SPIRIT COCKROACHES

This Post Is Not For The Weak Of Stomach
Even I have trouble dealing with typing this and not grossing myself out.

Some of you may know how much I HATE Cockroaches/Palmetto Bugs. I did a couple of past posts on them. Living in Florida where the climate is hot, muggy and rainy these critters can breed in the thousands in one nest.

Right now South Florida is having a lot of rain due to Hurricane Sandy's out pour. So, this afternoon I am sitting in my living room and one right after another two BIG cockroaches make an appearance under my living room door.

After quickly screaming, I grabbed the Raid can and doused the critters. They Would NOT NOT die. Rushing towards the source of pain. Hmmmmmmm...... interesting. Anyway, it seemed they get stronger with each bit of poison I sprayed on to them. What gives? I cannot crunch them or smash them. That would put me into a mental state of mind. I would freak out hearing them crunch. Then seeing them splattered. Cannot handle that. And I do not have anyone else to clean up the mess except myself. So spraying them to death is easier. Then taking tons and tons of toilet paper in order to grab the bugger and give them a water burial in the toilet.

So, after finally seeing the last leg kick on them, I was able to put them to rest. Not after having hot flashes and a rapid heart beat.

So, I said to myself, after calming down and wiping the sweat off my forehead, "Is there anything on the Internet that talks about these critters from the Bible?" Well, not directly, but I did find a excerpt from someone's sermon below. Relating cockroaches and the devil together. Makes a good pair I think.

I find it too gross to even put a picture up of them on this post.

Thanks for listening to my panic.....


Spirit Cockroaches - Joe Burke

Cockroaches are undisputedly one of the most hated insects on earth. Imagine coming into the kitchen for a midnight snack. You flip the light on and then you hear the unmistakable scurrying of a cockroach across the kitchen floor. It is what you have always dreaded. A six-legged creature that has been around since the time that dinosaurs roamed the earth. Living in a squalid world of garbage, it runs from the daylight and emerges only at night. This creature looks like it is from deep in the jungle, or straight from a horror movie; but it could be in your own home.

However something a million times worse could be living with you. A cockroach can’t really hurt you much. This other creature can lead you to destruction and death, forever. It also runs from the light and loves the darkness and it lives in a squalid world of garbage. It not only looks like it’s from a horror movie, it is horror itself. Undetected and untreated, it is your worst nightmare. Cockroaches are an ice cream sundae compared to these creatures.

Demons (evil spirits) are these creatures. Cockroaches are prolific breeders. One cockroach can spawn several thousand offspring in a year. As bad as that is, a demon undetected and untreated (driven off) can lead to a demonic infestation and cause immeasurable and everlasting harm to you and your family.

Where do demons come from?

"Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it." Rev 12:7-9

God didn’t create the devil and his demons. God created angels and archangels with free will. The devil was initially a beautiful, powerful angel called Morning Star or Lucifer (cf Isaiah 14). His pride caused him to lead a rebellion of a third of the angels against God and "war broke out in Heaven." They lost that war and were hurled down to our earth where they roam to this day. They are up close and personal and live in your neighborhood and maybe in your home or worse, in you. Like cockroaches you’ll never see them until you let the light shine in the darkness.

Cockroaches are attracted to uncleanness and food crumbs among other things. Demons are attracted to unrighteousness and sin. If you don’t cleanup your kitchen, the cockroaches are going to move in. If you don’t cleanup your life, demons are likely to consider you their best friend and breed and multiply and bring you all kinds of hell. Demons ignored, either out of ignorance or unbelief and left untreated, will attempt to exert more and more influence and control over your life. If you don’t believe they exist, that is just the darkness and cover they love to operate in. Your enemy isn’t your husband, wife or boss, your enemy is the devil and his demonic hordes.