surving the age of rage

The awareness of “an age of rage…where there are those who “knowingly created conditions for extremist views and, yes, extremist actions” (J. Turley) is being thrown onto my path on a daily basis.

So who are “those” who do this? I don’t think I know any extremists. Most I know are “middle of the roads” like me. I don’t hate anyone. I wish no harm upon others. I try to live by the Golden Rule, and that as for me and mine, we serve the Lord hoping that they will know we are Christians by our love.

And then I saw a clip, a reel, a tiktok sort of thing where it was revealed to me a demon speaking through a rather ordinary, average, nice enough gal in her early twenties. It was furious that the assassin failed. FURIOUS!! How or why this demon thing latched on to her is unknown to me but latch on to her it surely did.

I surmise that it was able to lock on to this gal by To be latched upon results in dabbling with the dark side warned about in the bible. The seven deadly sins as outlined by Pope Gregory around 600AD.

The Seven Sins and Their Biblical References

Each traditional sin is considered "deadly" because it's seen as a root from which other sins stem, potentially leading to spiritual death without repentance. The table below summarizes each sin, its description, and example biblical references: 

Sin	Description	Example Biblical References
Pride	Excessive self-regard, often seen as the source of other sins.	Proverbs 16:18, James 4:6-7
Greed	Insatiable desire for material possessions, wealth, or power.	Luke 12:15, 1 Timothy 6:10
Lust	Disordered or excessive sexual desire.	Matthew 5:28, 1 Corinthians 6:18
Envy	Intense desire for what someone else has.	Proverbs 14:30, Galatians 5:26
Gluttony	Overindulgence in consumption.	Proverbs 23:20-21, Philippians 3:19
Wrath	Uncontrolled anger or hatred.	Psalm 37:8, James 1:19-20
Sloth	Laziness, spiritual apathy, or neglecting responsibilities.	Proverbs 6:6, Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anyways then a dark angel of Lucifer can harass, harangue, interfere with, afflict and so on only upon a child of God. Yes we are saved by our daily practicing of the bible, immersed in the ways of the Lamb, baptized in the fire of the Holy Spirit, forgiven and forgiving child of God. Yes, only upon. And upon is still pretty ugly. See Job. In Job 2:6 God set boundaries (sparing Job's life) even as He allowed Satan to test him further, emphasizing that God's protective boundaries exist for believers, even amidst severe hardship.

But in? Available to everyone else. What? Why? How? The Holy Spirit will not dwell with the foul making it a pretty big deal “on whom you serve. Can we have our opinions? Yes! That freedom of will is a given. But opinions salted with hate, or malice, or offense are a doorway to allowing evil to walk on inside - and without removing its shoes. And yes even a minor irritation counts as evil lurks for any and all openings to propel its chaos.

Choices are available… agree to disagree, keep scrolling, walk away, leave them with a blessing, and have a chat with God as to why their opinion tripped a switch in you and together get it fixed. It is possible that this was allowed so to address our reactions as convictions by the Holy Spirit to bring us up to His level.

Go for it!