Benny, a Mibu believer in Papua New Guinea, was thrilled to recently learn that it's impossible for someone to steal his spirit.
Before he believed in God, he believed that all sickness and death was caused by sorcery. "Germs are a new concept here," wrote missionary Joey Tartaglia.
Benny believed that anyone who was angry with him could capture part of his spirit and work sorcery on it. They could use fingernail clippings or leftover food or catch his reflection in their knife blade, and he would be vulnerable to attack -- sorcery causing sickness and death.
Even with the knowledge that someone could not steal his spirit and work sorcery on it, Benny was still afraid and prayed to Jesus for protection from sorcery. He'd grown up with these beliefs; it made sense he'd still worry about them.
Benny came to see this type of prayer, even though it was directed to Jesus, was a form of worshiping Satan.
Benny said, "God and God alone holds life and death in his hand, and Satan tricked us people into believing false things about the nature of our spirits. Satan's first sin was to try to take God's place, and his ways have not changed. He still distorts things so that we will fear him and not God."
Please pray that Benny's faith continues to hold strong, and that other Mibus soon come to the same realizations about the Truth.
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