THIS here is an addiction chart from Association of Biblical Counselors, part of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, of which I am a member.

THIS addiction chart is for ANY type of addiction a person may have; it starts with the pride/lust for whatever it is that the person thinks they must have. Following the path of decline in the chart, unfortunately picking up more demonic strongholds along the way (because in REALITY, that IS what they all are, no matter HOW they got there, or WHO let them “in” to that individual), the person not only becomes weaker and more susceptible to becoming a prisoner of the addiction, in the end, there is ALWAYS remorse, guilt, and could lead to destruction/death of that individual, IF they do NOT recognize their need for DELIVERANCE of those addictive strongholds.

IN THIS NEW YEAR, I wanted to start putting posts up 1-2 a month (on my professional FB page and/or blog page), or as many as the Holy Spirit leads me to, about the many different ways humans allow themselves to have strongholds, and the several enticing paths that the enemy of our souls deceptively lead humans down, to become CAPTIVES of those strongholds, making them feel like there is no way out.

Those strongholds come into a person FIRST through the THOUGHTS in their minds–the FIERY DARTS (Eph. 6:16, KJV) that Satan and the demonic entities entice a person with. Those “fiery darts” most of the time are something of an “Achille’s heel” to a person, whether it be alcohol, drugs, sex, pornography, gluttony, etc.

The evil ones KNOW us better than we know ourselves. They have been here for several MILLENNIA, watching, observing, “taking notes”, and knowing just how to STRIKE at their “opponent”–the human being, BECAUSE we are made in the image of the Most High God (Genesis 1:26-27).

BUT FIRST, I must address a very GRAVE and serious issue that I have come to realize within the Body of Christ, when it comes to the written ✡️📖✝️Word of God.

It’s one thing for a human being that has no desire to believe or heed the Word of God. They automatically deny everything about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit when that individual aligns themselves with any other god/cult/false religion that exists in this demonically infested world we live in.

The LORD God, since the days of Genesis and the Garden of Eden, HAS ALLOWED us human beings to CHOOSE whether or not we will give allegiance to HIM and His Word, or, to follow our own fleshly desires, and continue on the path of destruction, which unfortunately leads to what is called the eternal “second death” in the Lake of 🔥Fire (see Revelation 20:11-15).

THE ONLY WAY to escape that, is to ACKNOWLEDGE and REPENT of one’s sins, ACCEPT the LORD JESUS CHRIST as BOTH Savior AND LORD of their lives, and–very important–seek to be DELIVERED and SET FREE from any and all spiritual strongholds and bondages that have been in their lives, keeping them from living the purposeful life in Christ, that the LORD God destined for each and every human being.

EACH and every person MUST be tested, just like Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden. The LORD God Elohim ALLOWED that serpent–(HaSatan/Lucifer/the devil–see Isaiah 14:12-14, Ezekiel 28:13-16; Rev. 12:9) to TEMPT Earth’s first human beings.
What was now being disguised as a Serpent to Adam and Eve became rebellious in his service and ministry to the LORD God (he WAS an anointed Guardian Cherub of the rank of the supernatural entities called Cherubim in the Kingdom of Heaven)

I know that even many Christians cannot wrap their heads around the BIBLICAL FACT that the LORD God HAS ALLOWED the evil ones SUCH as HaSatan, to “roam about, seeking whom they may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). It is not only to TEST us, but to also see where our ALLEGIANCE lies–whether it be with the Most High God and taking Him at His Word, OR–aligning oneself to one or more of the gods of this world, that the LORD God told us in His commandments to “have no other gods before/besides Me” (Ex. 20:3); nor are we to have made any pagan carved images of those gods, and then pray and worship them (Ex. 20:4-5) instead of the Most High God. The LORD was very plain in His speech throughout the Old and New Testaments, that NO OTHER GODS were to come before HIM and usurp His authority in any way.

But even Christians have allowed those demonic entities to fool them in one way or another, and deceive them into not only acknowledging, but some have even served AND worshipped, those demonic entities that parade around as gods TO THIS DAY. As absurd as it sounds, we see it happening all around us–many so-called faith leaders have done EXACTLY what the OT prophets, the Lord Jesus, the apostles John, Paul, and Peter warned us that they would do in the coming last days–depart from the true Faith, and be turned to idols, false teachers (2 Cor. 11:13; 2 Peter 2:1), false Christs (Matt. 24:24), false prophets (Matt. 7:15; 24:11; Mk. 13;22), and false gods (Jer. 14:22; 18:15; Zech. 10:2), leading them to their eternal death and destruction (Rev. 20:10-15).

WE ARE to TEST these spirits (1 John 4:1-3), to see whether they are true or false! It’s obvious that MANY human beings have to their eternal detriment, NOT tested those spirits, and have aligned themselves with such false teachers, prophets, gods, etc.

WE ARE LIVING in the days that 2 Timothy spoke about when it comes to having to preach the word when it is NOT welcomed in the increasingly demonic and fleshly-ruled world system we live in–“For the TIME is coming (and IS NOW HERE!) when people will NOT endure sound (spiritually healthy) teaching, but HAVING ITCHING EARS they will accumulate to themselves teachers (false teachers!) to SUIT THEIR OWN passions, TURNING AWAY from listening to the TRUTH (of God’s Word!) and wander off into MYTHS (lies of the devil)” (see 2 Tim. 4:1-5 for the entire passage in context).

Even church leaders from all the different splintered sects try and either dismiss God’s ✡️📖✝️written Word, ignoring what He has said, or worse yet, break the commandment written in Deuteronomy 4:2–“You shall NOT add to the word that I command you, NOR take from it, that you may KEEP the commandments of the LORD your God that I COMMAND YOU.”

In other words, DON’T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BELIEVE IN THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD’S WRITTEN ✡️📖✝️WORD (see Acts 20:27).

I would also like to add here, the warning given by the Apostle John in Revelation 18-19, which solidifies and backs up Deuteronomy 4:2–(I obviously added the emojis for effect):

(v18)”I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: ✨if anyone adds ✨to them, God will add to him the 💥plagues 💥described in this book, (v19) and if ✨anyone takes away ✨from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will 💥take away 💥his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City, which are described in this 📖book.”

The blatant disrespect for God’s Word, and the rebellious ways I have seen and heard some so-called “Christian” churches in the 21st century handle God’s Word (truly most of them are the Laodicean churches mentioned in Revelation 3:14-19!)–it is only BY the LORD Jesus’ blood that HE shed on the Cross for us ALL, that keeps certain individual church leaders ALIVE, allowing them to WAKE UP the next day, in order to REPENT before God’s mercy ENDS for them!!

Those rabbinical and church leaders seem to forget (and I won’t put all those biblical verses here–you can look it up for yourselves) just HOW MUCH they are going to be held RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for NOT heeding the Word of God themselves, AND also, for not TEACHING and PREACHING the whole counsel of God to their congregations! As the Lord Jesus Himself said, “Everyone to whom MUCH was given, of him MUCH MORE will be required…” (Luke 12:48).

Those servants of God who dared to preach and teach His Word, YET, who instead of led MILLIONS (and for those false teachers/prophets/cult leaders–BILLIONS) to their eternal death, BECAUSE they refused to HUMBLY ADHERE TO and PREACH the whole counsel of God, THEIR ETERNAL DESTINATION will be the LAKE 🔥of 🔥FIRE, UNLESS THEY REPENT.

I am making this a LONG post THIS time on purpose, in order take the time out to make you, the reader, realize HOW SERIOUS it is to take God’s Word AS TRUTH, especially if you call yourself a “Christian”. This will stay on my page, and I will also add it to my blog page (see my bio for link), so others can see and read it, in order to go back and reference all the Scriptural verses as I present many more posts that deal with all types of demonic doorways, infiltrations, infestations into people’s lives, vexations, obsessions, oppressions, and sometimes even possessions (that can only be dealt with the person being exorcised and delivered by professional exorcists and deliverance workers by that point).

The Holy Spirit is the one SINCE the time of PENTECOST (Acts 2), to DWELL IN and work THROUGH every person who TRULY has “called upon the name of the LORD to be saved” (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21). It is HE, the same SPIRIT, Who works IN and through ME (see Act 2:38)–and every other true servant of the Most High God, BECAUSE that is the GIFT we all receive when we become true children of God. He SPEAKS to all those WILLING to HEAR what He has to say (see such verses as Eze. 3:27; Matt. 11:15; Mk. 4:23; Rev. 2:7, 11; 3:6; 13:9).

The Holy Spirit, Who is GOD in the THIRD PERSON of the TRIUNE GODHEAD, is responsible for CONVICTING (see Jn. 16:8), teaching, correcting, chastising, comforting, encouraging, emboldening, etc. (see Jn. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26-27; 16:13) each and every CHILD of GOD that confesses Jesus as Lord (see Jn. 3:3, 5, 7; Jn. 1:12).

WE who confess to be children of the Most High God and our Lord Jesus Christ–our bodies become HIS TEMPLE (see 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19; Eph. 2:21) that the LIVING SPIRIT of GOD dwells in.

HOPEFULLY now you will realize how serious it is to not only call yourself a Christian, but more importantly, to BELIEVE and ACCEPT (even though we do NOT understand ALL that God says and does in His Word and in our daily faith walk with Him–we cannot possibly understand it all–see Isaiah 55:8-9) the WHOLE COUNSEL of His Word, TRUSTING that in time, the Spirit (if you give Him the opportunity TO speak to you) WILL teach and explain these things to you, that you do not comprehend in God’s Word.

IN ORDER for a person to completely be SET FREE and DELIVERED from any and all mental (because it always starts with those fiery darts!), emotional, physical, and obviously SPIRITUAL demonic bondages, a person MUST HUMBLE THEMSELVES, forsake ANY and ALL other false belief systems/pagan practices/gods, etc. –EVEN the false or exaggerated traditions that have transpired in certain Christian churches/circles, etc.–REPENT of our sins (see Romans 3:10,20, 23; 6:23) CONFESS those sins (Rom. 10:9-10), calling upon the name of the LORD to be saved (Rom. 10:13), and ALLOW the LORD God through the HOLY SPIRIT to CLEANSE you from your sins (see 1 John 1:9) through CONFESSION of them, WASH you in the WATER of God’s Word (see Eph. 5:26), rid you of all those evil, demonic strongholds that have been keeping you deaf, dumb, and blind to God’s truth in His Word.

ONCE you truly do that, you WILL be a child of God; you WILL have “put off the works of darkness and (have) put on the armor of light (Rom. 13:12), and MOST importantly, having the HOLY SPIRIT of God IN you, to work THROUGH you, you would have then “…put on the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and make no provision for the FLESH, to gratify its desires” (Rom. 13:14) in you any longer!!

ONCE an individual has “put on” and IN themselves, the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of their lives, they THEN will receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh–the HOLY SPIRIT to DWELL IN them (and ONLY then, will they receive Him–that is how you know WHO truly is a child of the King–by the spiritual CHANGES that happen in their lives!). That person WILL allow their spirit, soul (mind, will, intellect), AND body (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23 to see that we ARE made up OF PRIMARILY, spirit, THEN soul, THEN our fleshly COVERING–NOT the opposite way like the demonic world makes humans think it is!) to come under the RULE of the HOLY SPIRIT, Who is ONE with the FATHER and the SON.

EPHESIANS 4:4-6 spell it out for us as well how we are to be ONE with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, AND HIS WORD–that CANNOT be left out–(after all, does John 1:1,14 tell us plainly that CHRIST IS THE literal and living WORD OF GOD?) –and I’ll end the post with this passage, and interject within the passage as well:

“There is ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT (any other spirit that exists in a person’s body is a DEMONIC SPIRIT)–just as you were CALLED to the ONE HOPE (JESUS) that belongs to your call–
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD and Father of ALL, Who is over all, and THROUGH all, and IN ALL (of His children).”