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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
(FYI: one day I absolutely loved smoking pot. The next day I had an encounter with the living God and suddenly pot smoking wasn't my thing any more; I had simply and miraculously lost my "taste" for it!)
Jo, I also read where Chuck Smith broke with Frisbee in 1971 because of Frisbee's abhorrent lifestyle. Too bad others were negatively influenced so much by this controversial "Jesus Freak."
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I've known people that had overcome addictions through eastern style meditation. I've known others who overcame addiction through the use of psychedelic drugs and then I've known those that overcame addiction through faith in God.
Usually those of faith overcome only after a time of testing and a season of repentance so the fact that you were smoking pot one day and had a religious experience the next that turned you off of smoking all together is quite interesting.
The point of highlighting the abhorrent practices of a main leader of the Jesus People movement was to show that the fruits of his life directly contradict that of a true believer, which is godliness. Usually people will look at the evidence and conclude rather than just being a failure on the part of the "anointing" it perhaps wasn't a godly anointing at all but a masquerading spirit. That's the conclusion I reach by looking at the evidence. The same goes for the spirit which was operating at the peak of the LC's in the 70's as well.
The concern is that, like you, others who still believe the spirit that led the Jesus People and the early LC's were of God are not only currently under deception but makes you prone to being deceived in the same way again. That's where I was going with all of this. It's also an example of why it's important to not be strung along by our inner subjective experiences or outward signs and wonders but to test all things because even Satan can manipulate our emotions and replicate all types of miracles to make it seem that they are of God.