Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 29 (A World of Lies, Part 11: “Mental Illness”)
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 29
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A World of Lies,
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Part 11:
“Mental Illness”
To read Part 1, click here… “January 3 (World of Lies, Part 1: The Femme-Fatale Firefly!)”
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TO READ MORE ARTICLES ON MENTAL ILLNESS, CLICK HERE…
Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 30 (A World of Lies, Part 12: “Mental Illness (CONTINUED)”)
Girl – “Depression” – by Danielzanetti – cropped image – for Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License 3.0
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ATHEISM: A BIG LIE IN A WORLD OF COUNTLESS LIES
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We live in a world filled with countless lies and deceptions.
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And one of Satan’s greatest last-days deceptions has been this ideology known as “Atheism” (the 6th head of the Antichrist Beast of Revelation 13).
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Yes, in spite of nature’s many witnesses to God’s creative power, Satan has wondrously deceived the world into believing that all this beauty, wisdom, love, poetry, majesty, and law & order found throughout nature has been the result of some accidental cosmic explosion.
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In other words, out of mere chaos came beauty, wisdom, love, poetry, majesty, and law & order!
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A pretty slick transformation, wouldn’t you agree?! Chaos into magnificence?
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Charles Darwin – by John Collier (artist) – www.wikimedia.com – Public Domain
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“OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE, FALSELY SO-CALLED”
1st Timothy 6:20
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But of course, Satan does not rest satisfied with this one great deception.
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Another deception being thrust upon Mankind is the false science kno
wn as “Psychiatry”.
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Yes, over the past several hundred years, Satan has concocted and developed this clever opposition, which the Bible refers to as, “science, falsely so-called”. 1st Timothy 6:20
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Through very convincing television, movie, and literary publications, Satan has successfully indoctrinated the vast multitudes (including the Christian community) into believing that many mentally disturbed people are suffering from a physical disease of the brain.
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One great problem is, the average person assumes that, because there are actual physical brain deformities (dementia, retardation, etc.) that so-called “mental illness” is lumped together with these actual physical impairments. This lack of understanding by the general populace gives great impetus to these “questions of science, falsely so-called” 1st Timothy 6:20
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Psycho – Alfred Hitchcock – cropped image – 1960 Lobby Card – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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NEGATING THE TRUTH
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Now just how does this false science help Satan to achieve his goal?
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Simple!
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If Satan can convince the world that there is no such thing as devil possession and satanic harassment, then he has successfully negated the many Bible accounts concerning these things.
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But the Bible makes numerous references to people being harassed, and even possessed by evil spirits.
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Demonic dreams – Wikipedia – US-public-domain
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DEMONIC ACTIVITY IN SCRIPTURE
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From the account of King Saul’s so-called “bi-polar” episodes, to the man possessed by multiple personalities, to the child who seemed to suffer from so-called “epilepsy” or perhaps from so-called “autism”, to the woman who had the power of divination, the Bible makes clear that these were all the direct result of demonic activity! (see 1st Samuel 16:23, Mark, 5:1-13, Mark 9:17-29, Acts 16:16)
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David plays before King Saul – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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PSYCHIATRY CHALLENGES BIBLE’S AUTHORITY
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And as somebody once, so aptly said, ‘Satan’s greatest feat was to convince the world that he doesn’t really exist!’
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And in Satan’s on-going strategy of seemingly erasing himself out of existence, so also, this false science of psychiatry only further diminishes mankind’s belief in what the Bible reveals concerning Satan and his vast army of evil-angels, which orchestrate, so incredibly well, this sin-cursed world.
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Sigmund Freud – LIFE – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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SOULS HELD IN BONDAGE
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And also, those who are suffering from these so-called mental illnesses continue to be held in bondage, thinking they cannot overcome their seemingly hopeless condition.
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Oh yes, by faithfully taking a certain pill, they may find some degree of relief from their “malady”.
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But in reality, it is only because Satan backs off from his mental oppression that these suffering souls return to some degree of sanity.
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Thus, the pills get the credit for “helping the demon-harassed person”, when in truth, it was only because the evil angel backed off for a time.
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Insane Asylum – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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SATAN WAITS TO POUNCE
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And yet, when such persons are tempted, by unseen entities, to throw away their medicine, these satanic forces come back with force and fury, to thrust them into some form of crazy behavior, until they finally return to taking their pills. Thus, the pills get the glory once again! And this only further diminishes mankind’s belief in God and His infallible, “Word of Truth”! (James 1:18. etc…)
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Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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CHEMICAL IMBALANCE? NOT SO MUCH!
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In the previous century, psychiatrists came up with a seemingly good explanation, claiming that so-called “mentally ill” persons were suffering from a “chemical imbalance” But even back then, they sheepishly admitted that they had no proof that this was true. But this explanation was good enough to get by, even though the medical community had not the slightest idea why some “medicines” seemed to pull patients back into some degree of sanity.
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And even today, the more honest psychiatrists will admit (still sheepishly) that this hypothesis concerning “chemical imbalances” was nothing more than mere guess-work by the medical community! In other words, they have NOT the slightest clue as to why some people have so-called, “mental illness”!
Psychotropic Drugs, Iranian Poster – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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Now is there any hope for such persons?
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Oh yes! God promises total deliverance to these captives of Satan!
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
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Listen to Paul in 2nd Timothy 1:7…“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
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Here we see that fear is a spirit: Satan’s Antichrist spirit, which indwells the lost souls in the world!
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And much of so-called mental illness is based upon fear in one form or another.
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ABOVE PICTURE: Armageddon – Battle for the mind
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“POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND” ALSO A SPIRIT
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But this above verse from 2nd Timothy 1:7 also reveals that “power, love, and a sound mind”, are likewise a spirit: the Holy Spirit!
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Virtuous Woman with Bible – Braet von Überfeldt – 1866 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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So just how can a person get rid of that foul spirit, and instead be filled with the Spirit of “power, love, and a sound mind”?
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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PERFECT PEACE!
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Well, the prophet, Isaiah, makes the most wonderful revelation…“Thou (God) wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee!” Isaiah 26:3
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Here we have the remedy for so-called mental illness: to keep one’s mind continually focused on Jesus!
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Just think of it! Perfect peace!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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But how in the world do we keep our mind stayed on Jesus?
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By constant prayer? Oh yes!
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But let’s say just one more thing about this concept of keeping our minds “stayed upon Jesus”…
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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PERFECT PEACE
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So, just how do we keep our minds stayed upon Jesus? Simple! Perfect peace is achieved by immersing one’s own self in God’s Word throughout our day!
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Listen to Psalm 1:2…“But his delight is in the law (Word) of the LORD; and in His law (God’s Word) doth he meditate day and night.”
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Here it is! Here is the very simple remedy for so-called mental illness!
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To be fully immersed in God’s Word, from morning to night!
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DON’T DISCARD “MEDICINE”
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Now, one word of caution!
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Satan would love nothing more than to cause some newer Christian with a history of so-called, mental illness, to throw away their “medication”, so that he can return and thrust them back into some insane episode!
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And by so-doing, Christianity gets the proverbial “black-eye”.
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Straitjacket – rear – Wikipedia -Public Domain
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SATAN WAITING TO POUNCE
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The Christian must continue taking his or her “medication”, as they continue to grow in grace and knowledge of the Bible.
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God has no problem with the Christian continuing on with “medication”.
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What God is truly concerned with, is for that Christian to continue hiding God’s great and precious promises in the heart, learning to live by His Word on a daily basis.
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Yes, God’s great desire for that Christian is to fully get his or her heavenly armor on, so that Satan can no longer harass them!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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BECOME A SEASONED CHRISTIAN!
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And then, after years of becoming a stable Christian adult, that now well-seasoned Christian may decide to diminish or quit that “medicine” altogether, now confident that He or she can live intelligently according to God’s Word!
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Of course, don’t be surprised if Satan comes as a false Holy Spirit, tempting you to throw away your “medication”, making it seem as though it is God who is testing your faith!
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And then, Satan will mercilessly thrust you back into some form of so-called “insanity”, thus further bolstering this false ideology of psychiatry!
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Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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KEEP GROWING!
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But the fact is, the Christian can continue to live a complete and rewarding life in Christ, regardless that he or she continues on their “medication”.
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Just keep growing in Christ’s Word!
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That’s the important thing!
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That’s the main thing!
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That’s the only thing!
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And this is truly a Gift of God’s Grace!
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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TO READ PART 12, CLICK HERE…
May 30 (A World of Lies, Part 12: “Mental Illness (CONTINUED)”)
Human worry & stress & depression – by Becky Wetherington for Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to see and understand the great deception, which is the Planet Earth! Help me study Thy Word that I may become wise as a serpent, but harmless as a dove…
Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…March 22 (The Armor Of God, Part 2: “Mental Illness & The Spirit Of Fear!”) or you can also read this article…January 14 (Planet Earth, Devil’s Island, Part 4: Mental Disorders)
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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ATHEISM AND THE NUMBER “6”
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And so, without going into a lengthy discussion, let’s just say that of all the 7 heads of Antichrist, the head which most closely aligns with atheism would logically be the 6th head. And why the 6th head? The Book of Revelation, Chapter 13 warns that the Antichrist Beast has a number of 666. And it describes this number as being the “number of a man”. The number “6” in Scripture has to do with “Man”. It is a number which reminds of the 6th Day of Creation; the day that Man was created. Man was created on the 6th day. And so, Mankind is very much connected with the number “6”
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And since atheism is the religion which holds Mankind as the supreme ruler of Earth, then the number “6”, being the number of Man, seems to correspond to the 6th head of Antichrist, very well.
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Now these ideas may not be “written in stone”, as they say. And nothing hinges upon, nor falls apart, with or without these theories. But sufficed to say, there is strong evidence that these concepts have biblical support.
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And so, this 6th star in the Revelation 12 Dragon’s wave of water, would correspond to the 6th head of the Antichrist Beast. And as already said, “waves” in Scripture, represent the many false ideologies which Satan has flooded the world with, throughout time. So that is why Signs Of Heaven website believes that atheism was the 6th head of Antichrist.
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But if the reader wishes to explore these things in more depth, please go to “Floodwaters of Satan-Introduction”.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Flood Waters of Satan-Introduction
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TOMORROW…
May 30 (A World of Lies, Part 12: “Mental Illness (CONTINUED)”)
Human worry & stress & depression – by Becky Wetherington for Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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