Speaking Ill Releases Evil

Last week, a young cricketer was beaten unconscious outside a bar in the posh part of town. The cricketing fraternity responded with a huge outpouring of sympathy from. I could not help wondering if this was partly motivated by unease about their previous comments about this young man. Jessie Ryder has an amazing talent with the cricket bat, but a problem with alcohol and “an attitude to authority” has blighted his career. When he dropped out of the New Zealand cricket team, the fans were highly critical. Last week the local team nearly beat the English cricket team, and might have been successful if this young talent had been playing. To make matters worse, while he was unable to play for his country, he took up a contract to play in the Indian Professional League for $US260,000.

Many cricket supporters had their views, but they might not realise that words and thoughts have a spiritual effect. When the people of a nation think and speak ill of a person, it gives the spiritual forces of evil permission to attack him. They can do it in a variety of ways. In this case, they attacked directly through two guys drinking at the same bar being stirred up to attack him violently and smash his skull.