{"id":7190,"date":"2023-07-17T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:10:19","slug":"gospel-singer-jimmy-levy-shares-his-journey-from-the-occult-to-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/07\/gospel-singer-jimmy-levy-shares-his-journey-from-the-occult-to-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Singer Jimmy Levy Shares His Journey From the Occult to Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7199\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7199\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/07\/jimmy-levy-credit-jimmy-levy-youtube.png\" alt=\"jimmy levy\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Levy\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gospel musician Jimmy Levy confessed he didn\u2019t realize how genuine the \u201cspiritual war\u201d in the entertainment industry was until he was in the thick of it. After his big break on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d in 2020, the singer said he went down a dark path before turning his life to Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Levy told Fox News Digital, \u201cWhen I was in the industry, I became very lonely, depressed, and realized how dark it is.\u201d He said he witnessed other musicians engaging in \u201cwitchcraft,\u201d influencing him to dabble in the occult. Initially, Levy said he didn\u2019t believe in Satan and was participating to fit in with his peers.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted, \u201cI would put a stupid tattoo on my hand of the devil,\u201d showing the image on his hand. \u201cI started hanging out around people that would proclaim themselves as worshippers of the devil. And I just, I didn\u2019t understand what I was getting myself into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Levy said he started seeing the negative ramifications of these choices. He now believes God showed him \u201chow real the spiritual war was and how real the devil in the industry was.\u201d He said, \u201cThat\u2019s when I started getting tormented at night by demons. There were times when I was smoking \u2014 I was doing a lot of things that were affecting my voice. And I couldn\u2019t even sing at some point. I started really getting attacked constantly, constantly. And I realized that\u00a0Satan was real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At his lowest, Levy contacted his friend Nick, who said he leads a popular online Christian ministry. Levy said with a chuckle, \u201cHe would always call me in the beginning and then through my career, all the times he saw me post some dark images or Satanist-looking things, and he\u2019d be like, \u2018Jimmy, I want to tell you about Jesus.\u2019 And I\u2019d be like, \u2018I don\u2019t want to hear this. I\u2019m Jewish. Goodbye.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyzrnrCPXzw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Nick\u2019s persistence paid off. Levy shared he got baptized on July 4, 2021, turned his life to Christ and started reading the Bible. Levy said he also started questioning his political beliefs. He explained how he wrote an anti-gun control song for the Parkland shooting victims and expressed sympathy for Black Lives Matter. After his conversion, he started feeling like he\u2019d been misled on these issues.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI was just an artist, so \u2013 now I see from my perspective how all of these artists in the industry \u2013 they know not what they do, you know, and God forgives them for that. But, like, there\u2019s some point where God gives you the eyes to see, and you have a chance to turn from the past of the agendas you\u2019re promoting. If you\u2019re given the eyes to see it, you have to deny that money. You have to deny that world. You have to deny the fame, everything, and just do what\u2019s right for God, for freedom, for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levy spent the past few years writing anthems like \u201cThis is War\u201d and \u201cWelcome to the Revolution,\u201d used in anti-mandate rallies during the COVID-19 pandemic before performing on an\u00a0anti-Target song\u00a0and an anti-Pride song this summer that rose to the top of the iTunes and Billboard charts.<\/p>\n<p>While he thinks these songs were used to glorify God and influence the culture, he&#8217;s ready to put his focus back on making worship music. His single &#8220;Amen&#8221; recently dropped, and he is excited to be working on a full worship album now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel musician Jimmy Levy confessed he didn\u2019t realize how genuine the \u201cspiritual war\u201d in the entertainment industry was until he was in the thick of it. After his big break on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d in 2020, the singer said he went down a dark path before turning his life to Christ. 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