Could it be a "spirit thing".....ya think!

As we awoke this morning we were greeted with the big question;

What Drove Young Killer To Commit Mall Slaughter?

I am quite sure that this will be the main topic of all the TV news casts and radio talk shows in the hours to come. They will of course bring all of their so called “psychological experts” in and banter back and forth as to what mental condition this young man suffered from. They will discuss his upbringing, his social skills (or lack thereof) and, of course, any medications he has been on in his short 19 years of life. But, in light of 2 Timothy 3, I am wondering if so much of what we are seeing could be a direct result of the evil spirits we have allowed to operate pretty much unabated within our so-called Christian society (and I use the term “Christian” very loosely). Take a look at what Paul foresaw of the conditions man would be in as we got close to the “last days”;


2 Timothy 3:1-5 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

Now if you take every one of these character traits and let them run their course in a person’s life you will have a pretty messed up individual. However, you interject some of these “spirits” into the mix and you come up with circumstances like happened in Omaha.

Let’s take “lovers of self” and stretch it out a bit. You begin by allowing your focus to be shifted off of God & His Word and onto yourself (remember, Paul is writing about so-called “Christians” here, “holding to a form of godliness”). Once the focus is shifted then you give opportunity for spirits to influence your thought processes (remember, the battle is in the mind, or physique). Once spirits have access they can run their course until they get their final results, which is usually death of the one being influenced and perhaps even some innocent individuals around him or her. Abortion is a classic example of this. A woman gets her focus off of “Truth” and puts it on “self”. This will run its course until something (or someone) gets in the way……..like a BABY! Once the mind has become so influenced that you become the center of all things, then spirits will take the opportunity to give you an alternative to your situation……….which results in murder…….of the BABY, Once the murder is accomplished then these same spirits convince the person that “it’s just a blob of cells” or “it’s your god given right to choose what you do with your body” (you will notice I used a small “g”). The result is that the baby’s “GOD given right to life” was over trumped by her “god given right to self”. If these "spirits" do their thing well they will then heap huge amounts of guilt on the woman until she ends her own life to end her mental (physique) torment. If it wasn't for God's grace intervening I personally believe there would be a suicide for every abortion taking place today.

One of the most “selfish” acts in our current society is suicide. I just wonder how much of the young shooter’s physique had been influenced by these “spirits”of murder & suicide. And, as we see this pattern being unfolded almost every day now, where will it end.

I can’t even imagine the number of “spirits” that have been poured out on our decadent society…………and what these spirits are capable of……….and what’s to come before Jesus returns to put these “spirits” in their “place”.