Materialism is a cold bedfellow. Human beings do have a soul and spirit and they are part material and part spiritual. People desire to experience the supernatural, the spirit world. They hunger for the touch of the metaphysical. Because the Christian churches have not been close enough to the Lord to provide supernatural experiences for their congregations, the people are turning toward other sources in order to satisfy their hunger for experiences outside the material world.

Spiritual experiences outside Christ are demonic. People become involved with demons and bound by horrible fallen angels. God becomes jealous when people worship the fallen spirits, and it often is very difficult to get back to the Lord once we have engaged in any form of witchcraft or metaphysical practices.

When we attempt to manipulate the spirit realm by "faith," imaging, "positive thinking," speaking creative words, or any other metaphysical device, we are entering a dangerous area of the spirit realm. If the reader has ignorantly participated in one or more of these faith-prosperity schemes we urge him or her to turn to the Lord Jesus immediately and ask His forgiveness and His help in casting out any spiritual bondage that may have been acquired.

Please keep in mind that there are only two forces in the spirit realm: God and Satan. There is no third neutral force. All that is not of God is of Satan. All that is not of Satan is of God. Only the Lord Jesus Christ is the Door to that which is of God. We are to turn our attention toward Jesus, not toward our faith, imaging, will, positive words, or any other soulish effort to control the spirit realm. To use soul force to accomplish our goals is to come under the government of Satan.

Attempts to manipulate the material environment by projecting our soul, whether or not such attempts are performed in the name of the Lord Jesus, are food offered to idols.

Improved communication techniques. Never in the history of man has there been the communication devices that are present today. Computerized information technology is developing at a geometric rate. No doubt in ten years the present computers, fax machines, modems, networks, will appear as the horse and buggy does today.

We expect that before too long most people on the earth will be able to communicate by sound and sight with most other people by means of a device worn on the wrist like a watch.

Improved communication services have no merit in themselves. If they are employed to communicate God's holy Word, then they are beneficial. If they are employed to communicate evil behaviors, then they are satanic.

To pursue ever more sophisticated communication ability is not virtuous of itself and believers need to understand this. Communication is not a god to be worshiped. It is to be used in God's service. The believer is not to become occupied with communication devices that are not used in God's service unless he is employed by a communications company or something of this nature. Communicating with other people is not to be a fascinating hobby.

Although personal computers and the Internet are in their infancy, already there are a large number of software manufacturers who will provide you with explicit erotica so you can sit a home and wallow in the lusts of the flesh.

To be continued.