Deliver Us From Evil

I had a dream this morning. I was telling a bank teller of Chinese descent about Jesus. He listened and believed. Then, he asked me, “What’s the difference between America [persecution of Christians] and China?” Before I could answer him, the sound of gunfire rang out. He was shot and killed. A gunman was being demonically directed to kill Christians. I had to take cover and ask the Lord to divinely intervene. That was where my dream ended. Thankfully, he believed in Christ before he died.

The killing of Christians happens both in China and America. Although the US government is not currently targeting Christians for extermination, we do have people in the US who enter churches and Christian schools for the purpose of mass killing Christians.

Once, evil King Saul massacred a village of priests. “Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, ‘Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me.’ But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the Lord. And the king said to Doeg, ‘You turn and kill the priests!’ So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod. Also, Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep—with the edge of the sword.” [1]

King Saul was demonically directed to have 85 priests and their families executed.

They are eternally with the Lord now.

As I considered the devil’s war on Christians, the following Bible verse came to mind:

“And they overcame him [that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” [2]

“Holy Spirit, please lead us away from evil, and if evil should come upon us suddenly, please grant us the courage to be witnesses for Jesus in that moment. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.”

[1] 1 Samuel 22:17-19
[2] Revelation 12:11