Paul said to beware of the wiles of the devil. In this radio broadcast we mentioned a few of the tricks Satan uses to get you to forget that God made your body to be a temple for the God Family. Satan wants you to destroy and neutralize yourself so that you will not be steadfast in speaking the truth of God’s Word.

Remember the top five tricks Satan uses to invalidate you. They are:

1. The Erosion of Sin, which involves pride, selfishness, and a desire to compromise the laws of God.
2. The Erosion of Poison, which makes you unclean and undefendable. This poison corrupts and mocks you.
3. The Erosion of Curses, which brings in failure, fatigues, poverty, breakdown, and the spirit of abortion.
4. The Erosion by Traditions*, which corrupts the times and holy days of God, causing you to worship Satan and his demons without fully realizing it, instead of God the Father. Traditions are justifications of lies, deception, and corruption. They make God’s Word null and void in your life. You become controlled by lies rather than truth. Traditions are always supported by legalism and self-righteousness. They erode our barriers and give Satan the right to invalidate us.
5. The Erosion of Fear, which takes away your free will, your ability to speak God’s Word, your internal defense systems, your ability to judge and evaluate, and your ability to rest, be refreshed, and dream of hope.

Any of these erosions is a door opener to Satan in getting control of your body and poisoning your soul. Your Father has made you responsible for your choices in this life. Therefore, choose life!

*We will expand a bit on this topic (Bible passages and some additional material written by Robert Scott). The Santa Claus tradition is a good (or bad) example of harmful traditions, as is the whole Christmas tradition, explained in our A-Z article on Christmas. Santa Claus is a clever perversion of the phrase, “Satan’s claws.” Kissing under the poisonous mistletoe is a kiss of death. You may not die instantly, of course, but you are covenanting with death rather than life. You are connecting to the soul of the person you kiss under the mistletoe. The consequences could surprise you in a negative way.

Valentine’s day is as pagan in origin as Christmas, whose pagan festivities began 2000 years before Jesus’ birth. Valentine’s day is a celebration of lust, going all the way back to Nimrod, the licentious hunter of Genesis 10.

Wishing is another deceptive tradition based in witchcraft. We are to pray in faith to God, not wish for something, which is in reality hoping that Satan through chance will grant us what we desire. The word “wish” is not in the original languages of the Bible.

Throwing rice at weddings is a leftover tradition from the sexual worship of the giant nephilim of Genesis 6. The idea is that the rice, which represents in reality the ejaculate of the nephilim, clouds the vision. The principle is that with the throwing of rice, you do not want God to see into your marriage to bless it. Mixing pagan customs with Christian institutions pollutes the institution. We can repent of these inadvertent sins and reject the corresponding demonic effects.  [Continued ... ]