{"id":307,"date":"2023-08-01T18:05:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/american-idol-alumnus-renounces-occult-practices-to-embrace-jesus-as-their-faith-orformer-american-idol-contestant-abandons-occult-beliefs-embraces-christianity\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:05:48","slug":"american-idol-alumnus-renounces-occult-practices-to-embrace-jesus-as-their-faith-orformer-american-idol-contestant-abandons-occult-beliefs-embraces-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/american-idol-alumnus-renounces-occult-practices-to-embrace-jesus-as-their-faith-orformer-american-idol-contestant-abandons-occult-beliefs-embraces-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;American Idol&#8217; alumnus renounces occult practices to embrace Jesus as their faith \n\nOR\n\nFormer &#8216;American Idol&#8217; contestant abandons occult beliefs, embraces Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_content\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"article-byline has-tools\">\n<div class=\"article-tools\"><a href=\"#cp-talk\" class=\"has-number talk-cp-254842\" data-scrollto=\".viafoura\" aria-label=\"Go to comments\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/icon\/chat-rect.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><span class=\"number\"\/><\/a><a href=\"\" class=\"js-share\" aria-label=\"Share\" id=\"share-btn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/icon\/share-outline.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"img-box align-center center\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><picture width=\"760\" height=\"662\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/14\/98\/149842_w_760_662.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/14\/98\/149842_w_760_662.png\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" width=\"760\" height=\"662\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"photo-des\">Photo of singer Jimmy Levy from the music video &#8220;Faith Over Fear,&#8221; 2022<\/span> | <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/ HiRezTV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Singer Jimmy Levy, who was a contestant on &#8220;American Idol&#8221; in 2020, revealed how being exposed to the occult in the entertainment industry ultimately led him to faith in Jesus Christ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli-born singer hadn&#8217;t realized the &#8220;spiritual war&#8221; for his soul until after he caught his big break on the televised national singing competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was in the industry, I became very lonely, depressed, and I realized how dark it is,&#8221; Levy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/gospel-singer-jimmy-levys-journey-occult-faith-realized-satan-real\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The entertainer admitted to playing with darkness and the devil and even surrounded himself with musicians who consider themselves \u201cworshipers of the devil.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would put a stupid tattoo on my hand of the devil,&#8221; Levy continued. &#8220;I started hanging out around people that would proclaim themselves as worshipers of the devil. And I just didn&#8217;t understand what I was getting myself into.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After facing spiritual attacks, he realized the devil was real and so was Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s when I started getting tormented at night by demons. There were times because I was smoking \u2014 I was doing a lot of things that were affecting my voice. And I couldn&#8217;t even sing at some point. I started really getting attacked constantly. And I realized that Satan was real,&#8221; Levy declared.<\/p>\n<p>At his lowest point, a Christian preacher and friend of Levy named Nick reached out to him and prayed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He 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&#8217;d be like, \u2018Jimmy, I want to tell you about Jesus.\u2019 And I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to hear this. I&#8217;m Jewish. Goodbye,'&#8221; Levy explained.<\/p>\n<p>Levy eventually turned to Jesus Christ and began reading the Bible and got baptized in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s some point where God gives you the eyes to see and you have a chance to turn from the past of the agendas that you&#8217;re promoting \u2026 if you&#8217;re 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&#8217;s right for God, for freedom, for America,&#8221; he added concerning some of his past music.<\/p>\n<p>Levy has since released more conservative-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHxk1Mg5n7I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">songs<\/a> played at anti-mandate rallies during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and most recently an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/target-backlash-over-pride-collection-4-things-to-know.html?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Target LGBT pride song<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Levy is now focusing his talents on Christian worship songs. His single &#8220;Amen&#8221; is now available and will be followed by a full worship album.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that was all cool and it inspired people at that time. But now it&#8217;s time for God,&#8221; he concluded. \u201cWe fought it and you know, at the end, God prevailed through it and an awakening happened. \u2026 But now it&#8217;s time for the spiritual realm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amen (Official Music Video) | Jimmy Levy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyzrnrCPXzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"article_credit\">\n<p>Jeannie Ortega Law is a reporter for The Christian Post. Reach her at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mailto:jeannie.law@christianpost.com\">jeannie.law@christianpost.com<\/a> She&#8217;s also the author of the book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Happening-Me-Defeat-Unseen\/dp\/0800761766\">What Is Happening to Me? How to Defeat Your Unseen Enemy<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Follow her on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlawcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jlawcp<\/a>\u00a0Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeannieOMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JeannieOMusic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"eoa_freedom_post\">\n<h2><span>Free<\/span> Religious Freedom Updates<\/h2>\n<p>Join thousands of others to get the <strong>FREEDOM POST<\/strong> newsletter for free, sent twice a week from The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/american-idol-alum-leaves-occult-to-follow-jesus.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of singer Jimmy Levy from the music video &#8220;Faith Over Fear,&#8221; 2022 | YouTube\/ HiRezTV Singer Jimmy Levy, who was a contestant on &#8220;American Idol&#8221; in 2020, revealed how being exposed to the occult in the entertainment industry ultimately led him to faith in Jesus Christ.\u00a0 The Israeli-born singer hadn&#8217;t realized the &#8220;spiritual war&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}