WHERE DID ALL THE DEMONS GO?
About forty-five years ago in my area, most kids
were still walking to school and it was no different for me. But then again, in another way, things were
quite a bit different for me. One
morning, while on my way to school, I was troubled by a thought that most likely
not bothering the vast majority of my fourth grade classmates… “What would I do
if I were suddenly confronted by a demon before I got to school?”
Would I remember what to say? If I could remember what to say (“In the name
of Jesus Christ I command you to depart!”), would I have the courage to say
it? And, if I had the courage to say it,
would my delivery be convincing enough for the demon to comply with my command?
Yes, on that morning, I was probably unlike anyone
else in my elementary school.
We had joined WCG in the late 60s and it seemed
like every minister had at least two or three stories about casting out demons back
then. Even elders seemed to have such
stories. Those stories were really interesting but they were also pretty
troubling for young kids like us. We
didn’t want to be confronted by any demons… No way! And that was what was bothering me that
morning every time I approached a tree, “What if one jumped out from behind that
tree and threatened me, would I be able to protect myself?”
Years later, I have occasionally wondered, what
happened to all of those stories about demons?
Although there were many stories told during the late 60s and early
70’s, the numbers declined in the 80s and declined even further in the
90s. Now it is hard to recall any such stories
over the last decade or so.
Did they stop bothering people in the various
COG’s? Or, maybe was it that the number
of incidents had been exaggerated, imagined or fabricated in the first place? Perhaps a little like Big Foot sightings
during the 70s? It seems we hear of fewer
of those sightings now too.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Anonymous
