2 Timothy 3:1-8 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
A new viral video challenge has teenagers attempting to summon a demon.
The “Charlie Charlie” challenge has teens all over the world filming themselves and then posting the videos to websites such as YouTube.
The challenge involves using pencils and a paper with squares on it to be a “conduit” for the demon to speak to them. The demon, a Mexican spirit named Charlie, reportedly shows up when an incantation is chanted and the pencil moves.
Then at the end, a second chant asking if they can stop is done or else a portal for demons to enter at any time is left open in the home.
The videos, shared with a special Twitter hashtag, features the teens asking questions or freaking out when the pencils begin to move.
The game/urban legend reportedly is one that has been going around the Spanish-language internet for years but just recently moved into the English-speaking internet.
Priests and Pastors around the world have been taking a stand against the activity, saying that toying around with demons isn’t something anyone should be doing.
“I want to remind you all there is no such thing as ‘innocently playing with demons’,” Father Stephen McCarthy of Philadelphia wrote to students.
“Please be sure to NOT participate and and encourage others to avoid participation as well. The problem with opening yourself up to demonic activity is that it opens a window of possibilities which is not easily closed.”
