Jesus.

A voice said to me, "Where are My people?"

I looked closer and saw people like dead men walking. There was a desperate sadness in the air, and no one turned to the right or left. I saw that the people were being led about by some unseen force. Now and then a voice spoke to them out of the air, and they obeyed the voice. They did not talk to one another. I saw too that the number "666" was written on each one's forehead and on his hands. I saw soldiers on horses herding the people about as though they were cattle.

The American flag, tattered and torn, lay forlornly on the ground. There was no joy, no laughter, no happiness. I saw death and evil everywhere.

The people walked one behind another into a large department store. They kept in step like discouraged soldiers and were dressed identically in a type of prison garb. A fence surrounded the store, and guards were stationed here and there. Everywhere I looked, I saw soldiers in battle-dress uniforms.

I saw these zombie-like people herded into the store, where they were able to buy only the barest necessities. As each completed his purchases, he was placed aboard a large green army truck. The truck, well-guarded, was then driven to another area.

Here, in a type of clinic, these people were examined for communicable diseases or crippling handicaps. A small number of them were shuffled to the side as rejects.

Soon, those who failed the examination were taken to another room. In that room, an impressive array of switches, buttons and gages lined an entire wall. A door opened, and several technicians came in. One of them began to call the names of the people in the room. Without a struggle, they arose when their names were called and marched into a large box. When they were inside, another technician closed the door and pulled a switch in a panel on the wall.

A few minutes later he opened the door, took down a broom and dust pan, and swept what remained of them off the floor. Nothing but a bit of dust was left of what had once been a roomful of people!

I saw those people who passed the medical exam being put back into the same truck and driven, to a train. No one spoke or even turned to look at anyone else. At another building each person was assigned a job. They all went to work without a single dispute. I watched as they worked very hard at their assigned tasks, and then at the end of the day, they were taken to an apartment building with a high fence around it. Each undressed and went to bed. Tomorrow they would work hard again.

I heard a loud voice fill the night air. I saw a huge beast, and he sat on a large, I throne. All the people obeyed the beast. I saw spiritual horns growing from his head. They reached, into and out of every place on earth. The beast took upon himself many positions of authority and many offices, and he became great in power.

The beast pushed himself into many places and deceived many people. The rich and the famous were deceived as well as the poor and disfranchised. Small and great paid homage to the beast.

A large machine was brought into an office. The beast put his mark on it, and his voice came out of it. There was also a "big brother" machine that could see into homes and businesses. Only a single machine of this type existed, and it belonged to the beast. The part of the machine that was located in the homes of the people was invisible to the naked eye, but it could and did report to the beast every move the people made. I watched as the beast turned his throne around and faced toward me. On his forehead was the number 666.

As I watched, I saw another man in another office become very angry at the beast. He demanded to talk with him. He was yelling at the top of his voice. The beast appeared and seemed very courteous as he said, "Come, I can help you take care of all your problems."

The beast took the angry man into a large room and motioned for him to lie down on a table. The room and the table reminded me of a hospital emergency room. The man was given an anesthesia and wheeled beneath a vast machine. The beast attached wires to the man's head and turned on the machine. On the top of the machine were the words, "This mind eraser belongs to the beast, 666."

When the man was removed from the table, his eyes had a vacant stare, and his movements reminded one of a zombie in a movie. I saw a large blank spot on the top of his head, and I knew his mind had been surgically altered so he could be controlled by the beast.

The beast said, "Now, sir, don't you feel better? Didn't I say I could take care of all your problems? I have given you a new mind. You will have no worries or troubles now."

The man did not speak.

"You will obey my every command," said the beast as he picked up a small object and attached it to the man's shirt. He spoke again to the man, and he answered without moving his lips. He moved like a living dead man. "You will work and not get angry or frustrated, nor will you cry or be sad. You will work for me until you die. I have many like you that I control. Some lie, some kill, some steal, some make war, some have children, some run machinery, and some do other things. Yes, I control everything." An evil laugh came from him.

The man was handed papers to sign. He gladly gave all his belongings to the beast.

In my vision I saw the man leave the office of the beast, get in a car and drive home. When he approached his wife, she tried to kiss him, but he made no attempt to respond. He had no feeling for his wife or anyone else. The beast had made him incapable of feeling any emotion.

The wife became very angry and screamed at her husband, but to no avail. At last she said, "OK, I'll call the beast. He will know what to do." After a quick phone call, she left the house and drove to the same building her husband had just left.

The beast welcomed her in and said, "Tell me all your troubles. I am sure I can help you."

A very handsome man took her by the arm and led her to the same table her husband had been on earlier. After the same operation, she also became a depersonalized slave of the beast.

I heard the beast ask her, "How do you feel?" She did not answer until after he had attached a small object to her blouse. Then she acknowledged that he was master and lord and began to worship him.

"You will be a breeder," he said. "You will have perfect babies, and they will worship and serve me."

The woman replied in a robotic voice, "Yes, master, I will obey."

I saw the woman again. This time she was in another building. There were many pregnant women there. The women lay lifelessly on their beds and in chanted monotones praised the beast. All had 666 on their foreheads.

When their babies were born, they were taken to another building where mind-altered nurses had the task of raising them. The nurses also had 666 on their foreheads.

The beast grew in power until his empire stretched across the earth. The babies also grew, and at a certain time, they also went beneath the mind-destroying machine. They worshiped the beast and his image. But the machine had no power over the children of God.

I heard the voice of the Lord say, "Those that worship the beast and his image shall perish. Many shall be deceived and will fall, but I will save my children from the beast. These things will take place in the end times. Do not take the mark of the beast. Repent now before it is too late.

"The beast will call himself a man of peace. And he will bring peace to many nations out of a very chaotic time. He will be able to supply the world with many inexpensive goods, and he will assure that everyone's pay is sufficient. He will make an alliance with many nations, and the great men of the world will follow him into a false sense of security.

"Before these times I will raise up an army of believers that will stand for truth and righteousness. The mighty army that Joel spoke about will hear My voice from the rising to the going down of the sun.

"In the night hours also they will hear My voice, and they will answer Me. They will work for Me, and they will run like mighty men of war. They shall do great works for Me, for I will be with them."

All these things were revealed to me by the Lord Jesus Christ in an open vision. They are the words of His mouth, and they concern the times of the end.

Mary K. Baxter: The Beast Will Usher in A Time of Peace and Prosperity, But Will Force People to Take the Mark of the Beast

Mary Katherine Baxter was an ordinary housewife until Jesus Christ appeared to her on 40 consecutive nights and took Mary on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She walked, with Jesus, through the horrors of hell and talked with many people. Besides seeing hell and heaven, Mary also received warnings from Jesus Christ about the endtimes and how the beast will usher in a time of peace and prosperity, but will force people to take the Mark of the Beast. Here are excerpts from Mary Baxter’s book ‘A Divine Revelation of Hell’:

I heard the Lord say, "My Spirit will not always strive with man. Come and see the beast.

"During the last days an evil beast will arise out of the earth and deceive many from every nation upon the earth. He will demand that everyone receive his mark, the number 666, placed in their hands or on their foreheads. Anyone who takes the mark will belong to the beast and will be thrown with him into the lake of fire which burns with fire and brimstone.

"The beast will arise to the acclamation of the world, for he will bring peace and prosperity such as none can remember. When he has gained world dominion, those without his mark in their foreheads or their hands will not be able to buy food, clothes, cars, houses or anything else that is bought. Neither will they be able to sell anything they own to anyone else unless they have the mark.

"The Lord God expressly declares that those who take the mark have affirmed their allegiance to the beast and will be cut off from the Lord God forever. They will have their place with the unbelievers and workers of iniquity. The mark states simply that those who possess it have rejected God and have turned to the beast for sustenance.

"The beast and his followers will persecute those who refuse the mark and will kill many of them. Whatever pressures they can bring to bear will be used to force believers of the true God to be marked. Children and infants will be killed before the eyes of the parents who refuse to take the mark. There will be a time of great mourning.

"Those who possess the mark will be forced to turn over their possessions to the beast in exchange for a promise that the beast will meet all the needs of his followers.

"Some of you will weaken and surrender to the beast and receive his mark in your hand or forehead. You will say, 'God will forgive. God will understand.' But I will not repent of My Word. I have warned you repeatedly through the mouths of My prophets and ministers of the gospel. Repent now while it is still day, for the night comes when judgment will be set forever.

"If you do not obey the beast and refuse to take his mark, I will take care of you. I do not say that many will not have to die for their faith in these times, for many will be beheaded for trusting the Lord God. But blessed are those who die in the Lord, for great will be their reward.

"True, there will be a time of peace and prosperity during which the beast will gain popularity and esteem. He will make the problems of the world as though they were naught-but the peace will end in bloodshed and the prosperity in great famine across the land.

"Fear not what man can do to you, but fear him who can cast your soul and body into Hell. For though there is great persecution and though tribulations are multiplied, I will deliver you through them all.

"But before that evil day, I will raise up a mighty army that will worship Me in spirit and in truth. The army of the Lord will do great exploits and wonderful things for Me. Therefore, come together and worship Me in spirit and in truth. Bring in the fruits of righteousness, and give Me what is rightfully Mine, and I will keep you from the evil hour. Repent now and be saved from the terrible things which will befall the rebellious and the unsaved.

"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. Call on Me while you may, and I will accept you and forgive you. I love you and do not desire that you should be lost.

"Believe this report and live. Choose you this day whom you will serve."

Deliverance is Not a Passive Thing That Someone Can Do For You

There are many Christians who hop from ministry to ministry, seeking deliverance from their spiritual problems.

However, according to Christian author Retah McPherson, deliverance is not a passive thing, where the believer in need bears no responsibility whatsoever for his/her own deliverance. McPherson shared this in her recent newsletter, and we present extracts of it below:

Deliverance is not a passive thing that someone can do for you. You need a repentant heart and attitude of complete surrender, humbly seeking YHVH’s (God’s) face for the truth. I have not seen people get delivered if there is no humble heart seeking deliverance and seeking truth…

There is no super deliverer that you need to see immediately. No, not even those who claim successful results. No, we all just need utter, complete dependency on Holy Spirit. He is our source of revelation, guidance and dunamis power that delivers us….

With that I do not say that you should not see someone to help you on your journey. But, please know that Yeshua is the healer – and not man!

We all are in need of help and deliverance – our only help is Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah. His Blood is enough for all of us. He gives us Truth through Holy Spirit and that Truth – sets us free! 

To read the full newsletter that was written by Retah McPherson, please click here.

How to Deal with a Sudden Demonic Mind Attack

In their book “How to Heal the Sick”, the late healing evangelist Charles Hunter shares how one can deal with a sudden demonic mind attack:

One day before Frances and I were married, I was driving from one part of Houston to another while I was working as a Certified Public Accountant. The sun was shining, I was happy, I was singing songs of praise to God, and the whole world was thrilling to live in. I stopped in the bright sunlight at a parking lot, got out of the car and started toward a cafeteria for lunch.

My life had been totally surrendered to God and I had spent over a thousand exciting hours meditating in the Bible the past few months. Everything was beautiful and perfect!
But as I stepped out of the car, a darkness, a depression came over me and it felt like everything was wrong, that all love left me, all joy and peace left, and that my whole world had caved in on me.

I didn't know what had happened. It was so sudden and my mind tried in a flash of a second to know what had happened. But, because my mind had been saturated with the Word of God, and was controlled by the Holy Spirit, and my desires were to please God and not myself, a scripture came quickly into my mind.

I said, "God, if that is the devil, get him out of here and draw close to me!"

Instantly, like a flash of lightning, all the darkness, the depression, the emptiness left me like a wind. The evil spirit which had so viciously attacked my mind could actually be sensed like a wind which for an instant rose out of me slowly and then it accelerated to a tremendous speed and disappeared into space.

Satan had sent a demon after me to try to get into my spirit to control me and to steal me away from the God I loved so much.

But, "the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Heb. 4:12).

The great weapon against demons is the Word of God. That is one reason we should meditate day and night in his Word, and think about him and what will please him; not think about what we can get for ourselves.

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" (II Cor. 10:3-5).

The first time a demon attacks your thoughts is the time to get rid of it! Don't let it get a foothold on your mind or your thoughts. Preventive medicine is better than having to take medication for a cure. The Word of God is the immunization we need to protect us from demonic influence, control or possession. We need to have the nature of God implanted in us as an inoculation against the infection the devil places in our thoughts and inner desires.

Demons are invisible, bodiless creatures that have the ability to move about wherever Satan sends them, and they can hover over us, surround us, attack us, put thoughts into our minds, put diseases into our bodies, or even cause us to lose our minds and become insane.

They can be present at our birth, or as we are formed in the belly of our mothers, and cause defects in our formation. Being spirits who live forever, they can transfer from one generation to another and thus cause diseases or defects which may be in the form of genes or deformations.

They come against our flesh to try to control our souls. We must use all the understanding we can get, and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us how to get rid of them, in whatever way they attack.

Is It Because of a Demon? Not Necessarily – Perhaps It May Be Due to Your Bad Attitude

Demons can afflict Christians, leading to some Christians approaching their pastor for deliverance. However, it is important for the pastor to discern whether it might indeed be a demonic attack, or the case of an unrepentant attitude, as the late healing evangelists Charles and Frances Hunter illustrate in their book “How to Heal the Sick”:

What causes people to follow Satan and his evil ways? How do people submit themselves to a hating devil when God has so much for us? Why would anyone even consider making a deliberate choice to submit themselves to an eternity of torment instead of an eternal home with God?

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

The trickery of Satan is to pervert our minds into believing that his way is best. If we accept his lies, it is the beginning of the invitation by mankind for a demon to kill and destroy their souls by stealing them away from God. He does this principally through bad attitudes, and BAD ATTITUDES ARE NOT DEMONS, but they give a foothold to demonic activity. Bad attitudes don't need to be cast out like a spirit, but we need to overcome them by the power of God!

The devil lied to Eve in the Garden of Eden, and she had the choice of rejecting his temptation, or believing his lie. She gave a foothold to the devil, and he stole her away from God. Satan cleverly gained this foothold through her mind. He cunningly put thoughts or words into her mind and she believed him.

When you are ministering to someone in the deliverance of demons, first talk with them to see if they are saved. Ask them if they really love Jesus and if they would say, "Jesus is Lord of my life." If they are truly born again, they will be able to say that and mean it, but if they are not able to say it, you need to deal with a demon. Otherwise, inquire about attitudes that are wrong. MAYBE THEY JUST NEED TEACHING about their responsibility to get rid of bad attitudes. "Here is the test: no one speaking by the power of the Spirit of God can curse Jesus, and no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' and really mean it, unless the Holy Spirit is helping him" (I Cor. 12:3 TLB).

A woman came to Frances one night with a very sad story. She started off by saying, "I've been prayed for by the best, so I don't know why I'm coming to you, but ...

I've had the demon of smoke cast out! I've had the demon of tobacco cast out!
I've had the demon of nicotine cast out!
I've had the demon of cigarettes cast out!" She continued, "Do you have a word from the Lord for me?"
Frances said, "Yes!" "
What is it?" she asked.
Frances said, "Quit!"

The woman was obviously shocked. But too many times we blame spirits or demons for things that are simply our fault. We run from evangelist to evangelist, from preacher to preacher, from conference to conference, asking for deliverance at every service, when the problem is really very simple. It lies within ourself – QUIT SINNING! Throw those cigarettes away, don't buy any more, and quit blaming it on demons!

If, with all your heart, mind, body and soul, you want to be obedient to all that God and Jesus want you to do, there will never be a desire to sin. A desire to sin is simply a way of expressing your disbelief that God's way is best. God doesn't like that. But it delights him when you want to do what pleases him!

"I advise you to obey only the Holy Spirit's instructions. He will tell you where to go and what to do, and then you won't always be doing the wrong things your evil nature wants you to. For we naturally love to do evil things that are just the opposite from the things that the Holy Spirit tells us to do; and the good things we want to do when the Spirit has his way with us are just the opposite of our natural desires. These two forces within us are constantly fighting each other to win control over us and our wishes are never free from their pressures."

"When you are guided by the Holy Spirit you need no longer force yourself to obey Jewish laws."

"But when you follow your own wrong inclinations your lives will produce these evil results: impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, idolatry, spiritism (that is, encouraging the activity of demons), hatred and fighting, jealousy and anger, constant effort to get the best for yourself, complaints and criticisms, the feeling that everyone else is wrong except those in your own little group – and there will be wrong doctrine, envy, murder, drunkenness, wild parties, and all that sort of thing. Let me tell you again as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the kingdom of God" (Gal. 5:16-21 TLB).

Do you notice from that part of God's Word that these are attitudes which come into our mind because our old self-nature wants its way? That is the simplest way I know to tell you how the devil gets a foothold on your mind in his drive to take your soul away from God. The way to avoid the trap the devil sets is simply set forth in the rest of that chapter: "But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; and here there is no conflict with Jewish laws. Those who belong to Christ have nailed their natural evil desires to his cross and crucified them there. If we are living now by the Holy Spirit's power, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Then we won't need to look for honors and popularity, which lead to jealousy and hard feelings" (Gal. 5:22-26 TLB).

When we let thoughts contrary to God's nature enter into our minds, these thoughts begin to develop and become a part of us. Our inner desires either invite the Holy Spirit or Satan's old nature in us to control our thoughts.

Stop thinking about the negative, evil old nature and you can stop most demons from having activity in your mind. They don't immediately possess you, but they begin to control you little by little until you no longer desire God's ways.

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded" (James 4:7,8). Who is to do that? We are.