Whoa. Deep. Heavy. Compelling. Scary. These are words I thought of as I read this book. And the retelling of the story is at times so intense with evil that I had to put the book down and pray that God would cover me and my house.
It is the true life story of a man who gave himself to Satan and served him for 20 years. What I read in this book is unreal. I've always believed that a Spiritual world exists and we have to be on guard against evil. But this story added new information to that realm for me. The author committed ritualistic blood sacrifices, animal killings, and did the bidding of Satan and his demons. He would sneak into churches and leave satanic bibles for people to find, in the hopes of confusing them. He suffered incredible oppression, and almost carried out the assignment of Satan to kill a pastor, and then almost killed himself when Satan told him to. He had many, many close encounters with demons.
After 20 years of serving the devil, Leehan found God in a pretty incredible way. He totally committed his life to God, renounced Satan's hold on him, and prayed God's protection over him and his family. He even told Satan that every time he attacked him or his family, he would witness Jesus to at least 5 people that day!
A few things in particular that were interesting to read was his perception as a satanist of Christians. He noticed again and again how weak-minded Christians seem, and how most are luke warm, sitting on the fence. He spent a lot of time studying the Bible and memorizing Scripture, so much that he got very good at manipulating verses to unknowledgable Christians and, in his mind, hopefully causing doubt and making them turn away from God. One in particular he remembered was the verse "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (Jamie 4:7) He says "I would throw out the phrase 'Resist the devil and he will flee!' Sounds right on and harmless, but it is far from the truth. These people would go on about their business, thinking that if they just resist the devil when they feel oppression, they would be okay. I didn't tell them the most important portion of that Scripture: 'Submit yourselves, then, to God.' That is the crux of that verse. The adversary is going nowhere unless one is in submission to God!" I like that Leehan chose to give this example of his manipulation in the book because I never thought of the two sentences in this verse going together, that one was useless without the other. Powerful knowledge to glean.
As I put the book down when I finished, a few other words that came to mind were mercy, change, redemption, peace. I am so happy to read the end of this story, that Satan was defeated in this situation, and Michael Leehan is now living as an amazing Christian witness. He has a passion that was used for evil and is now being used for God's glory. What an amazing testimony to read!
It is the true life story of a man who gave himself to Satan and served him for 20 years. What I read in this book is unreal. I've always believed that a Spiritual world exists and we have to be on guard against evil. But this story added new information to that realm for me. The author committed ritualistic blood sacrifices, animal killings, and did the bidding of Satan and his demons. He would sneak into churches and leave satanic bibles for people to find, in the hopes of confusing them. He suffered incredible oppression, and almost carried out the assignment of Satan to kill a pastor, and then almost killed himself when Satan told him to. He had many, many close encounters with demons.
After 20 years of serving the devil, Leehan found God in a pretty incredible way. He totally committed his life to God, renounced Satan's hold on him, and prayed God's protection over him and his family. He even told Satan that every time he attacked him or his family, he would witness Jesus to at least 5 people that day!
A few things in particular that were interesting to read was his perception as a satanist of Christians. He noticed again and again how weak-minded Christians seem, and how most are luke warm, sitting on the fence. He spent a lot of time studying the Bible and memorizing Scripture, so much that he got very good at manipulating verses to unknowledgable Christians and, in his mind, hopefully causing doubt and making them turn away from God. One in particular he remembered was the verse "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (Jamie 4:7) He says "I would throw out the phrase 'Resist the devil and he will flee!' Sounds right on and harmless, but it is far from the truth. These people would go on about their business, thinking that if they just resist the devil when they feel oppression, they would be okay. I didn't tell them the most important portion of that Scripture: 'Submit yourselves, then, to God.' That is the crux of that verse. The adversary is going nowhere unless one is in submission to God!" I like that Leehan chose to give this example of his manipulation in the book because I never thought of the two sentences in this verse going together, that one was useless without the other. Powerful knowledge to glean.
As I put the book down when I finished, a few other words that came to mind were mercy, change, redemption, peace. I am so happy to read the end of this story, that Satan was defeated in this situation, and Michael Leehan is now living as an amazing Christian witness. He has a passion that was used for evil and is now being used for God's glory. What an amazing testimony to read!
I received a copy of this book from booksneeze.com in exchange for my honest review.
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