# Wyatt recalls a spirit’s promise of worldly power

In a Confessionals excerpt, Wyatt recalls a spirit promising worldly power. The clip ends before he explains the promise in the longer interview.

Source: https://wyattcoats.com/blog/the-promise-of-power-in-wyatt-s-confessionals-excerpt/

Source video published: 2025-12-04

Original recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yFO1zQl1w

Topics: confessionals, testimony, temptation, discernment

Near the end of this thirty-six-second Confessionals excerpt, Wyatt describes a promise of getting whatever he wanted. He says a spiritual figure offered knowledge with real-world benefits. The clip stops before his further explanation. Wyatt shares this as part of his testimony of deception, recalling how the promise of control drew him in.

## Authority fills his remembered scene

In the segment starting at 0:02, Wyatt calls the figure a beast and an Antichrist. He describes dream encounters in which other spirits submitted to it. He shares those encounters as part of his testimony. The picture he gives is one of overwhelming authority: a figure able to command the beings around it.

## The offer reaches ordinary wants

Wyatt says the figure would teach him how to obtain what he wanted in physical life. His testimony gives us reason to examine the appeal of that promise. Wanting a result intensely can make it harder to question the means or the person offering it.

## Ask what the promise would cost

Consider a result you are eager to secure, such as approval, success, or relief from uncertainty. Ask how you would obtain it and what the offer would require of you. The excerpt gives no method or completed lesson. Wyatt describes the attraction of control, but leaves the details for later.

## Wait for the explanation he postpones

Wyatt ends by saying more is coming. Keep that question open. The fragment does not contain the next part of the story or explain how he later judged the promised power. The longer testimony gives this moment its context.

Listen to the entire excerpt, especially the shift from spiritual hierarchy to getting what he wanted. If you continue into the longer conversation, take a precise question with you: how did that promise gain his trust, and what made him reconsider it?

## Takeaways

- Name what you hope a promise of power would give you before deciding to trust it.
- Notice when an offer makes getting what you want more important than how you obtain it.
- Listen to the longer interview for answers the excerpt does not give.

## Recording timestamps

- [Wyatt identifies the spirit he describes in his account](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yFO1zQl1w&t=2s)
- [He describes dream experiences and other spirits submitting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yFO1zQl1w&t=2s)
- [The promise of worldly power and an explanation still to come](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yFO1zQl1w&t=2s)