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We are all subject to demonic impressions, Christians at least have the benefit of the presence of the Holy Spirit and angelic assistance to guide us in discernment. Lewis is merely pointing out that we all have to battle evil in this world, but with the presence of The Holy Spirit within us we can overcome as we depend of God. Lewis simply has the intent of making people aware of the tricks of the devil.

@@thekingscourt It's more the tricks of the mind. I don't know so much about it being demons. This has been my experience.

@@davidm1149 We have our own fallen nature which can lead us astray for sure, but I think messages in the mind to prompt one towards evil or away from the truth have at least a hint of the demonic, most generally in subtle ways, almost imperceptible in their cunning.

@@thekingscourt We don't have a 'fallen nature', as the churches mistakenly teach, we have a mind that is not renewed. You could call it animal mind. Our souls are perfect coming into this world, we are reflections of the Divine Creator. Most of the evil, if not all of it, is done or created by people, people without knowledge. People also are affected by actions and events from previous lives, affectations which others or they themselves may have caused.

Glad to be of help. As Christians we should all pray for the salvation of Israel. As scripture says, in the end all Israel will be saved which essentially translates to mean they will finally accept their Messiah and say Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.

Thanks! I plan on keeping it up, but I am extremely busy releasing albums and songbooks. Thanks for your support. I'll get back to it sooner or later.

Your welcome!

God bless you as well. Thanks for your support!

I try to be of service, I'm glad you enjoyed the message.

I'm paraphrasing and commenting on Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, each video is a different chapter in his book

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I plan on continuing with this series and more like it in the future.

thanks for your comment, I always love to read other peoples thoughts related to the videos.

Thank you, that's the intent.

I hope you come back for more videos, perhaps the light may shine further still

By His very own words he denied being a pantheist, what else can I say?

@@thekingscourt . Thanks, by his own words do you mean he said "I am not a Pantheist", or do you mean your interpretation of his own words. Per Spinoza, the "world" (everything) is Substance, the very definition of Panetheism. The fact that qualia (appearances or what Schopenhauer calls "representations")(: exist in their own right as appearances, by no means implies they have a separate existence apart from Substance. This is essentially Shankara's Advaita Vedanta, only Substance is clearly defined as Pure Consciousness by Shankara), and can be equated with Aristotle' s Being-In-Itself, or Lao Tzu's Tao. The universe is One, forms ar many. AS the "One", not merely "in" IT.

​@@yifuxero9745 Baruch Espinoza, claimed “whatever is, is in God, and, without God, nothing can be, or be conceived.” Spinoza's has been called a prophet and prince of pantheism, which is truly a false claim as shown in a letter to Henry Oldenburg, Spinoza's states “as to the view of certain people that I identify God with nature, taken as a kind of mass or corporeal matter they are quite mistaken.” these are his exact words in this letter. The whole world may classify him, and put him in a box, but only he knows the truth of his actual beliefs, and they are certainly expressed in this letter.

@@thekingscourt Precisely, he says that he doesn't identify God with nature. That's the other side of the coin of what he DOES identify "God" with. It's obvious, his "Substance" imo and others (do a search of "Spinoza and Advaita Vedanta). is Pure Consciousness "In-Itself", NOT the expressions or representations (Schopenhauer's term) of Substance, which are his two variants of nature (Natura). In Advaita Vedanta, everything IS Pure Consciousness. The Chandogya Upanihad uses the example of multitudes of clay pots with varying sizes and shapes. The clay is the metaphor for Pure Consciousness, while the shape are the discrete apparently separate objects. The separateness is a delusion. or Maya. Incorrect physicists like De Grasse Tyson mistakenly believe that Spinoza's Substance is the sum total of the material universe and its natural laws, or nature. Wrong!

A fairly good introduction: is "What is Spinoza's God" at Let's Talk Religion. Still, this misses the important of what IS "Substance". This is the Essence of existence that can be directly experienced when one transcends the duality of relative existence in the state of Samadhi or Satori.. There are techniques for doing this derived from ancient Buddhism and Hinduism. Begin with some of of the non-dualist teachers such as Rupert Spira, Dr. Tony Nader, and Swami Sarvapriyananda.

I was an initiate of Kirpal Sing so yes I am aware of, have heard, and presently hear the sound current.

You are indeed welcome. I hope you come back again.

Thx, I disagree with that statement (as a proponent of Advaita Vedanta). The primal "One" Substance or Essence of existence is Consciousness. Sound and Light are expressions AS Consciousness. The net result is that (obviously) Jesus is an incomparable Light being, but a rock is not. However, both (and everything else), is equally Pure Consciousness. That's something experiential in the nondual state. Thus, Consciousness is prior and more fundamental than Light and Sound, since these are "qualia" or distinctions. Pure Consciousness "In-Itself" is a unified Essence that has no ultimate distinction. Consider a vast ocean of pure Being (C.). The waves on the surface are representations, some very small and others quite large and powerful. Expressions like Light and Power distinguish humans from Jesus and YHVH, but AS Consciousness, there is only the vast Ocean of Consciousness. (Substance).

@@yifuxero5408 You asked about substance. Consciousness is the essence of Spirit, but has no substance since it is incorporeal.

Thanks for your request, I posted a new video today entitled Pantheism versus The Transcendental God and Panentheism

I hope you enjoyed the video pertaining to panentheism.

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It implies a sense that heaven is based on the principle of pleasure and sensuality, aspects of the world, which is foreign to a Christian point of view.

@@thekingscourt Thank you for sharing your perspective. However, I must say that, in Islam, the description of paradise and the rewards offered are based on the understanding that human beings have innate desires and inclinations. Islam recognizes the fact that pleasure and sensuality are natural aspects of human existence, and it presents a vision of paradise that encompasses both physical and spiritual delights. Moreover, the principle of pleasure in paradise is derived from the teachings of Islam, which we believe originate from God Himself. It is not specific to Christianity, as Christianity itself does not claim to have produced this principle. Rather, it is a concept included by God in both Christianity and Islam.

@@issames-saidi8997 A Christian perspective is found in 1 Corinthians 2:9 “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

I'll keep trying to do more when it is relevant to the subject.

Glad you liked it. Hope you come back again.

Amen, brother!

We are all free to make our choice. You have made yours.

@@thekingscourt That's the fundamental difference between you and me. It's not within my capabilities to believe just whatever I want because I don't like the alternative. I have to be convinced that a claim is true before I can accept that it is. I told you the truth about me and i suspect most other atheists but if you insist on not listening and thinkiing you know us better than ourselves than you have made your choice to waste your own time.

@@sandrajackson709 My only answer to you is the Spirit at some time in the future will reveal truth to you or not. Scripture clearly states that those who truly seek the knowledge of God will find Him. A common prayer is, "God, if You truly exist, reveal Yourself to me."

@@thekingscourt There really is a disconnect between atheists and theists that really does not have to be. i can only tell you my truth but if you discard of that i can never hear you and you can never hear me. You assume that I was never once a Christian and never prayed that prayer and more and assume something must have gone awry simply because i do not believe as you do.It came to a point that I no could convince my mind to accept the things i was telling it to accept and that was beyond my control. Nothig you say can ever reach anyone if you are unable to look past your own perspective

@@sandrajackson709 No assumptions here. Best wishes! I hope it works out for you.