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          Now you should take all these things    his  is  when  you  come  from   perished.” (NKJV).
          which connect you to these churches,    families  which  believe  in
          to  any  Spirit-  filled  church  of  Jesus  Tancestors,  families  which  host   This  would  mean  that  those  dead
          Christ to burn and destroy them.   rituals  to  appease  evil  spirits   relatives,  parents,  grandparents  or
          These  include  uniforms,  tea,  clothes   (“imisebenzi”).            great-  grandparents  that  you  see  in
          and ropes which have been planted in                                  your  dreams  are  not  your  relatives.
          your houses and cars, photos of these   Families which communicate with the   Those  are  familiar  spirits  which
          leaders,  and  badges;  basically   dead  people  and  visit  graveyards  to   tormented  your  forefathers  and  they
          whatever  you  can  find  that  connects   talk to the evil spirits of the dead. Some   still want to torment you. They disguise
          you to these spirits.              may  disguise  the  real  act  of  these   themselves  as  your  grandparents,  so
                                             rituals and say its “thanksgiving”.  you can accept them in your life.
          Attend  a  Spirit-filled  church  of  Jesus
          Christ                             They may even get confused thinking   People who communicate
                                             it’s  godly,  but  it  is  not,  it  is  actually
          Some may say; “But I just bought the   giving  thanks  to  the  ancestors   with the dead or are
          tea  and  took  it  to  the  church  to  be   (“amadlozi”) for their prosperity.  dedicated to those spirits
          prayed for”.                                                          by the family experience
                                             They may even say they are thanking
          That too can connect you to the cultic   their dead parent or parents for what   some of the following:
          church  because  the  spirits  were   they have and for the protection.  Ÿ They are often told they are special
          transferred  to  the  items  which  you                                 children, feared by everyone in the
          bought.                            This is pure deception. If you contribute   family including older people.
                                             financially  or  anyhow  including   Ÿ They are given evil powers to see
          If you remain with them, those spirits   cooking at these events, you are being   things before they can happen, for
          will always torment you. You should ask   part of it.                   e x a m p l e ,   b l o o d   s h e d d i n g
          the Holy Spirit to lead you to a Spirit                                 accidents.
          filled church that worships the true God   You are affirming a covenant to have   Ÿ They dream of dead people, talk to
          and believes in His Son, Jesus Christ and   the enemy reign in your household.  them,  or  they  are  even  shown  an
          His Holy Spirit. A church which allows                                  ancestral cloth.
          you to read the Bible and pray every     Do  not  partake  in  these  rituals   Ÿ They  hear  voices  and  even  see
          day.                               disguised  as  tombstone  unveiling   things that other people do not see.
                                             ceremonies or thanksgiving parties.  Ÿ Every  time  after  they  perform
          Don’t even listen to their music                                        ancestral rituals, somebody dies in
                                             In  some  of  these  events  people   that family.
          Some may say, “I do not attend these   perform rituals to invite spirits of the
          churches  anymore,  but  I  continue  to   dead,  which  will  eventually  require   Solution: You need to say a separation
          listen to their music.” Get rid of all the   blood by killing family members every   prayer asking God to separate you from
          things that draw you back to the cult.   year.                        those  spirits. This  is  how  you  should
          Purify yourself by spending time in the                               pray:
          Word of God through reading the Holy   The Word  of  God  says  that  when
          Bible.                             someone  is  dead,  he  or  she  is  dead;   “Father God, forgive my forefathers for
          FOURTH DOORWAY:                    they have nothing to do with the living,   worshipping the ancestors. Forgive me
                                             as said in Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,     also for being an ancestral worshipper
          ANCESTRAL WORSHIP                                                     (if  you  are  or  were  an  ancestral
          OR COMMUNICATION                   “For the living know they will die, but   worshipper).  Forgive  me  also  for  not
                                             the dead know nothing, and they have   living right (if you have not been living
          WITH THE EVIL WORLD                no more rewards, for the memory of   right). Separate me from these evil
                                             them is forgotten. Also, their love, their
                                             hatred,  and  their  envy  have  now



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