(Please note that muscle testing or applied Kinesiology is not the same as kinesiology, which is the study of the anatomy, physiology, and the mechanics of body movement, especially in humans.)
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:14)
Table of Contents:
What is muscle testing?
What does the Bible say?
If muscle testing is demonic, how is it that many seem to receive healing using it?
What is divination?
-What does the Bible say about divination?
Instant gratification
Back to the Garden of Eden
Now, where are these answers coming from!?
What is muscle testing?
One source I found explains muscle testing as: “Muscle testing, also known as applied kinesiology, is a practice that allows one to tap into the subconscious mind to retrieve information about the body. It can be practiced on another or on oneself. The idea is that the subconscious mind knows everything there is to know about the body at all times, this includes the history of the body. As such, it can be accessed and asked questions to get a glimpse into the body, helping us see what might be contributing to conditions or symptoms. It can also help us get an idea about supportive foods, supplements, and contributing factors for symptoms. It can even help us uncover trapped emotions which can lead to physical symptoms.” Source
Another source says, “Muscle testing is a simple procedure with potentially complex implications. Like acupuncture, it is a derivative of Chinese medicine, and therefore ties into a belief that the body is governed by a network of meridians that convey energy. Despite its recent rise in popularity, muscle testing is not new, having first been introduced into western culture in the early 20th century. It is related to, and is also known as, applied kinesiology which is generally said to have been developed by chiropractor, George Goodheart in the 1960s…Originally, Goodheart combined the existing chiropractic and medical techniques of muscle testing with the concepts he learned from studying Chinese medicine. This brought him to the conclusion that every muscle in the body works in concert with a complementary muscle. Problems arise when this relationship becomes imbalanced, a condition he thought to be related to the improper flow of energy.” Source
Muscle testing is used in many different ways and in many different types of practices. It’s not applied or viewed the same across the board. Chiropractors, nutritionists, psychics, mediums, therapists, and other types of alternative healers incorporate muscle testing into their practice in various ways. For some, it is their main avenue of finding “solutions.” And for others, it is simply an addition to the work they do. Some use muscle testing to find trapped emotions, “healing” from past traumas, “healing” from generational patterns or events, what supplements or herbs someone should take, what health protocol someone should go one, what muscle needs to be activated, what food should be avoiding or eating, and this list could continue on.
There are many ways in which muscle testing can be performed. You can do the sway test, use a pendulum, isolate a specific muscle (like the deltoid) when muscle testing someone else, you could use your fingers, elbow, or the ring test, just to name a few ways in which muscle testing is often performed for the practitioner themselves or for others.* Practitioners and self taught muscle testers, will also sometimes muscle test an individual that isn’t even present with them, as in they aren’t in the same room as them, for they are at home, or are even in another state or country! 😦
Regardless of which method someone may choose to muscle test, the concept is the same, as you are asking the client’s body or “asking their subconscious” yes or no, or true or false questions. Those questions could be related to the past, present, or future. For the sway test, if you sway forward while standing after asking a question, it means yes, or true. And if you sway backward the answer is no, or false. The same concept applies for isolating a certain muscle, if the muscle “locks” or is “strong” after asking the questions, it’s a yes or a true, but if the muscle “unlocks” or doesn’t “lock,” or is “weak” the answer is a no or false. This same concept applies for all the ways in which muscle testing can be performed. These are all different forms of muscle testing.
This is very similar to the modern Ouija Board “game” of today. The same concept applies, questions are asked to this board and the players hands are literally moved to the answer. That answer could be yes, no, hello, goodbye or the answer could be spelt out with the alphabet or numbers provided on the board. Thanks to a few popular scary movies many fear playing with the Ouija board, as one should! For it is now well known that when using the Ouija board, you are indeed communicating with demons (fallen angels) and giving an open door to let Satan and his demons.
There are a lot of opinions and debates when it comes such techniques like muscle testing, as to whether it is legitimate or a placebo, but no matter the various views and opinions, the amount of practitioners that use it, or the “seemingly” great results that are produced, but what does the Bible say about it? How do many receive “healing” through muscle testing? How do we know where these answers come from?
As we read above earlier, muscle testing is said to be used to access the subconscious mind (which is defined as: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness and the totality of mental processes of which the individual is not aware. Source & Source) It is believed by teachers and users of muscle testing that if we can access the subconscious mind, then we can have access to understand absolutely everything that an individual’s body needs to bring them the best healing and restoration of mind and soul.
Yes, we do have a conscious, subconscious and unconscious part of our mind but even if many are taught to believe that the answers are coming from the subconscious mind, how do we know that this is true? Who created the mind?
When the Bible is our standard of truth, there can only be two options as to our source of who is giving us the answers, God or Satan. There are no other options. Just as there are only two options as to the source of where the ideas and thoughts that come to mind throughout any given day are from.
Over the years, as I grew more familiar with “energetic medicine/healing” and learned to muscle test, it seemed my “intuition” and my ability to “pick up” on certain things that others needed was with more clarity and ease. Before seeing a practitioner that used muscle testing for treatment, I often already “had a feeling” or “intuitively” knew what He would suggest for me to take. One time, I couldn’t find something in my room so I muscle tested where it was and the answers I received guided me right to where it was. Though this did freak me out a bit, at the same time it only justified (at that time) in my mind that muscle testing must be an amazing tool.
Sadly enough, now looking back this “intuition” was only growing, the deeper I got into the new age, and as Satan in his cunningness would have it..such “ability” and “intuition” that many develop doing such work isn’t from God nor is it a gift from God as many believe, but rather it’s the work of Satan; a work that directly mocks the true work of the Holy Spirit.
Muscle testing, acupuncture and many other “alternative and natural” methods of healing fall into the new age and occult category. They may have different names or they may slightly vary in how they are practiced or applied, but they are all demonic in nature. They all uplift and idolize the creature over the Creator (Romans 1:25), the ability or power of the body and mind to heal itself (rather than uplifting and acknowledging the One who has made our bodies with the ability to heal), the ability of the practitioner doing the work, a false sense of control and power, and other unBiblical ideas. 😦
So what does the Bible say?
It is Jesus Christ that created all things, we see in Colossians 1:16 &17, “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him. (17) And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.”
He made the moon, sun, and stars, the trees, flowers, bumblebees, and all things, including us! We have been fearfully and wonderfully knitted together in our mother’s womb and made us in His image, the image of God. Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
He also has created the worlds, and the universe; for He holds the worlds in His hands! Praise the Lord! If He holds the worlds in His hands, of course it an easy task for God to also heal and knows all things! “But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets…” (Daniel 2:28)
Isaiah 40:12, “Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighted the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”
Daniel 2:22, “He revealeth the deep and secret things: He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth in Him.”
No matter the feelings or “results” produced after receiving a certain type of modality or therapy, we must not let that determine if it is something that we should participate in, and that God is okay with. It should be a warning if we say or think such statements as, “I don’t know what this doctor does, it’s like voodoo, but it works!” Or “I don’t know how he/she (the practitioner) comes up with such answers”, etc..
If we let our feelings, certain “signs”, our own experiences or the experiences of others determine the right path, we will be quickly led astray. Even if someone says they are a Christian and says that they love the Lord, we are to test everything against the Word of God. Or even if a dear trusted friend or anyone tells us about this seemly amazing healing they experienced or heard about, we must still test it against the Word of God. 1 John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” We must test every thought and every idea against and with the Word of God.
If muscle testing is demonic, how is it that many seem to receive healing using it?
It’s important to understand that Satan can produce “miracles”, “results”, “good energy”, and signs as he is allowed. He can also cause pain and bring about physical symptoms; He will ultimately use anything he can if there is the possibility for it keeping someone or taking someone away from true faith and healing that can be found in Jesus Christ, but how does he do it?
One example: Someone could believe they have received this miraculous healing from a technique that is demonic or from a false healer, when in reality because Satan was the one that initially caused the pain or symptom in the first place, all he had to do was take it away at the time needed to make that treatment seem beneficial or a supernatural miracle that must be from God!
We read in Job, that it was Satan that killed Job’s children, caused him great distress and calamity in his life; which included giving him painful boils. Job 2:7, “So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.”
We also see in Exodus that Pharaoh’s wise men, magicians and sorcerers under the power of Satan and his demons were able to replicate many of the plagues with which God plagued Egypt through Moses, but only to a certain point as God allowed, but they weren’t able to protect themselves from experiencing the plagues. Exodus 7:10-12, “And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpant. (11) Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. (12) For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.” And even the magicians and sorcerers recognized this was God’s doing, Exodus 8:18 &19, “And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. (19) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.” & Exodus 9:11, “And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.”
It’s important to know that there are also practitioners or “healers” (like Benny Hinn or Bill Johnson for example) that are excellent manipulators that have perfected through the influence of Satan the “art” of persuasion and hypnotism. Many precious souls experience what seems to be an amazing healing, to only find out that the next days or the following weeks they are far worse than they originally were and some even die. Due to putting strain on certain bones and muscles (for example) that they have never used or haven’t used in a long time due to their current serious health condition. 😦
Especially if someone believes that a certain technique will work or they have put their trust in a man and his “abilities” rather than the Lord’s, they will be that much easier to convince. I have personally experienced these “healings”. They often produced tears and good feelings. I shared in a previous post, how I experienced immediate results many times after receiving emotion code and when receiving other new age work, which I now realize were false healings.
After I came to see that the work I was involved in was demonic by the grace and healing power of Jesus Christ, the Lord healed my wheat sensitivity (if I had the tiniest amount of wheat before, I would get extremely sleepy almost immediately and go into what felt like a sleep coma for so many hours), healed many of my nut allergies, even taking away the fear I had associated to being around peanuts. Praise His Name!
One day after the Lord had healed me, I was eating some nuts and I started to get the beginnings of an itchy throat and the beginnings of an allergic reaction. I was tempted to doubt, but then the Spirit brought to my mind that this was an attack from the enemy. I went into prayer, asking the Lord if this was Satan messing with me and trying to get me to doubt. After I prayed, my symptoms immediately went away. Praise the Lord. I have had other experiences like this since walking with the Lord, but this one stuck out in my mind for me to share.
Instant gratification:
When muscle testing clients and myself, I always received an answer and I never had to wait for an answer. It was one of the reasons it was so satisfying and exhilarating; empowering! I got immediate feedback and instant gratification, no matter the question I asked. As long as I formed the question to have a yes or no answer, I got one. This is muscle testing. It was only the last weeks before (as far as I remember – could have happened other times that I can’t remember at this time) before my schedule went completely blank and I was done with emotion code, that I would have times that I wasn’t able to get clarity when muscle testing and I would tell my clients something along the lines that, “nothing was coming up” and not charge them for the appointment. I look back now and praise the Lord for not allowing me to receive “answers” from Satan during those times at the end.
The questions asked while using muscle testing could be regarding past, current, or future situations and was often used in what seemed to be innocent examples, like this; “Should Josie take Vitamin C? Yes. Should Josie take 500mg? No. 250mg? Yes. How many 250mg tablets should Josie take a day? 2? Yes. How many times a day? Once? No. Twice? Yes. And for how many days should Josie take these tablets for? 5? No. 10? No. 2 weeks? Yes.”
Sure, there weren’t any tarot cards present, no physical Ouija board, no glass globe or openly dressed or proclaimed witch to perform these predictions. Heartbreakingly though, this is still demonic. Satan in his cunning nature has made even the most innocent of techniques seem safe, when in reality these “innocent techniques” fall into the same category of work, which the Bible classifies as divination; an abomination to the Lord.
What is divination?
New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means or unusual insight: intuitive perception.
And what does the word “occult” mean? According to 1828 Webster’s Dictionary is, the word “occult” is defined in the following way: Hidden from the eye or understanding; invisible; secret; unknown; undiscovered; undetected; as the occult qualities of matter.
And what the Bible say about divination?
Deuteronomy 18:9-12, “When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. (10) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (11) Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (12) For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”
Leviticus 19:26, “Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment (divination), nor observe times.”
Ezekiel 21:21, “For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.”
Revelation 21:27, “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
Even if we pray before doing this type of work, or believe that we are doing it in the right “intensions,” neither of these things can change how God views this type of work, (let alone any sin or “new age” work) or the consequences of our choices. Nor will the Lord answer such a prayer when we are in the midst performing such abominations. Proverbs 28:9, “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”
It’s also important to understand that even within the new age, for example light magic vs dark magic, or evil energy vs good energy..one is made to seem like the better route, when the reality is that they are both equally of Satan. For we are not to mix good with evil or truth with error. We are to abstain from all appearance of evil, and we are to flee from the devil. 1 Corinthians 10:21, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.”
“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.” (1 Kings 18:21)
The timing in which we receive answers via muscle testing is another red flag!
If we in reverence and with humble repentant hearts bring our requests before God Almighty, in His perfect timing and according to His will, we will receive an answer. “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us: (15) And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” (1 John 5:14&15)
“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.” (1 John 3:22)
When that answer comes and how that answers comes, isn’t up to us. We are to simply ask in faith believing that God will answer, and wait patiently for that answer. However it is that He answers us, we must be open to hear that answer (even if it’s different than what we would have ever thought), continue to seek Him in prayer, study His Word and patiently wait. (How does the Lord heal?) Psalm 27:14, “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)
He who has created us and given us breath, has also given us His precious and Holy Word to guide us in every decision we make. For 2 Timothy 3:16 shares that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”
If we desire true healing, we must go to the only One that can truly heal our hearts and our infirmities, He who tries the heart and knows the desires of it. (Hebrews 4:12, Romans 11:33) He knows how many hairs we have on our head. He knows everything that we have been through and everything that we need. He knows it all!!
And it is often when we find comfort and rest at the feet of Jesus for our often infirmities, that our physical health and spirit is revived. And through the Holy Scriptures and help of the Holy Spirit we are also given guidance of the right therapies, diet, and all the best ways in which we can improve our health by God’s grace. So we can take care of the bodies we have been given, our bodies that have been bought buy a precious price, and we can best glorify our Creator and Saviour.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Back to the Garden of Eden:
When looking to the beginning of Genesis, we see God gave Adam and Eve specific instructions to not eat or even touch the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden. After this, we see Satan tempted Eve to eat of that forbidden fruit. Genesis 3:1-6, “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: (3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Satan and his demons have from the beginning of creation been attempting to deceive many into believing his lies for he hates God and knows that the timeline of his life is very short and soon to be over. And he wants to keep as many people as possibly from having eternal life through Jesus Christ because he can’t have it. For we see in John 8:44, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
It was in the Garden of Eden, that satan tempted Eve to doubt the authority of God’s Word. Satan tempted Eve to desire knowledge that wasn’t for her to know or understand, “…your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” It was this “secret” and “hidden” knowledge that was not to be understood by man that Satan used to convince Eve that there must be something better than what God had deemed to be the best. The wisdom and protection of God’s instruction wasn’t reverenced and viewed as authority over Eve’s feelings. For Eve, “…saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,..” Adam and Eve walked with God in perfection, before she sinned but as God allows us to be tested and tempted, He allowed Adam and Even to be tempted and tested as well. 1 John 2:15-16, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
Adam and Eve had everything that they could ever desire. They had an abundant supply and access to all the other fruit trees in the garden, except this one.
Just as Eve fell to this temptation and to the many lies that Satan threw her way, Satan often tempts us to take our focus away from God and instead of going to Him in prayer and earnest study of His Word for guidance, we listen to the many suggestions that Satan speaks into our ears, the thoughts that appeal to our fleshly wants and desires, that “quicker”, “easier”, or that “more popular” route; even at the expense of spending all or a significant amount of the money the Lord has blessed us to have on new age practices, and other items that God doesn’t approve. (As I did; praise the Lord for His forgiveness and mercy towards us). He (Satan) tempts us to seek out the simple and easy avenue rather than turning to God in humility, and seeking for help and wisdom as Solomon did in 1 Kings 3:7 &9, “And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. (9) Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”
Psalm 46:1, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
We often grow discontent and unthankful. Instead of opening our hearts to our Heavenly Father who longs for us to turn to Him, and we turn to the wisdom of this world. (Please read, “The Privilege of Prayer”) We often even start to idolize and uplift our own wisdom, our own abilities, the practitioner, and other modalities to figure out the answers, and are quick to run to these modalities and people for the answers rather then the Lord. 😦 (Just as I did)
It’s important to understand that when receiving muscle testing by itself, or when it’s used in a new age modality, you are also putting yourself at the will of the practitioner and trusting in whatever answers the practitioner gives.
“There is, however, a form of mind cure that is one of the most effective agencies for evil. Through this so-called- science, one mind is brought under the control of another so that the individuality of the weaker is merged in that of the stronger mind. One person acts out the will of another. Thus it is claimed that the tenor of the thoughts may be changed, that health-giving impulses may be imparted, and patients may be enabled to resist and overcome disease.
This method of cure has been employed by person who were ignorant of its real nature and tendency, and who believed it to be a means of benefit to the sick. But the so-called science is based upon false principles. It is foreign to the nature and spirit of Christ. It does not lead to Him who is life and salvation. The one who attracts minds to himself leads them to separate from the true Source of their strength.
It is not God’s purpose that any human being should yield his mind and will to the control of another, becoming a passive instrument in his hands. No one is to merge his individuality in that of another. He is not to look to any human being as the source of healing. His dependence must be in God…
…He (satan) seeks to encourage dependence upon men. When minds are turned away from God, the tempter can bring them under his rule. He can control humanity.”
– Concerned Christian
“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” (Psalms 118:8)
“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” (Jeremiah 17:5-7)
Now where are these many answers coming from!?
Satan, and his demons communicating to one and another, and then telling you (the practitioner or muscle tester). For they have been alive for over 6,000 years. They have seen all that each of us have been through, including our past loved one’s lives. How can you as a client or patient or practitioner have confidence that the answers given through muscle testing should be trusted!? You can’t, and you shouldn’t.
The ability to receive “hidden knowledge” or receive any sort of “healing” through occult and new age healing methods like muscle testing to find answers is the same lie that Satan used to tempt Eve! It’s just masked in different deceptive and appealing to the eye wrapping paper. Muscle testing promises access to hidden answers, and secret knowledge that can bring healing, and answers to many questions past, present, and future pertaining to an individual’s or their families health and life. (Which includes loved ones that have passed).
Many may be using muscle testing or seeing someone who does muscle testing without realizing its unBiblical roots. They may truly believe that it is an amazing technique, just as I thought. I plead and pray with you and for you, if you are currently receiving muscle testing or you yourself muscle test..In His merciful kindness, the Lord is always willing to forgive everyone who honestly and sincerely seeks for that forgiveness, for doing those things that go against His Word.
And if you aren’t seeing the deceptive nature of this type of work, with humble hearts please pray to God for eyes to see and an heart that desires to turn away from all that the Lord deems unholy! He is jealous over you with a Godly jealousy because He knows that He and His ways are the very best for you.
I too was involved in all of these demonic practices, and even did muscle testing on my clients, family members, and friends in person and distantly..God is His abundant mercy has forgiven me and since turning away from such practices and other known sin, I have found true peace and healing in Jesus! No new age practice or muscle testing can ever truly heal, nor satisfy the longing and desires of your heart. Give Jesus an opportunity! He is worth it!
I encourage you to pray and earnestly seek God in His precious Word. He is faithful to give the answers we seek, if we search for His will in everything with honesty and integrity.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2
“And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” (Job 28:28)
1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
John 10:10-11, “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. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
“Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,” (Luke 24:45)
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, whatever they may be!
“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 16:25
I pray this blesses you. May the Lord, Jesus Christ bless you. 🙂