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Top spiritual warfare and deliverance questions

Over the years, we keep getting asked the same questions. These are good questions that we need to address! These are a few of the top questions that are asked today about spiritual warfare and deliverance:

Can a Christian have a demon? Yes! Otherwise, it would be pointless to cast out demons, period. If all we had to do was get people saved so that their demons go away, then what is the point in casting them out?

What does it mean to be possessed with a devil? This is confusing, but you must realize that the NT Greek tells us that to be possessed does not refer to ownership, but rather means to have a demon, or to be vexed or tormented by one. You can be completely sane and yet have a spirit of infirmity like the woman in Luke 13.

Who can cast out demons? Anybody who is a true believer and follower of Jesus Christ. In Mark 16:15,17, we are told that those who believe will be casting out demons. All Christians have the authority necessary to drive out demons!

What are the symptoms of having a demon? There are many physical and mental symptoms that we may experience as a result of having a demon. Ongoing bondages to fear, depression, rejection, and so forth are usually good indicators. Many physical infirmities such as cancer or arthritis are also things to look for.

The Monthly Brief
June 2008: Are you wasting the gift of God?

Have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit, and received your personal prayer language? If so, how often do you pray in tongues? Paul tells us to build up our most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit:

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.

Jude 1:20

Paul also went on to tell us that when we pray in tongues, we are edified. The word edifieth in the verse below actually means to build up or embolden. When we pray in tongues, we are charging ourselves up with the power of the Holy Spirit!

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

1 Corinthians 14:4

If you have your prayer language, but are not using it often, then you are not building yourself up on your most holy faith, nor are you being edified (charged up). Do you feel spiritually dry? Could it be because you're not being charged up or built up on your most holy faith? Is your spiritual battery being charged up on regular bases, or is it left neglected and dried up?

I encourage you to stir up the gift that God has given you. Do it daily... the more the better! God has given you a gift so that you could USE it, not let it collect dust. God wants you to be blessed by your gift, but you cannot be blessed by something that you fail to make use of.

One day when I was going through some of the worse spiritual warfare that I've ever been through, when the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "The only way you're going to win this battle is by praying in tongues." You can bet I got serious, and after praying in tongues, it made a HUGE difference for me!

God gives us gifts such as the ability to pray in tongues, as a blessing and tool for us to use, but it is going to do us no good if we fail to put into use the things which God gives us! Let us step forward and put the things that God equips us with into action so that they can bear much fruit!

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Spiritual warfare as the Bible presents it

Greetings!

You guessed it! We are in spiritual warfare. The Bible is clear that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness... let just say our struggle is against various demonic powers that are in the world today!

Ephesians 6:12, "For 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."

The goal of this Web site is to equip you to do spiritual warfare using the principals laid fourth in the Bible. You can fight and win spiritual warfare and come out completely free, but if you go about it without considering what the Bible has to say, you might as well resign right now! Through waging Biblical spiritual warfare, you can overcome and break free from the strongholds in your life and live in freedom!

Believe it or not, many times a person's bondage needs more than just applying the spiritual warfare tactics presented in the Bible, but also the Biblical process of driving out evil spirits. If you are vexed (which means to be harassed, tormented or troubled), oppressed, or controlled by them, then you likely need more than just spiritual warfare to break free... you may need to have the intruders driven out in Jesus' name!

The purpose of spiritual warfare and deliverance is not to fight the devil, but to learn what we have in Christ, and use the weapons Jesus gave us to experience victory in every area of our lives. The purpose of confronting the devil is so we can remove the obstacles in our lives that are hindering us from experiencing the best that God has for us! If you want to live in spiritual freedom, peace, joy and love without constantly facing blockages and walls ahead of you, then you need to learn what the Bible has to say about spiritual warfare, and begin to apply those principals in your life today!

Praise God for spiritual warfare and deliverance!

May the Lord bless and keep you! †

Robert L.

"Presenting spiritual warfare the way that
spiritual warfare is presented in the Bible"