Our Spiritual Battle

OMAHA, Neb. — The teen gunman who killed eight people and himself in a mall last year once told social workers he was satanic and acknowledged that he often acted before thinking of the consequences, according to newly released court records. Robert Hawkins' file includes hundreds of pages of court transcripts, drug tests and letters from caseworkers, therapists and family members. They give the clearest picture yet of a young man who told a therapist in April 2005 that "he is not sure if there is a God or life after death and that when he dies, he'll probably go to hell." His anger boiled over.
More than two years later, on Dec. 5, the 19-year-old Hawkins walked into a department store in the Westroads Mall and shot 11 people, killing eight, then committed suicide.

The Colorado missions center shooter talked to his "voices" at night. He may have told a fellow trainee that he would "get even".

What about the Virginia Tech shooter, Cho Seung-Hui? On April 16, 2007, he killed 32 students and teachers, wounded a dozen or so more. He had been treated for an "anxiety disorder", and was filled with rage.

Tinley Park, Illinois (Jan 2008) – suspected robber kills 5 or 6, fondles one woman, in strip mall women’s clothing store

Baton Rouge, LA 2/8/08. This morning at 8:30 am a woman walked into the 2nd floor classroom, shot two students to death, then committed suicide.

What does it all mean?


Veteran foreign missionary, Dr. Ivan (Pete) Peterson in his booklet, OUR SPIRITUAL BATTLE:
"Now the Spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to SEDUCING SPIRITS and DOCTRINES OF DEMONS."….1 Tim. 4:1

We are now living in troubling times! For centuries, Satan and his demonic cohorts have manifested their power, but in the last chapter of history, they have increased their activities.
Many believe that if Christ is proclaimed, there is not necessity to bother with Satan and his demons. But that is an unhealthy and unbiblical attitude! Jesus Christ Himself has shown us the importance of this subject (Luke 10:18-21). The Bible is clear when it speaks of this battle: "For we WRESTLE not against flesh and blood, but against PRINCIPALITIES, against POWERS, against RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in high places." We are in a war! We must withstand! We must know their strategy! We must not give place to the devil! We must understand the reality of demonic power!