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The following article challenges websites such as Joy of Satan which uses outright lies and innuendo to ensnare unsuspecting seekers - i.e., "Satan is the real creator of the universe", and "God is a lie". Unlike other Satanic sects, the "Joy of Satan" webmaster/leader Maxine Dietrich views Jews as a "cosmic enemy" and entices her followers to support National Socialism, i.e., Neo-Nazi parties, etc. Dietrich has stated that she intends to "wage an astral war" against the Jews....
Here are some excerpts from Joy of Satan:
"THERE IS NO GOD BUT MYSELF." "KNOWING THIS, WHO DARES WORSHIP THE FALSE GODS OF THE KORAN AND BIBLE?"
-SATAN (FROM THE QU'RET AL-YEZID)
Realizing that Satanists don't believe in the Bible, they do sometimes mention the Bible in order to try to justify their belief. Therefore, The Refiner's Fire feels the need to challenge Satanism according to GOD'S WORD. The Bible reveals that people worship many "gods"; however, the ONLY TRUE GOD is Our Creator, YHWH - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who ultimately revealed Himself to us as His "Son" Yeshua who was and is YHWH-Come-in-the-Flesh:
- Genesis 35:2 - Then Ya'acov said to his household and all the others with him,"Get rid of the foreign gods that you have with you, purify yourselves, and put on fresh clothes.
- Exodus 12:12 - 'For that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both men and animals; and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt; I am Adonai.
- Exodus 15:11 - Who is like You, Adonai, among the mighty? Who is like You, sublime in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?
- Exodus 20:3 - "You shall have no other gods before Me.
- Exodus 20:23 - 'You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.
Besides many spelling and grammatical errors on this particular site, the other obvious faux-pas is the deliberate omission of sources. For instance, the webmaster doesn't say what the QU'RET AL-YEZID is, or exactly WHO wrote it or WHEN. It was obviously written by some human. If Satan is our "real creator", WHERE is the proof that he is? In some man-made document? The Bible speaks of Satan throughout, which proves that he is real (see Satan, the Adversary of Mankind). That being the case, so is GOD - who WARNS us about this very real threat and even goes so far as to tell us how to shun him. (See Genesis 3:1, 7, 14; Ezekiel 28:12 and 16; 1 Timothy 3:6; Romans 5:12; John 8:44; I John 3:8; Luke 4:5; John 14:30; II Corinthians 4:3; Mark 4:14; Mathew 12:24; Luke 13:11; Acts 10:38; Job 1:6, 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; and Revelation 12:1, to mention a few.) The BIBLE, the ONLY true Word of God - whose writings have NEVER been disproven by ANYONE!
Recent archeological excavations have unearthed a large number of ancient tablets in the area known as the "Fertile Crescent." … These tablets are presently in the British Museum. Scholars have been working on deciphering the ancient inscriptions for some years now. WHAT HAS COME TO LIGHT IS THAT THE GOD KNOWN AS SATAN/LUCIFER "THE DEVIL" IS THE TRUE FATHER AND CREATOR OF HUMANITY. He gave us an evolutionary hand up and along with the Nephilim (those now refered to as Demons) taught humanity civilization.
Notice that the webmaster does not mention the exact date of this supposed excavation, the name and date of a publication that could verify this supposed "fact", and the names of the supposed scholars who have been working on deciphering the inscriptions. And HOW do we know that it "has come to light...the god known as Satan/Lucifer, 'the devil' is the TRUE father and creator of humanity"? The website never cites ANY news sources, names, or dates....
The Old Gods turned the Earth over to the younger Gods who have become power mad (yaweh/jehova), cruel and negligent. With the age of Aquarius, this will come to an end. There IS spiritual warfare.
Exactly WHERE is this substantiated? And - didn't you just contradict yourself by calling them "Gods"? The fact that Satan and Satanism exist (and the fact that most of our lives are in a constant state of turmoil) is living proof that there IS indeed, spiritual warfare. That is why it is absolutely imperative that we adhere to God's Living Word!
For those who are desperate to believe that Satan is all-knowing, all-powerful, please check out the Scriptures which will prove otherwise. The ONLY power Satan has is what God ALLOWS him to have!
- Job 1:12 - Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.
- Job 2:6 - So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life."
- Luke 22:31 - "Simon, Simon, behold, [Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6; Matt 4:10] Satan has demanded permission to [Amos 9:9] sift you like wheat.
- Luke 10: - 17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." 18 And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. 20 "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."
There are myriad lies and outrageous comments on every one of the Satanic websites, but yet some people are willing to sacrifice their eternal souls in order to believe their man-made nonsense. The reason for this is because Satanism offers them power and self-worth. Satanism attracts especially those who are rebelling against God or society, or those who have been abused or bullied in some way and are seeking to regain power and to become "gods", as Satanism promises. Since Satanism offers magic spells and tangible "weapons" against those who get in their way or have wronged them in some way, these people readily accept the lies as absolute doctrine - which verifies the Word of God that tells us man is inherently evil, thanks to the actions of Adam and Eve.
The following, borrowed from the website "Metareligion" puts it into perspective for us:
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Hosea 4:6 - my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
A lack of knowledge about the Bible has left the world in turmoil. What used to be ungodly is now accepted by the majority of Churches all over the globe. What God calls and abomination is now considered an alternate lifestyle. Most skip over scripture, twist words and even interpret them as they see fit. As the scripture above says, most have forgotten the laws God has sent forth and we are seeing and reaping the result.
Ephesians 6:12 - for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (KJV)
Contrary to what many believe, Satan does exist. Even some of those that have been in church for years deny he is real. How can a person claim to be a child of God and yet reject scripture that clearly says that Satan and demons exist? How can people sit in church, claim to be a Christian and then practice satanism or witchcraft?
Corinthians II 4:3-6 - but if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
It is as the above scripture says. They are lost and blinded by Satan. God has given us his word to live by. It is convicting, life changing and those who are deceived, run from the word and the truth it holds.
1st. Timothy 4:1-2 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
It is said that what one-generation allows in moderation, the next will practice in excess.
How true that statement is. Too many gutless Christians have sat back and said nothing and we are reaping the result. Preachers do not want to offend the average pew-setter and will not tell the congregation what is happening! They are too worried about their paychecks, and are afraid of the deacons or elders. There are some who are so bound up by the devil; they will not step on Satan's toes! I once had a preacher tell me that people don't need to be scared! What a shame. You need to know who your enemy is and how he operates.
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Yeshua Himself used Scripture against the Tempter:
Matthew 4: 3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" (See also Deuteronomy 8:3) 5 Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" ([Psalm 91:11,12) 7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" (See also Deuteronomy 6:16) 8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; 9 and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" (See Deuteronomy 6:13-15, 10:20,21) 11 Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him. (See Matthew 4:1-13)
Satan is far more intelligent and powerful than the collective intellects of the most brilliant minds on earth. To adequately defend Himself, Yeshua had to come up with a better defense than mere human logic could ever produce. You'll notice Yeshua did not defend Himself by trying to reason with Satan as to why it was ludicrous that He should give in to the temptations. He had a more powerful and effective defense - He quoted Scripture! Notice also that when ALL hung in the balance, Yeshua let the outcome be determined by the veracity of the 1,400 year old writings of Moses. This proves that He was convinced of the authority, authenticity, and inerrancy of Scripture!
Since Yeshua patterned His thinking on the inerrancy of Scripture, shouldn't we?
Satanism claims to have all the answers for the lost of this world. Satnists do not hesitate to mention how man has skewed God's Word and consequently segmented it into all the various religions. What they DON'T mention, however, is that there are sects even among Satanists! There are diverse groups of Satanists who ascribe to differing beliefs; notably, Modern Satanists, Traditional Satanists and Spiritual Satanists - each with their own respective beliefs about whether or not Satan is an actual being, or just a "force". They all call Christians "x-tians" and believe that Lucifer (the Archangel who was kicked out of Heaven and became known as Satan) is their creator. They ALL twist Scripture to suit their respective purposes, and they all claim to be non-violent and "normal" - yet NONE of them hesitate to use their various "powers" to hurt people. To wit:
Revenge: If someone makes us mad and deserves to be punished we will ask Father or our Guardian Demon to take care of them. Unlike RHP religions we don't have to worry about that Karma/3 fold crap. We are NOT weak and when someone deserves to get hurt or destroyed we take care of it.
Magick: We do many forms of magick. Mostly Black magick because this is most useful for us to gain revenge or get things we want.
Meditation: This is the MOST vital area in Spiritual Satanism. This boosts our mind powers to extraordinary levels. Even to the point of the abilities to do extra-ordinary and supernatural things. These things ARE possible. You just need the right techniques to make them happen.
Can you see how it all comes back to the "power thing"? These are people who have a crazed desire to be in charge and to be noticed. Their favorite cry appears to be "Hail Satan".
One Satanic website espouses that Satanism is NOT a religion of hate:
"Satanism is not of hate and weird sexual perversity, the Temples of Satan is always purging deviants who attempt to attain membership status, some will argue that Grand Magister Blackwood leads a life of perverse nature, however no Clergy of the Temples of Satan has witnessed any behavior contrary to being of indulgence sexually, we are not embarrassed by his operation of a successful and thriving Escort Service, nor are we embarrassed at his appetite for sex, he is six hundred and sixty six percent a sexual magnet and his ability to drive women to himself is very Satanic in nature, however it is looked upon as an ability and duly noted as a quality man male would love to possess."
"...Not of hate and weird sexual perversity" - yet openly sexually indulgent? Why would ANYONE would want to be part of an organization that blatantly goes against decency, morality, and God's Word? (By the way, without the Bible, we wouldn't even know right from wrong, decent from indecent, moral from immoral. The Bible is the document that originally outlined how man is to worship God, and how we should behave towards one another.)
After reading this, could one STILL be interested in Satanism? What you choose to do is strictly up to you. God gives us all the choice to either love and follow Him - or not. Just remember: YHWH is the TRUE Creator. Satan is a CREATED being, just like you and me. THAT FACT can be verified in the BIBLE - the Book that God "breathed" and which has been around for centuries; the Book whose hundreds of prophecies have ALREADY come true and are STILL unfolding before our very eyes!
Whom do you choose to follow: God or His CREATION?
- Acts 26: - 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'
- Romans 16:20 - [Rom 15:33] The God of peace will soon crush [Matt 4:10] Satan under your feet. [1 Cor 16:23; 2 Cor 13:14; Gal 6:18; Phil 4:23; 1 Thess 5:28; 2 Thess 3:18; Rev 22:21] The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:11 - so that no advantage would be taken of us by [Matt 4:10] Satan, for [Luke 22:31; 2 Cor 4:4; 1 Pet 5:8] we are not ignorant of his schemes.
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 - No wonder, for even [Matt 4:10; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13] Satan disguises himself as an [Col 1:12] angel of light.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9 - that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of [Matt 4:10] Satan, with all power and [Matt 24:24; John 4:48] signs and false wonders,
- Revelation 12:9 - And the great [Rev 12:3] dragon was thrown down, the [Gen 3:1; 2 Cor 11:3; Rev 12:15; 20:2] serpent of old who is called the devil and [Matt 4:10; 25:41] Satan, who [Rev 13:14; 20:3, 8, 10] deceives the whole world; he was [Luke 10:18; John 12:31] thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- Revelation 20: 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
The Bible tells us that evil spirits are active in astrology, fortune-telling or soothsaying, mediums, the occult, etc. If you have become involved in Satanism or any other form of Paganism, please read the following Scripture that talk about how God feels about the occult:
Ephesians 6:12 - As believers, our fight is not against humans but against powerful spiritual beings of evil.
- 2nd Corinthians 11:14-15: Satan and his angels can appear as angels
of righteousness and light.
- Matthew 7:21-23: Many who work miracles in God's name will not enter
heaven. Why? Because they do not obey God.
- Leviticus 20:6 - God will separate himself from those who go after
mediums and familiar spirits.
- Leviticus 19:31 - Stay away from mediums and familiar spirits.
- Deuteronomy 18:10-12: practicing witchcraft, sorcerery, soothsaying
(forture-telling), interpreting omens, making spells, being a medium or
spiritist, are all terrible sins to God.
- Leviticus 20:27 - In the Old Covenant, mediums or those with
familiar spirits were to be stoned.
- 1 Samuel 28:3-25: King Saul asked the medium at En Dor to bring up
the prophet Samuel who was dead.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 - One reason King Saul died was because he asked
a medium for help.
- Isaiah 8:19 - Seek God - not mediums, wizards, or the dead.
- Isaiah 47:13-14: Astrologers and stargazers won't be able to save
Babylon.
- Daniel 2:27-28: God kept King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its interpretation secret from the astrologers, magicians or dream interpreters, and soothsayers. However, he revealed it to his prophet Daniel.
- Acts 16:16-18: A girl was possessed by an evil spirit that enabled her to be a fortune-teller. Paul commanded the evil spirit to come out of her in the name or authority of Jesus. The evil fortune telling spirit left her.
- Deuteronomy 4:19 - Be careful that you don't worship the sun, moon, and stars.
- Deuteronomy 17:2-5: In the Old Covenant, those who worshipped the sun, moon, or stars were to be stoned.
- Revelation 22:14-15: Sorcerers will not have access to the tree of life. Pharmakeia involves the use of drugs in making evil spells.
- Revelation 21:8 - Sorcerers (pharmakeia), etc., will end up in the lake of fire.
- 1 Samuel 15:23 - Witchcraft is considered a sin just like rebellion.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6 - King Manasseh angered God by practicing witchcraft, sorcery, using mediums, etc.
- Exodus 22:18 - In the Old Covenant a sorceress was to be executed.
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