Ps 91... Red Dragon/Snake - Sunday Sermon: Pastor Fadi

Good evening... or morning. 

I hope you will sleep well... (l mean during the night; not while reading my sermon 😉).

Or you already did (slept well; & now you are reading the sermon in the morning). 

At least l know that you already slept well, so no fear that you will, while reading the sermon... or will you? 😊

Amen.

Amen to what?

Amen that you will read the story/sermon and... (complete the sentence/fill in the blank) 

I told you it's not a charming story...

It's a true story. 

Some of you heard it several times. 

Others, never. 

And others, some parts of it...

Here it is in full.

Please read it carefully.

Take notes.

Re-read it.

Pray and ask Jesus what... (complete the question)?

Decide to know and keep the le..... (complete the word).

Decide to do ac.......  ..  .. (complete the 3 words) 

Did you see my hints already?

& don't forget the homework at the end. 

The whole story may mean nothing if you don't .... and .. (do you still know, keep, or remember the 2 words?)

‘Red’ demon possessing Ben

This is a true story that I included in my sermon presented on March 22nd, 2009: Ben’s story!

About 12 years later, even those  who heard me preaching it/ telling this true story, they by now already forgot it, or at least most of it...

You know what? 

Don't laugh..

Or, you certainly can... if you want...

A Pastor announced once that he is preaching this Sunday's sermon for the 1st time in his life. 

After service, at home, his wife said to him: 12...

He said, What? 12 what?

She said, 12 times. 

He said, 12 times What?

She said, What's my name?

He said, What do mean?

She said, Here is another problem.

He said, What problem? 

She said, l asked you a simple question.

He said, What question? 

She said, Here is another problem. 

He said, Now you are talking about 2 problems; right?

She said, No, not 2, this is nothing. This is not the problem; it's rather the 12's problem, the real problem. 

He said, l am totally lost. You were always good in mathematics. But l was not...

She said, l know. I know. That's life...

He said, Do you mean this is about another problem? A 3rd one? 

She said, No. It's still the 1st problem the real problem. The other ones are not important. 

He said, Dear wife, please help me. I don't understand. What do You need to say? What do want me to know? 

She said, Nothing. Nothing... so now you don't remember my name? You are in a big problem...

He said, Oh. No no no... l know your problem... l mean l don't know your name... Ah... l am really in a big sermon... why did l preach this problem today? Why? 

She said, Poor church... Alzheimer's just started! 

So the pastor started crying not knowing what to say or what to do...

Anyway, out of her gentle heart, kindness, long-suffering, patience, care, wisdom, generosity, grace, mercy and genuine love, she said to him:

I understand my dear husband Gustavo: 

1st of all, l am your wife Gustaviora.

2nd, you wanted to say that you know my name.

3rd, YOU have a problemsssss, not ME.

4th, the original initial problem is that you did not preach today's sermon for the 1st time... 

This is the 12th time you preach it, and in this specific church... 

Yep! l am counting them, since: 

5. I am still good in Math.

And,

Finally,

1. stop crying like women, 

2. Start preparing your sermon for next Sunday, because we need to sleep every Saturday  night.

3. And, if you sleep well, Alzheimer will not hit you very soon. 

4. And never say you are preaching it for the 1st time, until we come back home, and then, l will tell you if it's so or not... 

5. Well, probably not...

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So dear brethren,

This is Not the 1st time l preach  this sermon ...😊 

And...

Ramona confirms that😎

And, she was always 1st in class in almost everything, especially in Math.🤔

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Ok. Let's focus:  

On Tuesday, March 17th, 2009, about 6:47-48 PM, Ramona and I arrived at Verdun Psychiatric hospital to visit Ben, Sister D.’s grand nephew (her sister’s grand son). 

Few minutes after we entered his room, I asked Ben if he likes to be an Indian chief as he appears in one of his pictures.

-    He said, No, I even don’t like this picture.

-    I asked him, if he remembers anything bad in his childhood; he said he doesn’t remember much; only that he was mistreated (beaten) by his grand father, not truly loved by his father, living in an atmosphere of dispute at home & among relatives & uncles. Nobody would listen to him.

-    Then, I asked him directly, Did you participate in any occult activities? (His sister deals with witchcrafts, & reads the Devil’s book…).

-    He said, Now, I want my grand mother and grand aunt to leave the room; I can’t share what I know and happened to me in front of them. 

-    After they went out of the room, he said, Yes, I participated in playing in the Ouija board with friends many years ago – I always wanted to leave when they used to play, but they would grab me and put me in the middle…  After that, in my sister’s house, in the hallway, and everywhere, I started seeing "that man" and others, in different shapes, hearing noises/voices in the other room, & doors slamming by themselves... 

I was attacked physically on my chest during my sleep; later on during the day, I could see the marks...

Now, they are gone. 

-    I asked him, Why did they hit you, were you with them & decided to leave them?

-    I became a captain with them; I can put a mask on my face to defend myself.

-    Where is the mask? Do you have it here? Ramona asked.

-    He said, I can’t show it, it is invisible. The mask is white & the captain is black.

I have someone who comes to me: the death protector… and others. 

When humans die, they eat their souls up. 

This is how they become stronger. 

I was a captain in their army; but not anymore, because now that I am stuck in this hospital, I can’t do much. 

The medications slow my activities. 

I can switch to them if you want; it is a little bit hard, but I can do it…

-    I said, Stop, don’t switch. Ben, Jesus loves you, and he wants to deliver you. 

-    Ramona asked him if he had heard about Jesus.

-    He said, Yes, I know about Jesus. I used to go to church.

-    Do you believe in Jesus?

-    I used to, but not anymore.

-    Did you accept Him as your Savior?

-    He didn’t answer…

-    When did you hear about Jesus?

-    I was 4 years old.

-    Do you know that Jesus loves you and He died on the cross for your sins? 

-    I remember… (He looked down to the floor, his face stopped moving...

Then, (against all logic, science,  biology, & normal people) :

Tears went out of his eyes like a fountain very high in the air in front of his eyes, without a clear sign of someone crying... as if he wasn't crying, but something or "someone" was pushing these tears to fly out from his eyes. 

Then he said, 

I remember that day...

It was a sad day...

It was dark...

-    How do you know (it was dark)?

-    He said, I was there!

Ramona said, You can’t be there, you are just 15! 

You are surrounded by bad spirits, and the Holy Spirit of Jesus can save you, dear Ben.

-    He said, I used to believe in Him, but not anymore.

-    Why? I said.

-    I don’t know! He doesn’t want me.

-    Jesus loves you; do you know that?

-    I don’t know! Well, He gave me that man as a gift.

-    No! Jesus loves you & wants to deliver you from that man & his followers. 

Raise your head up. 

I want to see your face. 

Lift up your hair. 

Can you tell me who Jesus is for you?

-    I don’t know. I don’t remember... 

Silence… 

-    Who is Jesus in your opinion? (No answer… He looked again to the floor). 

-    Do you remember that Jesus died for you? 

-    He said, 

It was hard...

A long time ago...

A lot of blood...

A sad day...

And then He gave out. 

-    I said, Jesus loves you, Ben. 

Can you say it? 

Can you say, “Jesus loves me”? (Silence, No answer!) 

I asked him 3 times, Ben, Say, Jesus loves me! 

But he couldn’t. 

He looked to the floor without being able to speak…

-    He said, I am trying; but I can’t! It is very hard, you see!

-    Ramona said, Say it in French, "Jésus m’aime!" 

(He tried to move his lips but he couldn’t speak).

-    I started doubting that Ben was free...

So, I said to Ramona in Arabic, 

"I will try to find out if there is a bad spirit speaking in Ben, and cast him out of Ben in the name of Jesus. 

-    He raised his face...

He looked at me, & said,

With a totally different voice, deep, strong, and hard, lile a robot,

And he had a very strange smile on his face,

He squinted husceyes (Chinese eyes - without pulling his eyes with his hands), and said,

“I understood what you just said!” 

I said, (certainly in English): 

"What did l say?" 

I didn't believe that he did understand what l just said in Arabic to Ramona, since l know that Ben is Anglophone; & that even his French is very poor...

However, l was surprised but not unexpecting, when he said in English exactly what I said in Arabic…

He literally said, You said to your wife that you will try to cast me out! But you won’t be able. I'm here to stay. 

-    I said, Jesus died to save Ben and you have to get out of him.

-    Yea, I know; I was there! 

-    Were you there? 

-    Certainly! 

-    How old are you?

-    Thousands… 2 thousands. 

-    Whom I have here? What is your name?

-    Arrow!

-    What is your color?

-    Red!

-    What is your temperature?

-    I don’t know… ha ha ha. 

-    What do you eat?

-    Food. Just food.

-   l said: Look at me! 

-    He looked at me with a very mocking smile, and he clearly showed the face of a wolf and startsed moving Ben's head and face like a hyena or a snake: back and forth, left and right.

l can still remember it so clearly,  although after about 12 years, now! 

I knew that it wasn’t Ben anymore: the demon possessing Ben manifested himself; and Ben is not in the scene anymore. 

Ben's will, mind, soul, body, and entire being became absent. 

The demon using Ben's body and being showed clearly a wolf’s eyes, lifting each one's outer side up, without using his hands: 

I don't think any human can do this move, using only the muscles or nerves of the face near the outer side of the eyes, just by themselves, or by a brain command, without using any hand. 

And the demon made disgusting noises from Ben's throat, like a machine or robot... very disgusting voice - Ramona and l had almost the feeling of nausea or of, or after, vomiting... even for about 2 weeks after this experience... 

We didn't even want to remember it. 

However, for God's name and sake, to share this experience with his people, and because we knew that we may forget important details about it, we decided that night not to sleep before putting in writing everything that happened. 

I certainly wanted to record the whole experience; & although my cell at that time was not up-to-date, yet it could record; but, l couldn't do both, neither Ramona: either to record the scene or to cast out this demon. So, we obviously  preferred the latter. 

The demon said, Don’t waste your time, I am here to stay!

-    You will get out of him, tonight, now, in the name of Jesus!

-    He said, I love Ben, and I am here to help him…

-    You are not; and you will get out of him now, in the name of Jesus!

-    If I go, the kid will be hurt! Ben is my brother, we are born together…

-    He is just 15, and you just said you are 2000 years old or more. You are just a liar and you must get out of Ben, now; Jesus loves Ben and He will protect him from you and every evil spirit.

-    I am not evil! (With his mocking smile); I was incarnated and born with Ben, don’t you believe in incarnation?

-    I said, I am here to cast you out of Ben in the name of Jesus! And, I won’t leave the hospital until you get out of him.

-    He said, Why do you want to harm the kid, he is just a kid, leave me with him, I protect him.

-    I and Ramona said, You are not! In the name of Jesus, we cast you out of Ben.

-    He said, I am not leaving...

Ha ha ha! 

I hate the weak, the feeble... 

I am not bad...

I am good.

I am not an evil spirit.

I am not a demon. 

I love the kid.

-    Ramona said, If you truly love the kid, you must leave him. But, you are not. Jesus only loves him. Jesus is stronger than you. He will give Ben the Holy Spirit to protect him from you. 

In the name of Jesus, we cast you out of Ben.

-    I will stay here, you can’t cast me out…

-    In the name of Jesus, we cast you out of Ben.

-    Why can’t Jesus cast me out now? 

Ha ha ha… 

Why is He not answering you?

-    I said, Jesus wants to grow our faith in Him.

You get out of Ben now in Jesus’ name. 

Then, Ramona asked, Where is Ben?

-    Mocking, I won’t leave Ben...

He is still here...

But I am in control…

-    In the name of Jesus, we cast you out of Ben.

-    Ben’s life is in my hand.

I can destroy it… 

Ben doesn’t want Jesus.

He doesn’t believe in Him.

-    Ramona said, Ben told me at first that he believes in Jesus.

You are a liar. 

You can’t destroy Ben’s life. 

Ben belongs to Jesus. 

He created him in His image & died on the cross to save him. 

Jesus is stronger than you and He will save Him from your hands. 

Get out of Ben… 

Get out in Jesus’ name.

Then, with a very hopeless voice, but also maybe in an acting, distracting, and lying way, he said, 

" Why don’t I have the chance to be saved like Ben? 

Me too, I want to be saved."

-    Ramona said, You had the chance to obey God and you lost it.

-    Then, I said, You are not human! 

You are condemned to hell forever: there is your eternal place. 

Ben’s place is with Jesus in the eternal life. 

We cast you out of Ben.

We bind you by the name of Jesus! 

And while Ramona started  praying to Jesus in her heart, l decided to put my Bible on Ben’s head, forehead, shoulders and back... So, the demon became agitated, and got even very mad and said:

-    Take your Bible off me 

Don’t touch me with the Bible.

-    I said, If you were Ben, the Bible wouldn’t bother you - this is the Holy Word of God. 

You are just an evil spirit. 

You are a wicked demon and I bind you in the name of Jesus.

Go to the place prepared by the Lord Jesus for you and your followers. 

Go back to hell: There is your eternal place. 

And, l didn’t stop putting my Bible on Ben, while Ramona and I continued to ask the Lord Jesus to save Ben and deliver him from this bad spirit.

-    While praying, Ramona approached her hands toward his face; he got afraid and tried to push her hands far from his face. 

Then, he started moving his hands as if he was putting a mask on his face – trying to hide behind it. 

He did that twice...

So, I waived my hand in front of his face as if I am removing the invisible mask,& l said,  in the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit.

-    He said, I know this ritual (In the name of Father, Son, Holy Spirit).

Ah, thath’s boring. 

And, he started asking me and Ramona distracting questions.

-    I started reading the Bible, after l had said to Ramona that we must only pray to Jesus, no need to answer this evil spirit’s questions.

-    He started saying, Bla bla bla, whatever … mocking my reading in the Bible. 

So, I ordered him to read in Luke 9:37… showing him the pahe in the Bible, and surprisingly but not unexpected, he read fast without any difficulty...

So, I knew that his level, color, temperature and power - the initial state given to him by God, when he was originally an angel and before he fell - permits him to repeat verses & biblical names, and even to read the Bible without any problem.

Here, just for clarification: his red color means he is very hot. No greater color in wickedness than red.

So, I continued on praying to Jesus, my Creator and Redeemer, very sincerely asking His power to be shown now at this point of this spiritual battle.

-    The spirit then right away said, Compromise! 

Hey... l will go if you ask me gently! 

Don’t command me.

Just say, Please! And I will leave…

-    Ramona & I said boldly, we command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus!

-    I am saying, Compromise… Hey, why don’t you compromise?

-    We said, We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    Let me say a prayer then I will leave…

-    We said, We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    Stop, stop, stop repeating what you are saying.

But we never stopped or changed what we had decided that we will say the whole night: 

We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

Then, he said, Hey, a break, a break, a break… 

Let’s make a deal… 

If you continue on commanding me, then I will stay…

I will get angry...

-    We said, We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    Don’t make me angry, moving his finger in warning in my face. 

-    I said, I am not afraid of you. 

This is the only time I touched his hand to remove his finger from my face: however, I felt a huge power (like l was pushing against a solid wall), and I couldn’t move his hand.

So, I redressed myself on my chair a little bit and said, 

I command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    He said, You look like a demon yourself. 

I am not a demon!

-    We said, We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    Stop repeating what you are saying.

- But we continued on saying the same thing; however, not just by repeating the same thing, but we were truly meaning it and sincerely asking the Lord in our hearts to save Ben.

"We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben"

…Then he said, I went! I am no more here (with his strange mocking smile)!

-    I told Ramona, He is just a liar, he is still here; & we decided not to talk to him anymore (that's after almost 2 hours)... but to pray to Jesus sincerely & directly, in Arabic. 

And while I was praying & facing him with my Bible, Ramona went behind Ben’s body & pointed to his right side back & head, mentioning and waving her hand to me to look because she felt the spirit is trying to get out of ben from this back side. 

-    When he didn’t show any sign of his presence (he was hiding, pretending to leave)… l had to address the word to him, again,  and so, l commanded him:

I said, Arrow, Where are you, in the name of Jesus, Answer? 

-    He then used Ben's finger and pointed to Ben’s right side head, and said, 

I am still heeeere, ha ha!

-    I put my Bible on Ben & said, I command you to get out of Ben in Jesus’ name! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben.

-    He started saying strange words in a strange language. 

-    I asked, What language are you speaking? 

-    He said a strange word, as if that was the name of the language, and as if I should know/understand it; but I didn’t. 

I knew that this is a part of the fallen angels' way of expressing themselves, or of asking for help from other demons, which could very well be/very possibly, from other demons in other  parts/countries of the world. 

It's sort of their way of seeking help, praying, and speaking in tongues. Since angels have their own language beside speaking the human's languages.

So, he tried again to move his hand strangely on his face as if he was putting that invisible mask.

And, I also waived my hand again before his face, in the reverse way, as if I am removing his "protecting" mask, while praying to Jesus sincerely to save Ben and deliver him. 

He tried to remove Ramona’s hands from before his face while she was praying.

-    He said, I hear somebody else in the other room trying to do what you are doing, I hear people crying… (Distraction).

-    Then, I decided to read Ps 91: God will trample you under my feet. 

I step on the Lion and the Serpent...

And just as I read these words: he focused his eyes and starred on me. 

And, when I repeated the same verse, he turned to Ramona to try to distract her with his questions so that she may stop praying. 

I said to Ramona, We must pray to Jesus. 

He is just a liar, a deceitful spirit. 

-    We didn’t stop saying, Jesus is Lord of lords & King of kings (Amazingly, he could repeat what we were saying, even pronouncing the name of Jesus Christ with his mocking smile). 

I said to Ramona, Remember, Satan tempted the Lord with verses from the Bible! 

Then, we said, 

-    The Lord Jesus commands you to leave Ben now (repeatedly).  

-    Looking at his watch, he said, You should leave; you stayed for a long time...

-    We said, We will stay here until you leave Ben. 

Ramona checked and told me that we can stay; no problem. 

The visit should not be usually more than one hour; but we stayed for about 2 hours in all).

While praying, Ramona pointed to Ben’s back: You coud very clearly see as if there is a big ball under his clothes (I think the demon was pushing to go out from Ben’s back). 

Ramona continued to focus on asking the Lord to save Ben and  protect this part of Ben's body from this evil spirit, by waiving her hands around it while praying.

-    Finally, he said, Ah! I think I have to leave because you won’t stop all night… So, I will pray & go. 

Astonishingly, he bent his head as if he was praying, and then he jumped and sat on the bed almost in the form of yoga practitioner, and he repeated John 3:16!

-    Ramona and I continued on saying, We command you in the name of Jesus to get out of Ben… 

We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus… 

We command you to get out of Ben in the name of Jesus! 

In the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit, get out of Ben, (repeatedly)…

- & finally, in an ultimate decision to stop dealing with this demon, l started talking to Jesus in Arabic thanking Him for g my my Redeemer and Savior...

At that exact moment, he couldn't resist anymore, and so he didn't  stop saying,

Hey, stop praying ... 

l will leave...

Compromise...

But, l focused on My Lord and Savior...

-    Suddenly, Ben’s face returned to normal (The mocking smile and the squinted wolf’s eyes disappeared, and a peaceful face appeared); then, Ben asked me, Why are you talking to me this way, Ps Fady? 

I am Ben...

Why am I sitting on the bed, this way… What happened? 

Then Ben said, Arrow is gone; I know he is gone; he is no more here. 

-    Gently & calmly, I said to him, Ben, is it you? 

Are you OK? 

Are you sure Arrow is gone? 

Do you remember what was happening during the last 2 hours?

-    No! I don’t remember!

-    Where is Arrow, now?

-    He is gone. I feel it. I know he is no more here, and that he is gone for good. I already experienced times when he would leave me for a while but would return back; but, now, I know he left for good.

-    Then, I explained to Ben that he is surrounded by bad spirits and that he needs to accept the Holy Spirit of Jesus in his life now.

I told him that the bad spirits will return back if he doesn't trust fully in Jesus, saying, 

You need to ask the Lord to wash your heart with His blood and reign in your life by the Holy Spirit.

Then, I asked him to pray with me the sinner’s prayer, after which I said, 

Whenever Arrow or his followers try to return back, you will need to cast them away in the name of Jesus. 

Say always, I belong to you, Lord Jesus. 

I finallt gave him my Bible after writing a part of John 10: 27- 29, plus “Jesus loves me” on the front page. 

Then, I asked Ben, Can you say, Jesus loves me! 

And, he said it very clearly and easily, “Jesus loves me!”

Ramona promised to bring him a gift the next time we visit him. 

He asked for fruits, in a very peaceful smile & gentle words.

Then, his grand aunt and grand mother, who were praying all the  in another room, entered back to his room. 

We hugged each other and left joyfully. 

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Your homework :

What did you learn from this story?

Here is my hint:

"I learned 30 lessons! "

How many have you learned?

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Fady.