DeepSummary
Jac Marino Chen shares her powerful testimony of being saved from the occult and new age practices. As a child, she experienced abuse, addiction in her family, and developed fascinations with supernatural experiences and alien beings that she now understands were demonic. Seeking to escape her pain, she delved deeper into darkness through drugs, self-harm, astrology, and eventually joined an occult order practicing ritual magic and worshipping Egyptian gods.
At her lowest point, living in pursuit of evil, Jac had a supernatural encounter where she cried out 'Jesus Christ, save me.' She was immediately delivered and began reading the Bible, realizing the emptiness of her former occult practices compared to the truth and life found in God's word. As she read Scripture, her desires changed and she experienced being made a new creation in Christ.
Jac warns about the dangers of the occult and new age movement, which seem enticing but lead to darkness and separation from God. She encourages understanding biblical love, submitting to God's will, and finding one's identity in Christ rather than chasing power or making one's will be done.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- The occult and new age practices may seem enticing but ultimately lead to darkness, deception and separation from God.
- God has the power to supernaturally deliver people from demonic influences and provide true redemption.
- Trusting in Jesus Christ and submitting to God's will brings true joy and purpose that cannot be found in pursuing one's own desires.
- Understanding biblical love and finding one's identity in Christ are vital to avoiding the deceptions of the enemy.
- God's truth in Scripture has the power to radically transform lives from the inside out.
- Even deep immersion in the occult is no match for the saving power of Jesus Christ.
- Parents need to be aware of seemingly innocent occult influences that can lead children down a dangerous path.
- Personal testimonies of redemption from darkness provide hope and encouragement for others trapped in similar situations.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “I fell for that same lie. It wasn't, you know, a myth. I. And it wasn't like I fell for this newfangled thing that was me. I really thought that if I ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, it's so much about duality in gnosticism and in the hermetic order. You have to kind of take from both that you'll become like God. And that's what I was believing. And it was leading. It led to the fall of man, truly. And it was leading to the fall in my life.“ by Jac Marino Chen
- “And to learn that, that truly good God had made a way for me to have forgiveness because I had read parts of the Quran. I'd read the whole Bhagavad Gita with its commentary, trying to find truth. And the weight of my sin still rested on me. There was no forgiveness, just works. And to know that Jesus had God put on flesh and lived that perfect life that I clearly did not live, tempted as we are, yet without sin, went to the cross, despising the shame and died on the cross bearing my sin and God's wrath, God's just punishment for my sin against him.“ by Jac Marino Chen
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Date Night With the Woods
Mission Bible Church
6/13/24
Countless children now grow up enduring abuse, addiction, and intense spiritual warfare. In this episode, Tony and Bre are joined by Jac Marino Chen who grew up in a broken home, practicing ritual magic, until she was dramatically rescued by Jesus.Â
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