Acts 19:15 ( And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?)
There are some things going on in the church these days where some Christians claim to be delivering men and women possessed with demons without taking adequate precautions.
This kind of situation has endangered many people who still remain in sin and want to fight the devil; they’re still bound by chains of iniquity but trying to set others free from the grip of demonic oppression.
They are targets of Satan’s attack because they are facing the devil in battle.
They don’t know the origin of their problems and are trying to blame household wickedness for their predicaments.
Jesus gave us power and unction to set captives free in His name. It’s these demons that are preventing man from gaining access to the presence of God as they obstruct their growth in the things of God.
Many of these deliverance ministers are yet to experience regeneration. They rely on confession from demons to cast out demons, which is not possible. Satan is a perfect liar, as are his minions.
It’s the presence of the Holy Spirit in a believer that will help in fighting the war, not testimony from the mouth of evil spirits.
Most of the ministers are filled with pride and greed; they are collecting money to deliver men. This kind of behavior attracts arrows from their enemy.
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Some of them are captives to themselves; they do according to the dictation of their sensual desire, selling soap and ointment for the candidates.
I have seen the deliverance minister bleaching. He was supposed to have overcome the lust in him before venturing into that kind of ministry; these actions are what attract the spirit of immorality and bring his downfall.
There are many doorways that need to be closed before someone can deliver others. If this door remains open, it will invite more demons, and the end will be worse than the beginning.
This kind of ministry doesn’t belong to babies in the kingdom, but it’s unfortunate that it’s babies occupying the position.
Jesus Christ has bound principalities and powers and gave us power to trample on them, which they will by no means do us any harm.
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But many are in a contrast relationship with God and still want to use His power to fight the devil; this is the beginning of using their hands to dig their graves, like the sons of Sceva.
Make sure that Satan doesn’t have legal ground on you or your children before you face him in warfare. I read a story about some people who gathered to deliver a demon-possessed boy. As they were praying, the boy asked them to stop and pointed at a man with condoms in his pockets, while he said two of them were committing immorality with each other among the prayer warriors. He disqualified most of them, and it remained two left out of fourteen that started the prayers.
Not all the deliverance ministers are working for God or for kingdom advancement. Some are there to populate the kingdom of the devil and depopulate the kingdom of God. They are serving Satan in the name of saving others.
There are some people that went there and come back with multiple demons in them; they are there to strengthen the stronghold of Satan, not to lose it.
We are all called for this ministry as believers, but some put it on themselves to focus on it more than others; there’s no ministry of deliverance in the Bible.
I am not against it, but they need to focus more on Christ than demons.
They know the depth of Satan but don’t know anything about the power of the God they serve.
This opened more doors for Satan to afflict them and their family if care is not taken.
It’s unfortunate that most of them always ask demon-possessed questions about their activities. This is not meant to be if they truly rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to operate.
Confession of demons possessed doesn’t mean repentance; they may confess but not repent of their evil way, so they use that avenue to penetrate into their ministry to cause havoc; discernment is needed in this situation.
A man was claiming to deliver men, but in revelation, he was bound hands and feet with chains. What can he do in this kind of situation?
This is typical examples of a deliverance minister that also needs to be delivered, but his pride won’t let.
It’s unfortunate that most of our deliverance ministers are yet to leave the captivity of Satan; that is why they resort to satanism when the road becomes so tough and challenges increase.
There are many that God bound Himself; when Jesus visited the pool of Bethesda, he saw many impotent and sick folks, but He healed only a man that was bound for thirty-eight years, leaving others to face their judgement; it’s not all the captives that God wants to release; it depends on our discernment.
But many ministers are working in disobedience against the ordinances of God and refused to listen to His command because of the gain involved.
We should stop if God asks us to and continue when He approves; we shouldn’t do it with our knowledge and carnality.
Most deliverance candidates are yet to experience new birth; they just want to be relieved and go back to their vomit. That’s why the devil strengthens his stronghold in them more than sevenfold than they were before.
Most ministers cast out witchcraft spirits, which later return to their children as their new habitation because they failed to close the door in their lives before chasing them out.
God is calling us into ministry the moment we surrender our life to Him, but we need to know which area we belong and work on it by waiting in His presence for consecration. When we run ahead of Him, surely we will reach a stage where His help is needed, but He won’t be found until we go back to the source.
Prayer: My Father and my God, empower me for the task ahead; don’t let me walk ahead of you in Jesus name
