10/19/2025
John Ramirez was a high ranking Satanist before he had a near-death experience where he found himself in hell, face to face with Satan. But then Jesus Christ showed up and gave him one more chance. For decades, John walked in darkness as a high-ranking occult practitioner: speaking with the devil, visiting demonic realms, and even conducting he and his wife’s wedding ceremony on Halloween as a symbol of his allegiance to Satan.
But in 1999, John had a near-death experience that changed his life forever. He describes walking through portals of torment, hearing the cries of tortured souls, and standing face to face with the devil himself — all before Jesus showed up and saved his life. That night, he chose Christ over darkness and renounced every occult vow, sacrifice, and pact.
Ramirez came back from that near-death experience and destroyed $100,000 worth of satanic paraphernalia in his New York home, and was then “tormented for 30 days” by his past demons. But it didn’t stop him from living his new life for Christ. Today he is a Pastor, evangelist, and best-selling Christian author, and he warns the church of the dangers and realities of spiritual warfare.
Ramirez warns Christian parents of the dangers of Halloween, because as an ex-Satanist, he understands how it can open up portals to demonic oppression. He says, “It’s like having a one night stand with the devil. There’s a quote by Anton Lavey, founder of the Church of Satan, where he says in his own words, ‘I want to thank every Christian parent for allowing their children to celebrate the devil one night out of the year,’ which is Halloween. He’s intentionally thanking Christian parents. Thank you for dressing up your kids, changing their identity, sacrificing them spiritually.
To me, it’s like, why would you want to cheat on Jesus? Jesus doesn’t cheat on you. I don’t see the satanists coming to your church to cheat on the devil. No way!”
“The only harvest we should celebrate is the harvest of souls,” Ramirez said. “Jesus Christ is your answer. It’s a relationship with God. Make peace with God...Pray. Prayer works. The power of Satan is limited. It’s a hoax. And the power of Jesus is limitless and it brings you to a place of knowing your purpose and destiny of who you really are created to be.”
