Modern Tools of the Occult 

It is SO refreshing to see a preacher love people so much that he is willing to speak 100% truth and not worry about hurting someone's feelings. We need more of this straight-forward preaching in all areas of life .... Time is too short to "tickle people's ears".....!!!!!!

I renounced and tepented , martial arts, tai chi. I was a reiki master. I was studying Chinese Medicine. I gave it all up and burned my books when I became a Christian. It was the holy spirit working in me. Amen Don't forget yoga also.

I was deep into the Occult for years, was in multiple Occult groups or as ppl like to say “secret societies” I summoned, I practiced and taught Astral Projection, and foolishly thought I was free and enlightened. Thank God for sending my daughter to me, she brought me back to Christ even as a small child. I am now involved with a good church and am seriously considering entering into Ministry.

great to see a pastor unafraid of losing his church so that he can preach Gods hard truth

In my youth I was very active in the Church, college and the "false freedom" changed everything. Everything Pastor Jeff said is true and people can do. Wizards are not what you think. They don't wear pointed caps. They look like you and I. Thank You Jesus for saving me from the darkness and pulling me out just in time. If anyone is struggling with this call on Jesus Now!.

So, I’ve recently found Pastor Jeff here on RU-vid. And I just thought I’d tell those of his local flock how very lucky they are to have a man of such discernment, such compassion, such intelligence and experience as the man who guards your souls from temporal corruption. I say this as someone who was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. One who was all too aware of the terrors committed in the name of Jesus. And as one who, sick of the history that they refused to own, left the church sickened by the acts done in the name of the eternal God. But that wasn’t the worst of it. I allowed my disillusionment to not only drive me from the church but to adopt an agnostic world view. Because of the acts of his supposed “representatives” I blamed the all powerful God of the unrighteousness acts of His supposed followers. I delved into the old religions of my forefathers. That of the Norse gods. And although I didn’t believe in the actuality of them or their acts, I idolized them and their supposed revelations. This led me to runes and their false answers. Anyway.....I call on anyone who hears the Truth that Pastor Jeff preaches as the very Word of God. Because of his past trials and tribulations, he understands the things you may be going through. It’s only recently that I’ve become aware of his ministry and I have rejoiced at his knowledge and passion for the Word of God and the superiority of Jesus. Please, hear him and his warnings. He obviously loves you all and wants nothing but the best for you. From what I see, he preaches the very Truth of God in love, whether from the pulpit or from the street. He is a gift to you from God Almighty! Hear him. May the peace of God and from our Lord Jesus Christ bless you all....Amen

Wow, this sermon has released me from tobacco use; even those in the occult believe that tobacco use is divination. I don't think he said anything about tobacco, but I researched and saw that tobacco was a tool. Thank the Lord for salvation.

I was involved in occult practices. I spoke to the dead, not knowing they were demons, and did divination, and used ouji board and taro cards. I didn't know these things were an abomination to God. I was raised Catholic, never actually read the bible, and often saw Hollywood shows, showing what appeared to be good or even Christian people engaged in these practices. Examples of shows that did that were the andy Griffith show, little house on the praise, I love Lucy, etc...Hollywood does that to make you not fear these very dangerous practices. I wound up with a massive demonic infestation in my house. I saw them, heard them, smelled them, was paralyzed & tormented & burned by them. My bed shook under me constantly, and I felt hands literally lift me up from below. Hands covered my mouth, they shredded a bible that was under my bed, they burned holy water brought into my house. They set my bed on fire & pulled a truck off the road & tried to drive it high speed through my house to kill me. Thankfully I knew the Lord's name from childhood church & cried out to Him. His name had power over the enemy. I began to read the bible & was horrified to find out how serious my sins were. I came to a true and TOTAL repentance for all my sins, and dedicated my life to the Lord. I found a church to help me cleanse my house, get baptised & I have been worshipping Jesus ever since, and that was 4 years ago. I am no longer under attack, and the Lord has restored all the enemy destroyed. Thank you Jesus for your merciful heart & for the cross!

When I came to your channel tonight my spirit was heavy and my aggressive nature was starting to wake up and take control of my thoughts. Less than 25 minutes in to your sermon, my mind is still on the same topics but I'm back in charge of my thoughts and my spirit is light. Thank you.

Finally a preacher teaching about things the Church is unaware of and sometimes believes in. Very important as there is to much occult infiltration

'Professing to be wise, they became fools...' - Romans 1. Unbelievable that people call the Lord 'imaginary', and yet they truly worship rocks and space...the created things!

thanks for speaking out against these things - I had to part company with a friend who was ghost hunting/medium channeling. The occult is so seductive and I'm so grateful Jesus pulled me out from that.

Dr James White and you Johnny Mac are the three brothers that God in His Sovereignty used to bring me from a life long raising in the Pentecostal movement over to the Doctrines of Grace. It all started with The Strange Fire Conference that admittedly made me so angry. I set out to study to prove Pentecostalism was correct and Calvinism was dead wrong. I started finding many contradictions and was so confused. I cried many times realizing everything I was taught by my dad the pastor was so wrong. I stumbled upon Dr James White here on RU-vid and during a dividing line he mentioned your name and ministry. It didn’t take long and I became a Calvinist. Thank all of you for your love and devotion to the word of God and proclaiming the Gospel. And yes I stayed in the “Cage Stage” for quite some time. I have finally learned to share with humility and love. Again Jeff thank you so much. P.S. Next Week is an awesome show!

I hope that young man, deep in darkness, comes back.

Can’t say he didn’t do his research 💪🏻 powerful message. No compromising

Thanks so much for this reminder and warning of the subtlety of evil. "Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. " - Blaise Pascal

If I had an hour long message to explain my personal encounter on this subject, I still could not cover it to where any reader could comprehend the magnitude of it. Knowing of Jesus is not the same as knowing Him. The same is true for the demonic realm. One can read about it, observe, study, encounter, and still never grasp it. I went to private bible school. I began covering the bible entirely, annually, in 1st grade. I know the word, but nothing prepared me for having a possessed mother-in-law with 6 demonically infested children. 2 things - the last days are as they were in the days of Noah & Satan appears as an angel of light. While I am very grateful to any man of God who studies & tries to teach his flock on this subject - as most do not - I am also saddened that many get it wrong. It's like childbirth - unless you've lived it, you'll never understand the adjectives used to explain it, nor will you have a true understanding of it. What is wisdom? Learning from those who have experience. I assure you this - the highest level of the possessed are not those who manifest obvious symptoms. Those are its victims. The most dangerously possessed, are those who appear to be perfectly sane & healthy, yet are surrounded by people with emotional issues, infirmities, unsolvable behavioral issues &/or suicides or other untimely deaths, normally attributed to their own choices, etc. Satan's greatest accomplishment, is in his ability to deceive men into focusing on his targets' manifestations, rather than those who caused it.

When you actually spend time in Gods word, all of these practices are undeniably off limits and evil! Not hard to understand! Great video though! Many people fall into this trap.

Jeff, you are not my pastor, but I have so much respect for the amount of courage, faith, and trust in the Lord that it required for you to come out with this message, knowing that so many of your congregation have an involvement in these practices and practitioner. Well done, sir. Thank you for your faithfulness.

I can't physically attend Apologia church, but I now consider it my church. I come to service on RU-vid every day now.

This is a wonderfully helpful video. Thank you, guys

Heavenly Father, strengthen us, grant us wisdom, knowledge, discernment, understanding. Grant your children freedom from every work of the the enemy. Lord, rise, that we may be free from every work of the enemy. Stretch out your hand; with mighty acts of power and wonder show yourself as God and Lord. Arise O Lord, lead us your children to victory.

What a great teaching pastor Durbin God bless you. I grew up in a home my dad and my mom were mediums and practice spiritualism. He later came to christ along with my mom.

Thank you God for blessing Pastor Jeff with boldness and speaking your truth.

I’ve been a Christian my entire life(saved at 11, and baptized at 13.. I was super shy so it took a lot for me to get in front of people) but I want to tell you how much I appreciate you and what you do! I have learned so much in just a few days of watching these videos it’s amazing! I have sinned(as everyone has) and have watched videos online of seances and scary haunted things that I thought well this has to be made up.. I felt guilty after watching them which should be a sign not to ever watch or try to learn about those things.. it’s so hard today becaue it’s everywhere .. from horoscopes to seances and what not. I’ve had insomnia my entire life but for the past few years I’ve had the worst nightmares(I can’t even tell you how scared I am waking up catching my breath or screaming/talking) and I think it’s becaue of things I have watched possibly.. I take medication to fall asleep .. anyways just wanted to thank you for speaking the truth and God bless❤️

#1 Modern Occult Tool: Television Programming. TV-addicts (and 'casual users') are without excuse......

Thank you Pastor for this… after being saved & coming out of the new age and then suffering spiritual abuse in a IFB church fighting that legalism and fear took awhile. The power of our Lords word and truth gave us the discernment to leave and seek a true church to serve at. 🙏

Paster Jeff is such an incredible teacher. Thank you pastor for being such a great example of truth. Thank you and God bless

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Wow! This message started playing automatically after a video I had listened to, and I couldn’t stop listening to it. Praise Jesus for strong, faithful men of God leading His sheep like this! I didn’t know of the term KST before this teaching - I have heard of many, many people in the holistic wellness world use “muscle testing” which is exactly what this is, but done on oneself or on someone else. I finally looked into it recently, because it always raised a red flag in my spirit when I would hear people talk about it, and I found out after a bit of research into it, that muscle testing is completely occultic. So also beware of a practice called “muscle testing”. And look into things that give a warning to your spirit! 💚

Thank you for sharing your testimony. I dealt with the same attacks since a child and when i was exposed to the Gospel the attacks become constant for years and even some life threatening. But glory be to Christ for setting me free. Great sermon Pastor. May the Lord bless you, your family and ministry. Your videos have a been a blessing to me.

Thank you Jeff for uploading this. I was asked a few months ago to consider pastoring a home-church under oversight, and what your talk impressed upon me so much was the true depth and seriousness that God views pastoring with. I needed to see this to know just what kind of responsibility I would be taking on. Thank you. I also deeply appreciate your teaching, and I look forward to meeting you in eternity.

*For as in those days before the flood* they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, *so will be the coming of the Son of Man.* (Matthew 24:38,39 ESV) Stuff like this is probably what the Fallen Angels taught humanity (among other things) and got in so much trouble for with God! I get goosebumps when I see Scripture unfolding right before my eyes. Even so, come Lord Jesus. *Maranatha!*

JeffDurbin, thank you. This was greatly edifying.

I discovered your channel a week ago and I am so thankful to God, it seems to be getting scarce to be able to find a Christian preacher/ teacher that hasn't been won over by modern day churchanity, those who prize tradition, authoritive figures, signs and wonders instead of the absolute authority of the Word of God. God Bless you!✝️🕊️❤️

Very grateful for this video Apologia - one of the many reasons I support your ministry. Thank you Jeff!

Well there really is "nothing new under the sun" I suffer from Fibromyalgia which is now and was extremely difficult to understand. I've been treated like a criminal in the medical field. Now they have understanding, but in the 1960s when my father was suffering from it, not only did he have to live in extreme pain, he was mocked. This charleton had my dad pay him 100s of dollars in the early 70's so that at 7pm every evening they would think about one another and my dad would be healed. Sick people are desperate and easily to exploit, that the devil knows it's a soft challenge.

Jeff Durbin, would love to see you do a sermon on aborted fetal cells in vaccines. I've found most pastors are too afraid to touch this subject. But it's horrid and is a biblical matter.

Eye opening. Thank you so much for this, Pastor. May the Lord continue to use you to open our eyes. I've never been to a Chiropractor, but I do have family members that go to them. I have forward this video to them. God bless you!

This is a very important subject matter. I feel more Christians should be learning about this and discussing this and teaching the dangers of it. God bless

amen The Lord Jesus Christ saved me from the new age and a lot of other things I love this message my generation needs this message Praise the Lord Jesus Christ! I don't agree with Brother Jeff on everything but he is great truthful pastor with a love for Christ

My father in law reads coffee grounds to tell people's fortunes. He says he has the gift of prophecy. I've forbidden him to read cups in my home. He says that it's just for fun. I told him that I've heard that adultery is fun but it's still wrong. He says I'm disrespectful of him.

This is going into the saved vids on my youtube.. the truth of God and his word is in you brother!

Thank you so much for addressing this. It’s needed.

My sister was actually taught dousing, as well as many other occultic practices, in her public college classes for two years... she was a "reiki master", and she studied and practiced shamanism... I've been trying to reach her with the Gospel for years now. 😔 Please pray for her; her name is Katy.

Amazing sermon thank you for preaching on a hard topic!

Thank you for speaking the truth. I actually had to block my vision of the kst process as it was making me physically nauseous. So sad to see such mislead people 😓🙏♥️

I love your teaching and what you do on the streets one on one ! God bless you !

I find it amazing how you have a grasp on dousing, as in a yes/no answer or communication. This is the exact language of computing. Computers are not natural, and are used to obtain information from anywhere, Google map you can vicariously remote view. We've been conditioned to believe that one thing is witchcraft, such as the old practices. What about this stuff we're calling technology? I don't think all Tech is bad, but for the most part, a computer/ tablet/ smart phone is definitely an idol made with gold and platinum and designed by occultists who I believe much of this"technology" was channeled, not invented by man, but thru them. I can not deny the fact that I am watching this(being the past) on a high tech crystal ball and scrying mirror, among other things that I dare not think of at the moment. We're going to have to make some very hard changes if we ever hope to escape Babylon. TV is a tool for witchcraft to enter your home, the entertainment industry is completely Satanic, even if it sounds innocent, it's not by default. We're going to have to walk away from all this comfort and convenience. We've never actually had safety and certainly don't now. Our leaders have wars for mass sacrifice, to cause suffering and death, there is no high moral ground for any of the wars we're fighting, most of them are wars against ideas. They will never stop, and have conditioned us to believe so many lies that it's impossible to get any truth without the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Discernment. There's a total flip side to this though. YHWH works with men, can give men the knowledge of the future(not concerning themselves for selfish reasons) , interpret dreams, give blessings, cast out devils, heal the sick and lame, withstand the attacks of the Enemy, speak boldly with the Spirit, Move mountains if they have to be moved. If you have a personal relationship with your Heavenly Father thru His Son Messiah Jesus the Christ, ask and it shall be given, knock and He will listen. These are the Gifts of El Elion and the enemy has perverted all of God's Goodness, turning the Truth into Lies and Lies as Truth. While it may seem that the occult world is powerful and it is, very much so, but Jesus already finished the War, were still catching up in time, but it was finished on the Cross, and God Almighty is more powerful than all of His Creation put together. Brothers and Sisters we are going to have to make a hard choice about wether we will continue to live in Babylon mind, body and spirit, or forsake the world and the trash in it. Return to a way of life that will seem crazy to those who are still lost.

Thank you for your wisdom, Pastor Jeff. You always help to get me refocused on Jesus and His love. God bless you and yours brother.

Thank you for addressing this and teaching more about the truth of the situation

Amen. Very good example of shepherding the flock on a sensitive issue. Unpopular for many professing or wayward Christians who try to fuzzy the lines between spiritual darkness and light, but it must be declared to those who will recognize the Lord's voice.

Thanks for this sermon, Pastor Durban, and helping fellow Christians to fulfill Matthew 10:16: "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves".

So crazy, other than the fact this sermon had a lot in it that God has been showing me lately in the bible, specifically in Deuteronomy chapter 18.. But as you were talking about dowsing and getting yes or no answers the first thing that popped in my mind was something I'd been trying to figure out for months that my chiropractor had done to me, and I've been trying to research it since it happened. So when you talked about dowsing i tried looking that up with chiropractor stuff, still couldnt find anything. So i pressed play and within a few minutes you started talking about the exact thing ive been trying to figure out! So funny how things work out lol

I'm so happy and blessed by God for having found this video. I have family that go to chiropractorsand I've thought about going to one myself, and this video has equipped me with information on what to look out for. ,

I believe that Gods word is alive right now, and we can learn and ask God to show us and teach us His word.

Abortion/Molech sacrifice

Many many people have the ability to communicate with spirit. As they come to Christ, they tend to lose their ‘gift’ and their guides reveal themselves as demonic entities. Search new age to Christianity.

Thank you so much for posting this video on RU-vid! Occult practices have so infiltrated our society and culture now that, for the first time, I found myself questioning whether some of them were OK. I needed to be reminded of God’s word and truth on this subject. I also realized that, even though something might work, or appear to work, it doesn’t make it right in gods eyes. Maybe some aspects of quantum physics are true, for example. It doesn’t matter. God’s word is clear about not messing with it. Another analogy came to mind as well. Gods relationship with his people is referred to as a marriage, husband and wife. Dabbling into some of these things and thinking it’s OK, it won’t hurt anything, is like being married and then spending significant amounts of time alone with someone of the opposite sex and thinking it won’t hurt anything. It always will to some degree. Thanks again for this video.

May God guide those that have a commitment to bring truth and guidance to the saints for this walk is a big responsibility watching over their own salvation and that of the children of God..

this guy seems in tune with the word

i love hearing babies when i listen to a sermon

Thank you for speaking truth to your people and for posting this video for others!!

bless you Jeff for preaching this hard word.

I would like Jeff to address spiritual formation and contemplative pray that has come into the Christian church.

This is so true it been there and it's no fun when you try to get away..

This is a very authentic Sincere Pastor who is taking the souls of his brothers and sisters very seriously as well as his accountability for the well being of their souls a far as guiding them to the greener pastures and away from the valleys of the shadow of death I believe that is a man before his God who is understanding his responsibility as a pastoral shepherd of Gods people That information Comes by the indwelling Holy Spirit Of God that leads us to correct conduct and responsibility as members of a specific flock toward our responsibilities with fellow members to not participate in things that can bring problems we do not want into our community not for ourselves or for our fellow family in Christ Jesus This Video Sermon was a very eye opening and genuine view in how easy and seemingly harmless even helpful practices may enter into the lives of believers who if they were told in unveiled Truth what these methods invoke would be rejected immediately There are indeed demonic healings and the likes The enemy is very Crafty and subtle in his use of trickery but it after all gets us to open the door with an invitation to come in and he does after all need that invite whereas using Human beings as tools despises his identity and makes it very difficult to root him out .People You have everything you need in Jesus Christ your healing for Bodies minds and Souls follow your Savior and love your fellows enough to remind them continually to do the same and be warned by them to do so as well-God has all knowledge his understanding is infinite A Prayer to Jesus to enlighten you will be more effective in your health and well being than all these practices put together and then some the devil has a way that seems right and he gives gifts to tempt you. But in the end He takes back his gift and imprisons your Precious soul and uses you to capture others If Jesus don't will it we don't want it !

Very needed in this day. Yoga is so popular and is based in new age too.

Thank you for this sermon. I'm curious what does God say about taking prescription medication like anti-depressants.

Is that a Poco T-Shirt you have on Pastor Durbin? They are on of my favorite bands!(Old Poco!) In Christ's Agape Love,BobbyK

AMEN 🙏 ✝️🙌 well said my brother ! This is a wonderfully edifying sermon 👍

I love what Pastor Durbin says. He is a very humble servant before our Lord. We are suppose to Mortify Our Flesh. "For If You Live According To The Flesh You Will Die, But If By The Spirit You Put To Death The Deeds Of The Body You Will Live." ( Romans 8:13). Amen.

In this 21st century political battlefield, all sides are labeling their opponents as being "sheeple". In truth, we are ALL "sheeple". It's natural to want to be accepted by a group of people with similar interests, to feel loved and "one" So the real issue is this: if we are ALL "sheeple", then who is our shepherd? Who are we willingly following and why? I choose to follow Christ as my Good Shepherd. ..

I'd like to see Jeff take on the hardcore mormons near the LDS temple in SLC. They would flip out tho.....

Excellent, Durbin. You did the right thing.

What you say is more than important. There are so many fake Christians around the world who try to convince real Christians that if they are being attacked by evil, it's only their fault, they need to repent and change their view of life since they must have been messing up with the devil. Please keep doing the good job! You are a true blessing.

When I was a child, I had a natural aversion to even touching books that most people would see as benign (for example, my mother would read Stephen King books, she also had books like “The Exorcist”, etc., laying around. She was an avid reader.)If I touched them, I would then have an overwhelming compulsion to wash my hands. This was also true of any objects that represented something “dark” to me. Is that common?

come to Utah please!

I really appreciate you speaking Gods truth no matter the cost and I was a little uncomfortable when I went to a chiropractor here in Florida and it was the same kind of treatment. It didn’t seem right to me completely the language and modes used but this confirmed it.

My husband and I had a lady pray with us one time. She paused and said, “Hold on, let me see what I’m getting.” She said she saw me with a necklace around my neck and asked if anyone had recently given me a necklace. We had recently gone on vacation and a lady that makes jewelry had given me a necklace on the beach. The lady that “prayed” with us went on to tell us the necklace was cursed and we needed to get rid of it. I now know that it was not the Holy Spirit working in her that gave us that information :( A spirit of divination This same lady also told us she saw colors around people. When I questioned her about it, she said she didn’t know how to explain it and then changed the subject.

I'm glad you're tackling this, I get tired of modern occultism and the like. Only two streets from me there's a pub that has fortune tellers perform every week or so. I travelled across the country to attend the International Eisteddfod cultural festival and just outside the festival was a vendor selling all kinds of things like magic crystals, tarot cards, medicines that clearly weren't backed by science etc. It's sad to me that so many people are getting ripped off thinking that these material things will do anything spiritual for them.

I should not have started this at 12 at night

Very eye-opening! Thanks for sharing. God bless. 👍

My ex-husband took me to some fruitcake vegetarian Dr in Pittsburgh, many years ago. The guy had a radio show and really impressed my ex. He did not tell me about the Dr, but I went to please my ex. It had such a weird vibe and I could type out the whole weird story, but it was creepy, he hurt me, and I ended up praying throughout the ordeal, asking for protection, as I had no idea what I had walked into. He used a nurse to ask questions of my body. I had no idea what was going on. By the end of the visit, the Dr was in a great hurry for me to leave. I think the bad vibe went both ways.

come to pennsylvania i pray

Thanks to you and Pastor Luke for being faithful and loving shepherds, even at the risk of losing personal relationships!

Excellent sermon. Thank you!

Does Jeff have an sermons on youtube where he addresses Catholicism?

What about the Urim and Thummim? Two objects used by Israelite priests (and David) to determine Gods will by getting a binary yes or no answer....

Thank you pastor Jeff.

Thank you for your vigilance. :)

Sink your soul or sink a battleship LMFAO so true.

I got into trouble at a church for speaking against mediums.

Ty4sharing! Blessed! We love you!😇👼😘

So much truth in this message! Similar experiences.

Please pray for me...I was deceived and led astray by new age false spirituality and Hinduism and Buddhism and paganism...

This is like 19th century spiritualism all over again, along with the frenology

Thanks for your honest sermon pastor, I greatly appreciate your honestly and I have been watching your videos alot lately. Speaking of honesty, I am a struggling addict, even tho I havnt used in years "I will always be humble because I have to be" i believe that drugs open doors to certain "things". And by things I mean demons, and I've seen some very strange things indeed. I think some of the things I've seen have actually made my faith in my lord jesus christ even stronger tho. Jesus died for me,then saved my life after all the dumb selfish things I did, and for that I owe him everything. Anyway my point is dont learn the hard way like me, the ten commandments and the message jesus preaches is not just to make you "be a good person" it's to protect you! The mind is a very important thing. And spiritual warfare is very real. The more you sin the more you open your mind to things you DO NOT want there, trust me. Follow the bible and be truly happy! 🙏

Even after five years the truth is still the truth. Thanks so much for this teaching @apologiastudios

Great sermon! I would like to see him speak to the Pharmaceutical/Factory Farming industrial complex. (pharmakeia)