{"id":8306,"date":"2023-11-14T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:54:38","slug":"ex-warlock-was-magnet-to-satan-and-evil-until-jesus-broke-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/11\/ex-warlock-was-magnet-to-satan-and-evil-until-jesus-broke-through.html","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Warlock Was &#8216;Magnet to Satan and Evil&#8217; Until Jesus Broke Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8312\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8312\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/11\/richard-lorenzo-jr-ex-warlock-credit-cbn-news-youtube.png\" alt=\"richard lorenzo jr\" width=\"768\" height=\"516\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBN News\/YouTube.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richard Lorenzo Jr. is a Christian pastor, but that wasn\u2019t always the case. At one time, the ex-warlock was embroiled in the occult, engaging in evil and urging others to do the same. However, that all changed in 2019 when Lorenzo accepted Jesus. He recently told CBN Digital, \u201cI definitely was possessed. I was hearing voices; I was literally hearing voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo\u2019s journey into the occult started like many others. He found himself with worldly goals quickly getting checked off his list. From travel to money and women, Lorenzo had everything he wanted, but it wasn\u2019t enough. He said, \u201cI was still empty inside, so that question would run through my mind constantly: \u2018What\u2019s the purpose of life? What are we doing here?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He eventually dove deep into selling drugs, but when a huge drug package went missing, he became obsessed with finding out who took it. That\u2019s when he turned to an unexpected source to try and find the answer: a voodoo priest. In fact, Lorenzo went all the way to Haiti to meet with the occultist. He said, \u201cI got back to America, and that\u2019s when things went crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVKmpOMSRX8?si=Xx9DQjJw4J6Hm89F\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo said his emotions intensified, and he ended up on a \u201ccrazy path.\u201d Soon, he was so obsessed with evil that he forgot about the package and became enthralled with supernaturalism. The subsequent journey led him into the bowels of the occult, diving so deep into the abyss that he gave up everything to study such practices. Lorenzo said, explaining the descent, \u201cI went to more voodoo priests in L.A., and psychics, and mediums. I know I was possessed. I used to believe that the things I was doing were right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI used to believe abortion is right. I would convince people about abortion, convince people to get drunk, to cheat on their wives. I was literally working for the devil.\u201d But all of that changed when he found Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Lorenzo Jr. is a Christian pastor, but that wasn\u2019t always the case. At one time, the ex-warlock was embroiled in the occult, engaging in evil and urging others to do the same. However, that all changed in 2019 when Lorenzo accepted Jesus. He recently told CBN Digital, \u201cI definitely was possessed. 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