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“Praise the Lord!…He HEALS the brokenhearted, and BINDS UP their wounds!” (Psalm 147:1-3)

The Anointing Breaks the Yoke of Bondage:
God says in His Word that it is the anointing that breaks the yoke of bondage! During His earthly ministry, Jesus cast demons out of people in order to set them free from the works of the devil in their lives. In fact, the Bible says destroying “the works of the devil” in people’s lives was the primary purpose Jesus came to the earth and took on the form of a human-being (1 Jn. 3:8). Casting out demons is an integral part of Jesus’ ongoing ministry.

Jesus Himself declared, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed!” (Jn. 8:26) The Good News is that Jesus’ ministry did not cease when He rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven to sit down at the right hand of God. Rather, before He ascended He relegated His anointing and ministry unto Fivefold Ministers to carry on His ministry on the earth until He returns to the earth (Eph. 4:11; et al.).

He also gave His Name and all the authority and power that is vested in His Name, which is above every other name, to all believers to use in His stead to perform the same works of power He Himself performed while He was here on the earth — all the miracles recorded in the Gospels (Mat. 28:18-20; Mk. 16:14-20; Eph. 1:18-23; Plp. 2:5-11; et al.). In fact, Jesus Himself declared that true believers could and would perform not only the works that He performed, but EVEN GREATER works of power: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father” (Jn. 14:12).

“The Great Omission”:
The very first commandment in the five-faceted “Great Commission” Jesus issued to the Church just prior to His ascension into Heaven was to “cast out demons!” (Mark 16:17). Casting out demons is the preeminent aspect of the Gospel of the Kingdom and the ongoing ministry of Jesus. Next to salvation itself, nothing in the Kingdom of God is more important, needed, and necessary. Yet, because the vast majority of churches have refused to obey Jesus’ commandments comprising the Great Commission, sadly, for the most part the Great Commission has been the Great Omission. Indeed, this colossal spiritual failure is one of the primary reasons individual believers and corporate bodies are so spiritually impotent and live out so little of the abundant and victorious life Jesus won for us. As a whole, Christendom is caught up in doing everything but the works Jesus did during his earthly ministry — the works He said believers were also to do and even greater works (supernatural works of the spirit) than He did.

What is deliverance?
Deliverance is a term commonly used to refer to the Biblical exercise of casting out of demons. Some traditional church sects refer to deliverance as “exorcism.” The person who has had demons cast out is said to be “set free” or “delivered.” The end result is that the demons are evicted from their place of residence in or around the person being delivered, and the person is liberated from the influence of the demons. The Bible is very clear that deliverance is a benefit of the new covenant for a Christian…Jesus said that it is the “children’s bread” (Mk. 7:25-30). Deliverance from demonic spirits is referred to as healing in the Word of God (Lk. 9:37-42). So the ministry of casting out demons is part of the healing ministry…healing and deliverance cannot be separated. Jesus spent much of His earthly ministry healing the sick and casting out demons. And then He instructed His followers (believers) to carry on with His ministry on this earth (Jn. 14:12; Mk. 16:17-18).

Is deliverance scriptural?
Most definitely. If it wasn’t—we wouldn’t be doing it! More importantly, if it wasn’t—there would be no ability and empowerment of the Spirit to do it, but THERE IS, and the proof of that is in the fact that when we command evil spirits to come out and leave—THEY DO! There are many references in the Bible to the casting out of demons. Jesus Himself cast out demons, thereby setting the standard all believers are to follow in doing the works that He did. He relegated the authority to the apostles of the Early church to cast out demons, and sent them forth to do so (Mat. 10:8). Moreover, in the “Great Commission,” He charged all “them that believe in My name,” that is, all believers, to cast out demons (Mk. 16:17). Jesus also stated that a part of the mission of the collective Church, which has inherited His ministry anointing, is to “preach deliverance to the captives” (Lk. 4:18). The list of those who cast out demons in the early Church, according to the Bible, include: the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb, Philip the evangelist, and the Apostle Paul.

Who is a candidate for deliverance?
Deliverance is a benefit of the new covenant into which Christians enter when they are Born Again. Indeed, Jesus stated that deliverance is the “children’s bread” (Mk. 7:25-30), meaning the children of God, which is Born Again Christians (there is no other kind of genuine Christian than a “Born Again” Christian). Thus, Born Again Christians are the only candidates for deliverance. We will only minister deliverance to Born Again Christians. One of the primary reasons for that is that only Born Again Christians have the capability of maintaining or keeping their deliverance, that is, keeping the demons from regaining entry to their former residence after they’ve been cast out, which is accomplished through the indwelling presence and the empowerment of the enveloping of the Holy Spirit. We strongly recommend that every Christian go through deliverance, especially and preferably newly Born Again Christians. Most demons enter a person before they are born again. Few Christians, if any, can truthfully and accurately say they were never involved in anything that would have opened them up to demon spirits before getting saved. Demon spirits do not automatically leave an individual after they become born again. Rather, they must be cast out in the Name of Jesus! The benefit of deliverance/healing must be appropriated in the life of a believer.

Some of the bondages, habits, and issues that believers “sweep under the rug” and think that it is just you may be the direct result of a demon spirit being present. Many Christians reason, “Now that I am Born Again, I’m a new creature in Christ, and so I can’t have demons.” But that reasoning, while it may seem right, is spiritually and theologically incorrect, because it is your spirit that is Born Again, but your soul (mind, will, and emotions) and body are not born again and that is where demons abide in the vast majority of cases of demonization. People can get demons from being raped, molested, trauma, abuse, rejection, pornography, fornication, adultery, occult involvement, generational curses, just to name a few. The Bible is very clear that even children can be demonized (Lk. 9:38-42).

The result of the church world believing that deliverance is not for Christians is that it has left many in the church suicidal, self-abusers, bound with lust, addictions, fear, rage, anger, hopelessness, and other torments. The Word of God even points out that many sicknesses and diseases, and that includes mental and emotional disorders, are the direct result of a demon spirit being present in a person (Lk. 13:11).

Some people argue that those problems aren’t demons working in the lives of people, but simply “the works of the flesh” (Gal. 5:19-21). We do not at all deny or ignore the works of the flesh, including in the lives of Born Again believers. But, demons and the flesh work together; demons promote and exploit the works of the flesh! The Word of God calls those works the “works of the flesh” and not the “works of demons” because the fact is a demon spirit does not have the authority or ability to usurp or override the will of a person, so the final responsibility to “resist the devil” and not yield to temptation lies with the believer. God instructs that if we will “resist the devil, he will flee from you (the believer)” (Jas. 4:7).

A Christian in bondage to demons and whose mind has not been renewed by the Word of God (Rom. 12:1-2) will be in constant jeopardy of yielding to the compulsions of demon spirits that are attacking and tempting them. Once demons have gained entrance, they must be cast out, and the person’s mind must be renewed with the Word of God in order for real healing and victory to be manifest in those areas of their life. The passage about the works of the flesh does not imply or state that a Christian cannot be under the influence and attack of demons inducing them to operate the works of the flesh. Satan and demonic spirits love nothing more than to go undetected, unchallenged, and operate freely without restriction in the lives of Christians, just as they do in the lives of unbelievers. (See the FAQ page for more questions and answers about deliverance.)

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