STEPS TO DELIVERANCE: 1. APOSTLES EXAMPLES

When one is surrounded the best thing to do is to attack.  That is what God wants us to do, too, when seemingly surrounded by Satan’s forces.  We are to FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE of the apostles. They did what they did following Jesus’ example and in His power (Matthew 10:1,8; Mark 3:15; 6:7; Luke 9:1).  We, too, are given power over the enemy (Luke 10:19; Matthew 10:1; Zechariah 3:15).  We have the authority and power to bind demons and loose oppressed believers (Matthew 16:18-19).  This must all be done in the power of Jesus’ name (Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:49) for that is the only thing demons will obey.  Always refer to His full name: “The Lord Jesus Christ.”  We, however, must be a clean vessel for Him to fill and use for deliverance (Revelation 12:10-11).

Before anything can be said about how to bring about deliverance, there must be no doubt about whose power is in deliverance.  It cannot be done in our own strength, we do not have any power to remove demonizing (Mark 9:14-18).  In fact, we can cause more damage than good doing this in our strength and not Jesus’ (Acts 19:13-20).  Even Michael let God rebuke Satan and wouldn’t do it himself (Jude 9). We must be strong in the power God gives us. Not our own.  We can only be strong in Jesus’ strength and power (Ephesians 6:10-18).  We are strong “IN” Jesus (Ephesians 6:10-18), not just “from” Jesus.  Strength only comes from a close personal relationship and dependence on Him. This is because Jesus has defeated Satan (Eph. 1:20-22; Philippians 2:9-11; Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14; I John 3:8; Luke 4:18).

Carefully read Acts 16:16-18 several times and write down lessons we can learn from Paul’s example.

Ask God to show you any fear you have of Satan or demons.  Confess it as sin and put your faith totally and only in Jesus.  They use fear to undermine and defeat anything you try to do to defeat them. 

(If I can answer questions or offer personal counsel, or if you would like a free copy of my Spiritual Warfare Handbook, email me at Jerry@ChristianTrainingOrganization.org or download it from http://sw.christiantrainingonline.org/.  My next book, Spiritual Warfare in the Bible, which is a more advanced treatment of spiritual warfare, is also available there for free.)

 

C t O Rev. Dr. JERRY SCHMOYER
Christian Training Organization
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