Greetings from your handsome friend John Petra to you all. It's another day to reflect our mind and things that truly matters.
The power of deception lies in trust.
For a person to trust something, it usually begins with something familiar. From there, it gradually begins to digress little by little.
Nobody gives you poison and says, “Open your mouth and swallow this poison.” No. Poison is never served that way. Poison is usually mixed with food—something you like, something familiar, something you enjoy. That is how deception works.
Sometimes I wonder how people fall into certain things. It is a mystery to me. This is not something to joke with.
I saw something on Instagram last week. I don’t know if anyone else saw it. There is a particular church where people are required to remove their lower teeth. And they say it is so that Jesus will be able to identify them during the rapture.
You may laugh when you hear this, but these things are actually happening to human beings.
Didn’t you see the people who were eating grass because someone preached to them that they were sheep?
I am sure that when those people first joined that church, if someone had told them they would one day do such things, they would have laughed at it. But gradually, someone gained control over their minds.
I remember a real-life experience. Someone once came forward during an altar call while speaking in tongues. At that time, as at the time of ministration and I said, “If you want to give your life to Christ, come out.”
The man came out speaking in tongues.
I said to him, “Brother, you are not supposed to be here. You are already speaking in tongues.”
And he replied, “But I sinned.”
Somebody damaged his mind.
Both of us were going back and forth. The more we argued, the more I cried. I couldn't understand how someone could program you so wrongly. If you have a bad coach, you have already lost in life. If they tell you 2+2=3, even if you study it diligently, you will still be wrong.
Ignorance is not the absence of evidence. Ignorance is being wrong in spite of evidence. You're reading from your handsome friend John Petra!
