Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

conformity with instructions communicated by spirits. The spirits of devils, professingto be dead warriors and skillful generals, communicate with men in authority andcontrol many of their movements. One general has directions from these spirits to makespecial moves and is flattered with the hope of success. Another receives directionswhich differ widely from those given to the first. Sometimes those who follow thedirections given obtain a victory, but more frequently they meet with defeat.The spirits sometimes give these leading men an account of events to transpire inbattles in which they are about to engage, and of individuals who will fall in the battle.Sometimes it is found to be as these spirits foretold, and this strengthens the faith ofthe believers in spiritual manifestations. And again it is found that correct informationhas not been given, but the deceiving spirits make some explanation, which is received.The deception upon minds is so great that many fail to perceive the lying spirits whichare leading them on to certain destruction.The great leading rebel general, Satan, is acquainted with the transactions ofthis war, and he directs his angels to assume the form of dead generals, to imitatetheir manners, and exhibit their peculiar traits of character. And leaders in the armyreally believe that the spirits of their friends and of dead warriors, the fathers of theRevolutionary War, are guiding them. If they were not under the strongest fascinatingdeception, they would begin to think that the warriors in heaven (?) did not manifestgood and successful generalship, or had forgotten their famed earthly skill.Instead of the leading men in this war trusting in the God of Israel, and directingtheir armies to trust in the only One who can deliver them from their enemies, themajority inquire of the prince of devils and trust in him. Deuteronomy 32:16-22. Saidthe angel: “How can God prosper such a people?364