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Anuroop Sebastian explores the theme of "true" vs. counterfeit, or "fake," love and explains how the reader can identify the real thing by following the example of Jesus. In John 2:24, Jesus rejects the praises of a certain group of people. Their praises appear to be genuine but Jesus knows that they are simply flattering Him. Yet when Mary pours expensive perfume on His feet, he accepts her love (John 12:1-8). Jesus had the ability to discern the true nature of others by listening to their hearts instead of listening to their words or following their actions! The author will show how the Bible gives readers the wisdom to recognize their true friends and safeguard themselves from toxic relationships.

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Publié par	Creative Press
Date de parution	15 février 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780899855240
Langue	English

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LOVE IS NOT BLIND
Discerning Fake Love

by
ANUROOP SEBASTIAN
Published by:
Creative Press
P. O. Box 769000
Dallas, Texas 75376-9000

Volume 1 in The Discerning Series
First Edition

Copyright © 2019 Anuroop Sebastian
www.AnuroopSebastian.com

ISBN: 978-0-89985-505-9 (Paperback edition)
ISBN: 978-0-89985-523-3 (Hardcover edition)
ISBN: 978-0-89985-524-0 (eBook edition)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016937094

Publisher’s Cataloging-In-Publication Data
(Prepared by The Donohue Group, Inc.)

Names: Sebastian, Anuroop.
Title: Love is not blind : discerning fake love / by Anuroop Sebastian.
Description: First edition. | Dallas, Texas : Creative Press, [2019] | Series: The discerning series ; volume 1 | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: ISBN 9780899855059 (paperback) | ISBN 9780899855233 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780899855240 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Love--Religious aspects--Christianity. | Discernment (Christian theology) | Spiritual warfare. | Love in the Bible.
Classification: LCC BV4639 .S43 2019 (print) | LCC BV4639 (ebook) | DDC 241.4--dc23

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
DISCERNING FAKE LOVE
CHAPTER ONE
FRIENDSHIP IS ACCEPTING A PERSON’S LOVE
CHAPTER TWO
WHO IS YOUR FRONT ROW AUDIENCE?
CHAPTER THREE
DISCERNMENT IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF SEEING
CHAPTER FOUR
LISTEN TO HEARTS, INSTEAD OF WORDS
CHAPTER FIVE
BRAIN VS. MIND
CHAPTER SIX
THE TOTAL MAN
CHAPTER SEVEN
DISCERNMENT THROUGH THE LEADINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
CHAPTER EIGHT
OUR INVISIBLE ENEMIES
CHAPTER NINE
THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND
CHAPTER TEN
TYPES OF STRONGHOLDS
CHAPTER ELEVEN
BREAKING STRONGHOLDS
CHAPTER TWELVE
WHEN SIN IS FULLY DEVELOPED
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE DEVOURER
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
WHEN LOVE DISAPPEARS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
GENERATIONAL CURSES: MYTH OR TRUTH?
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE RECURRING SIN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
DEFILEMENT THROUGH FORBIDDEN FRIENDS
CHAPTER TWENTY
DON’T ACCEPT THEIR LOVE!
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
THE STRONGHOLD OF ACCEPTING FAKE LOVE
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
IS LOVE BLIND?
APPENDIX
ENDNOTES
THANKS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to personally thank and dedicate this book to everyone who has helped me to grow in the Lord. Each one of you is a gift from God. You have helped to bear my burdens. Many of you have carried the heavy end of several logs with me. If I have succeeded in great trials as I traveled through dark and dangerous paths, it is because you lent me your torches in the first place. I am grateful.

May God richly bless you with the grace that is needed to fulfill your calling.
I NTRODUCTION

D ISCERNING F AKE L OVE

Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses .
(Proverbs 27:6 NIV)

O ne day while praying, I saw a vision: In this vision, I saw a close friend of mine, a professing Christian, trying to hang me. At that time, I rarely saw visions; I was shocked by it and didn’t understand what it meant. This vision was not a result of my imagination because I would never have imagined that my close friend would attempt to kill me. This was very confusing to me because the person I saw in the vision appeared to be very nice. But I knew that the vision was from God.
Somebody said, “truth is stranger than fiction,” meaning that reality can be more bizarre than anything that can be imagined. During the subsequent years, I came to know that this person had a history of psychological illness, which of course I didn’t know about when I saw the vision. The miswiring of the certain regions of the brain may cause psychological illnesses. However, that was not the reason for this person’s mental condition. The Bible shows that in some cases, these disorders are connected to demons, as seen in the biblical account of the madman of Gadara (Mark 5).
There were some rare occasions when this person I saw in the vision had extreme and dangerous character fluctuations: He could turn into another person and deeply hurt others. However, he did not have Multiple Personality Disorder . There were times when his actions proved that he did not have any conscience or natural affections, and he expressed absolute selfishness. For the most part, he appeared to be godly and an extremely spiritual person.
If you had met him, you would have never noticed that he had any kind of mental disorder. For 99.9 percent of the time, he was normal. It appeared as though he had a conscience for that part of the time, but for the other 0.01 percent, there was no conscience. I was absolutely shocked when I came to know about his extreme and dangerous character fluctuations. I never expected that someone who appeared to be a deeply spiritual person could have a strong demonic nature. If I had known about it, I would have stayed away.
Now, let us go back to the vision. I knew that God was speaking to me, but I did not understand the full meaning of the vision, and I didn’t take it seriously. After a few weeks, I received a phone call from this person I saw in the vision and had a short chat with him over the phone. The next night, tragedy struck—I couldn’t sleep! I was shocked. I think I eventually fell asleep around 6 am and woke up after an hour. This was a strange experience for me. Some people suffer from insomnia due to stress, but I was not in any stressful situation that migh