Jesus Christ has given us clear teachings on how to be filled with all the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, which have been promised to all who love him [1]. However, many ignore this truth by seeking alternative healing solutions that are not from God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but instead, they’re from the father of lies, the deceiver of the whole world:

“And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world; and he was cast unto the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” (Revelation 12:9)

Since the beginning times, our Lord God, Jesus Christ, has been our healer – no one else:

“Saying: If thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do what is right before him, and obey his commandments, and keep all his precepts, none of the evils that I laid upon Egypt, will I bring upon thee: For I am the Lord thy healer.” (Exodus 15:26)

The voice of the Lord our God is the first voice in our mind and heart, the gentle voice of clarity and truth, the Holy Spirit. The second voice that many follow out of ignorance, rebellion or pride, is the voice of evil that brings darkness and confusion. God’s commandments and precepts have been revealed to us in his Holy Bible and Holy Catholic Church through his obedient servants, the Catholic saints through whom he has granted countless miracles [2]. Jesus Christ, our loving Saviour, has been talking to us for thousands of years through his humble, obedient servants, yet many still stubbornly ignore his call:

“Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me. Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:21–22)

Satan is a trickster. If someone is seeking spiritual healing, he will use various strategies to lure the person into falling prey to his false healing practices, which oppose Jesus’ teachings and open the door to evil spirits, allowing them to gain access to the person’s body, mind, soul and spirit in that area of sin. For example, one strategy could be to trick people into thinking they are calling God by using strange names for God, but unknown to them, they are calling evil spirits. Another trick could be to lure people into seeking the counsel of a false prophet who claims to be Christian, but in fact, is not living by all of Jesus’ commandments:

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you shall know them.” (Matthew 7:15–16)

“Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1)

“And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers.” (Isaiah 19:3)

Satan’s variety of offerings include “connecting” with higher forces, energies, spirits, gods, creatures, manmade or natural objects like the moon, sun and earth, or whatever other deceptions he presents to his victims. His false healers, false prophets and false Christs that Jesus warned us about come disguised as angels of light, bringing demonic oppression, suppression and short-lived signs and wonders:

“For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.” (Matthew 24:24–25)

Demons can perform signs and wonders if people give them authority through sin to do so. For example, evil spirits can prompt false prophets to tell people about their past or current activities; can make those whom they have possessed levitate; can move objects in the presence of people performing demonic rituals; can come disguised in dreams to deceive people and give false visions, even deceiving ignorant people into thinking that they are speaking to God or heavenly beings:

“And no wonder: for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:14)

Satan and his evil spirits can replicate earthly colours and light in their deceptions. They are able to make themselves look like any person or creature, but they cannot replicate the inexplicable love, light, radiance and colours of the Triune God and the realm of heaven [3].

These false healers, known or unbeknown to them, are being guided by evil spirits who have possessed them. They are being used as Satan’s instruments to bring more demonic oppression upon this world. Some examples of false healers include, but are not limited to, sangomas, mediums, divinators, fortune tellers, psychics, omen interpreters, hypnotists, false-religion or sect healers, ancestral worshippers, spirit guides, clairvoyants, channelers, numerologists, palm readers, crystal-ball readers, tarot and angel card readers, automatic handwriting (psychography) specialists, reiki healers, energy/chi healers, yoga practitioners, ritual-based acupressure, acupuncture and reflexology and other New Age practitioners, to name a few. Many of them produce mutis, potions, bones, hairs, dolls, powders, medicines, lotions, drugs, tea leaves, objects etc., which have been subjected to demonic rituals to instil false-healing powers upon them. In essence, these rituals give demons the authority to wreak havoc on those who make use of them. However evildoers want to position or market these practices, they all fall under the universal banner of sorcery or witchcraft:

“Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king Babylon. For they prophesy lies to you: to remove you far from your country, and cast you out, and to make you perish.” (Jeremiah 27:9–10)

“So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch.” (1 Chronicles 10:13)

Other variants of the same false-healing theme are to get people to meditate on (or give gratitude to) anything other than our Triune God and the true Word of God – for example, to meditate on self, strange gods, phrases, words [4] or concepts that are cunningly designed to open our minds to demonic influence:

“For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.” (Douay-Rheims Psalms 95:5, others 96:5).

From the beginning of time, God has always been with us and revealed himself to us. Despite his loving presence amongst us, most of his children still choose to reject his call and fall prey to the many deceptive healing practices that continue to expand in these end times:

“Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.” (Jeremiah 3:24–25)

It is important to know that Satan and his evil spirits can give a false sense of healing for a period of time. They do this by reducing their level of torment or affliction on a person’s body, mind, soul or spirit (where they have been given access), be it physically, mentally or emotionally. For example, a person can leave a false-healing session with a false sense of feeling good or refreshed, but then soon afterwards, realises that the problem is not solved and has to return for additional sessions, which is exactly what Satan and his evildoers want. This ongoing consultative cycle causes the person to slip more into darkness and allows evil spirits to bring more torment and spiritual blindness. Similarly, Satan and his demons can tell someone about their past when it comes to “fortune” telling, which helps them to captivate their ignorant audience and offer the wrong advice to bring further destruction upon their victims.

Mother Mary has explained to Fernanda de Sequeira just how dangerous these practices are [5]:

“My child Fernanda, my children are so lost, looking for answers and riches in different places, doing wrong, going against my Son Jesus’ holy will. My children are so imbibed in the wrong beliefs from the enemy’s evil tricks to deviate my children from focussing on my Son Jesus. They’re supposed to focus only on my Son Jesus’ living Word. They’re looking in other directions, seeking earthly things, believing in the lies of the enemy. Oh, my children, they’re so lost without my Son Jesus’ living Word. Oh, their beliefs are a perjury for their souls. My Son Jesus gives our children his living Word, graces and blessings for free from his heart, but my children pay fortunes, their daily win, bread, to destroy their souls. My child, this is happening all over the world. Many souls are going to Gehenna because of these sins of seeking healing in the wrong places, instead of seeking healing, their daily bread, in my Son’s love. They must trust my Son’s love. They must trust my Son Jesus’ living bread. Oh, if only my children knew how much they hurt my Son Jesus’ Sacred Heart when they turn away from his true bread of life, the graces and blessings that come from heaven.” (01/09/2014)

We need to trust and obey Jesus completely as he is our ultimate healer. All other forms of spiritual healing or counsel that deviate from the living Word of God are from Satan, the father of lies. Sometimes Jesus doesn’t heal the body, but he heals the mind, spirit and soul, which is far more important for us as we enter eternal life.

In the words of our Lord Jesus Christ to Fernanda [6]:

“I thank all my dear children for coming to my Mother’s holy grounds. I will heal many of my children’s pains, sorrows, sicknesses, [and will bring] unity in families. I heal many of my children’s spirits, souls and minds – sometimes I don’t heal their sick bodies, but I heal their souls, which is more important for them. I see all my children’s cries, sighs, tears in the depths of their souls, in the silence of their hearts, but each one of them, they won’t leave this holy place without a miracle upon them. Oh, sometimes, my children don’t even see all these blessings, graces, upon them. Oh, it saddens me when my children are ignorant of their gifts and blessings that have been placed upon them.” (29/03/2014)

In another conversation with Fernanda, Jesus explains why we must never doubt the power of healing prayers [7]:

“There is no prayer prayed in vain or wasted, but sometimes I don’t heal the sickness of their body, but I do cleanse and heal their soul and spirit, which is more important as my children are coming to eternity. And sometimes my children are not healed − they are going through a purification in this world − because it is far more important for them to go through the narrow gate in this world to enter eternal life through the wide gate. And through many sicknesses, trials and hardships, many of my children and their loved ones and family turn to prayers, to my heart − especially in sickness. Many of my children and their families never knew me, their Jesus Christ, but through all of this, they change their hearts, and many souls, my children, are saved through their intense prayers. Oh, I never punish my children, but in life there is always a sacrifice, a price, as I, your Jesus, also paid a price, a sacrifice for your salvation. It’s for a purpose − as my death and the excruciating pains that I went through were for a purpose, for your salvation, my precious children. My dear children, bear your cross with me. Through the cross, I redeemed your sins. My love for you is an ocean of mercy. Do not despair or become despondent. I am with you always till the End of Times. I didn’t promise paradise in this world, only in heaven, but to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, sometimes my children have to go through a purification. I purify my children’s souls like a blacksmith purifies gold.” (24/01/2017)

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