Christians & Demons
Be Delivered!
As a Christian you can be troubled by evil dreams, voices
or other demonic activities. However, there is no reason
why you should accept this as 'your lot'. If you have
accepted Jesus as Lord of your
life then you can be confident of the fact that "the
one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the
world" (1 John 4:4). The "one who is in
you" is Jesus and He is, by far, greater than
the devil who is "the one who is in the world".
Jesus can shut any 'door' the devil has into your life.
Remember Jesus' promise in John 8:36 which says, "if
the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed".
When you are saved, you know that your sins are forgiven and
that you have eternal life. However, it is still possible
for the devil to have access into your life because of
issues or activities in your past which you have not
fully renounced. If you have been mixed up in occultic
practices (things of the devil), or been subjected to
occultic activities, then that may give the devil the
right to part of your life ... the devil then has a
doorway into your life and that door has to be shut if
you are to be freed from his influences. He won't just go
away, the matter must be dealt with. To be delivered from
a demonic influence you must confess the occultic
connection, renounce it entirely and ask Jesus to set you
free.
For example, if you have had contact with palm readers,
mediums, ouija boards, magic, witch doctors, shamans,
satanism, witchcraft or astrology etc then you need to
confess and repent of these things. Go over your life
carefully and if even you just think something may
be evil then renounce it and ask the Lord to forgive you
and deliver you from its influence. Ask Jesus to remind
you of all things so that you can deal with all possible
occult connections from your past. Also, consider your
present life and if there is a sin which you are hanging
onto, it must be confessed and renounced.
You should destroy anything you have that may be
connected with evil. You may have statues, jewelry, books
or something else that is connected with demons. Destroy
all these things and if you have a friend who is in the
occult then you should pray for them but not associate
with them. You must cut yourself off from all that is
evil. Don't hold back, get rid of it even if it is
valuable. Your salvation is far more important. If you
don't get delivered from demonic activity then it may
increase and become unbearable and possibly lead you into
psychological disorder.
So, go over your life carefully and completely. Renounce every
single thing that you think may give the devil a
foothold in your life (Eph 4:27). Think carefully and ask
the Lord to help you. If you have had anything to do with
speaking in tongues, being slain in
the spirit etc then repent of all connection with these
unscriptural activities. If there are Masons in your
family, or if you have had an association with them, then
renounce that spiritual tie. Also, renounce any
generational/family connections with the occult that you
may be aware of. Renounce any connection you may have had
with any religion including Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormons,
Islam, JWs etc. Above all, ask Jesus to protect you from
all evil and to be the Lord of every aspect of your life
because all Christians are continually under attack from
demons through their thoughts, attacks on family and
friends etc. Eph 6:12 tells us that, "our
struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms."
If you are half-hearted about any of this then it is
not likely that you will be delivered. Just like sin,
demons will stick around until you finally mean business
and want them out of your life.
The Power Of Sin is a personal
testimony which shows the enormous power sin has over our
lives and
How Do We Know If We Are Saved? discusses what it
means to be saved.
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