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The Character of Demons

Once Delivered You Can Remain Free

by Pastor Dennis

Once Delivered You Can Remain Free

Since I have been in the deliverance ministry I have seen many Christians obtain deliverance from evil spirits then lose this deliverance. This can come from being careless in their Christian walk, prayer life and Bible studies.

The Christian that receives deliverance must not become a demon hunter. If a Christian that has gone through deliverance stays away from unclean living, fear, and participation in activities that were identified in their initial deliverance there will be no fear of getting repossessed. When a person initially receives deliverance they see the power of God operating against the power of the devil and they may become so overwhelmed with the power of the enemy that they will not fully acknowledge the power of God. To remain free the Christian must always acknowledge the fact that the power of God will always be superior to the power of the enemy in every single case.

When we look at deliverance from evil spirits we see different levels of demonic influence. Some people were deeper into the clutches of the enemy than others. This means that every case of deliverance is different. What worked for one person may not work for another and each individual “walking out” of the deliverance will be different. The “walking out “of deliverance describes the aftercare and the way that the Christian adjusts to the freedom that has been experienced through the liberation of evil spirits. During this period the deliverance candidate must follow the instructions of the person that has administered deliverance to them. This is a period where the person that has just received deliverance is the most vulnerable. The new candidate must learn how to defend themselves through binding and loosing and other spiritual warfare prayers.

Ephesians 6:11-13: Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

A Christian must learn to protect themselves through prayer and the Word of God. Another way is for the Christian to always be joined in with someone that has an understanding of the Deliverance ministry. The best place for that new deliverance candidate is with the ministry that administered deliverance to them in the first place. A person that is seeking deliverance must be very prayerful and fasted in seeking deliverance. This is due to the fact that there are many false ministries that do not know what they are doing in this ministry. When a deliverance candidate gets involved with these types of ministries there will be more harm than good caused. The person will leave confused, frustrated and in worse shape than before.

The new deliverance candidate must know in their own heart that they can be free and remain free by staying close to Jesus and the people that the Lord has placed around them.

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Who Has the Power to Cast out Demons ?

by Pastor Dennis

Who Has the Power to Cast out Demons

There are people that traffic in the powers of the occult that claim to have the power to cast out demons. For example some spiritists claim to having the power to cast out demons. This is simply not true. The demons know that the only name that they have to obey is the name of Jesus Christ. The demon will just hide and then manifest themselves again. The Bible shows that no other name or power is able to drive away evil spirits except the name of Jesus. Furthermore, there is great danger in attempting to cast out demons without using the authority of the name of Jesus. There were certain men in the Bible that attempted to do the same and found themselves in trouble.

Acts 19:13-15: Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

If you are not a true follower of Jesus Christ , do yourself a favor and do not attempt to cast out demons. As the scriptures show above, the demons know who has and who does not have the authority to cast them out.The next verses show that the demons retaliated in a manner the was not expected by these men.

Acts 19:16: And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

The Bible shows that these men were physically attacked when attempting to cast out these demons. One thing for sure, “Never close your eyes when you are attempting to cast out a demon”. This statement is advice for the believer that HAS the authority to cast out demons. When casting out demons you must always be guard physically and spiritually.

Rest assured to know that there is nothing at all to be afraid if when you do this ministry in the name of Jesus and by the power of His Word. No one has the power to do anything in the spirit realm “legally” without the name of Jesus. The Bible says that we are more than conquerors in Jesus Christ when we abide in His Word and do the things of God according to the Word of God.

James 2:19:Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Romans 8:37:Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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How to Defeat Demons

by Pastor Dennis

How to Defeat Demons

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When Jesus came to this earth as a man being 100 percent man and 100 percent God, He operated under the power of the Holy Spirit. We as Born again believers operate under that same power as New Testament Christians.

Matthew 12:28: Jesus said But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Luke 4:18:The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised

The Word of God shows that Jesus used the scriptures to defeat the devil. The Born again Christian that has been taught to use the Word of God can do the same. Some Christians are not using the Word of God because they have not been taught how to use the Word of God in prayer and in supernatural spiritual warfare. Yes the Holy Spirit is our teacher; however, the Bible shows that the Lord uses people as Pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc.

When the enemy tries to ensnare us we must use the Word of God against him.

 

Isaiah 54:17:No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
The works when the enemy comes to put a spirit of fear on us. We can quote 2 Timothy 1:7.

2 Timothy 1:7:For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

We can not fight the devil with our bare fists (although at times we wished that we could) nor can we just scream at him at the top of our voices in anger (although at times we do).The enemy can also defeat us if we allow him to bring up our past sins and past life and put us under condemnation. When this happens he will torment us in the mind and thought life and cause us much torment and defeat. We are overcomers only by the cross of Jesus Christ and the Word of God that we speak and by taking dominion over our minds in Jesus name.

Revelation 12:11:And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

 

2 Corinthians 10:3-5For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

If we begin and end with the Word of God we will be successful in our warfare against the powers of the demonic realm of Satan.

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Guard Against a Wounded Spirit

by Pastor Dennis

Guard Against a Wounded Spirit

“a wounded spirit… who can bear.. Proverbs 18:14

There are many Christians that have been hurt by Christians in the Body of Christ. This hurt has come sometimes unknowingly by the party that did the hurting. With this being said, however, the results are still the same for the person that is hurting (in most cases). This hurt has caused some Christians to leave churches, backslide, and just give up on the Lord. So what is the remedy for this you might ask? The only remedy for anything of a spiritual nature (which is what this is) is Jesus Christ. Most Christians, believe it or not are not even taught the principles of spiritual warfare so the blame is normally placed on the party or parties that they feel hurt them or attacked them. Yes, we all live in the physical realm, however, the one lesson that every born-again Christian must learn is that there is a spiritual realm that is just as real as the physical realm. We must not be ignorant of Satan’s devices or He will get an advantage over us . I would like to share briefly some solutions that will help a Christian that feel that they have been wounded by their Church, Pastor, family member, or close friend.

You must know who your enemy is. This knowledge is based on the Word of God that says : For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities powers rulers of darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. Yes, we have heard this scripture over and over , however in order to overcome we must get this scripture deep into our spirits. This is the main reason that we allow the enemy to come in and put bitterness, anger, forgiveness, rejection, isolation and a whole myriad of spirits that He uses to defeat us. Yes we will be defeated if we do not stand against the powers of demonic entities.

Develop a prayer life:This is the other most essential part of being a prayer warrior. Without a prayer life you will not have a line of communication with the Lord. In this case, everything that you think of will be coming from either your own mind or mostly the mind of the enemy. The enemy will use your mind to get into you and cause a lot of damage. This is the beginning of the wounded spirit is the warfare of the mind. Most Christians go to all sorts of counseling sessions for help and do not realize that the basic foundation of the help starts with YOU. The more we let the enemy talk to use or use other people’s lips to talk to use then the more we will sink into our hurt and woundedness.

Always seek to have a forgiving and repentant spirit:This is another basic “hook” to walking in freedom. The enemy has so many people (Christians and non-Christians) bound with a spirit of unforgiveness. Unforgiveness will thwart your Christian growth and cause you to feel stagnant and unproductive as a Christian.

The above listed items are just a couple of basics that you need to know. The other real basic item is “time”. Growth in the Lord takes time. Part of our spiritual growth is learning to take authority in the spirit realm on a daily basis and standing for Jesus. If we do not know or even attempt to know the principals of spiritual warfare , then we will walk in a lot of depression , discouragement and defeat. Yes we are in a battle so we must Put on the whole armor of God so that we will be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.

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How to know the Character of Demons

by Pastor Dennis

How to know the Character of Demons

Before a Christian or minister starts to cast out demons, there must be some type of knowledge of the demons’ character and how demons act. Demons will go in the name of Jesus whether we know about there character or not, however, a Christian should know by the word of God, the correct way to get the victory over the power of Satan.  Listed here are 5 characteristics of demons.

1. They are known to harass:

Christians have been known to report that they are being “harassed by demons”. Demons are sent by Satan for the sole purpose of “killing, stealing and destroying a Christian’s life. Satan is already destroying a Non- Christian’s life so there is no fight there. The warfare is against a Christian because the enemy knows that a Christian belongs to Jesus.

The Bible says in Ephesians 6:12: For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)

2. They produce spiritual slaves:

The Bible says we did not receive the spirit of bondage to fear in Romans 8:15.
So as Christians must stand against the Devil when he tries us to capture us in bondage. There are many bondages that a Christian can be captured by. A few of them are: cigarettes, alcohol, drugs (even prescription drugs), gossip and slander, lying, viewing pornography and other things that may cause a Christian to act compulsively.

3. They will tempt and seduce

The Bible says in James 1:14-15: That a person is tempted when they are drawn away by their desires and enticed (or tempted). Then when desire has conceived, it bringeth forth sin and sin when full grown will bring forth death. (James 1:14-15).

The crucifixion or putting to death of the flesh is the job of each and every Christian. The Christian can allow the door to be open by yielding to temptation in their lives. For example, if the Lord gives you the victory over smoking cigarettes, you must be able to rise up against the temptation to smoke (especially after a meal). This is accomplished by speaking to the temptation in the name of Jesus and saying to the actual thought “I bind you in the name of Jesus and you will not make me smoke in Jesus name.”

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