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LEARNING HEALING &

DELIVERANCE

“STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD”

Appointed to Learn, Anointed to Serve

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Written by Dr. Esther Mallett President E.M.I.B.U. Bible University

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DEDICATION

Ken & Laurella Meyer

Thanks for their faithfulness and effort in helping to make this book possible.

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Contents

Graphs ...... iii Dedication ...... vii

Section I: Healing Chapter 1 - Biblical Basis for Healing Ministry ...... 1 Chapter 2 - The Role of Faith and Authority ...... 7 Chapter 3 - Physical Healing ...... 21 Chapter 4 – Repentance ...... 29 Chapter 5 - Inner Healing and Forgiveness ...... 33 Chapter 6 – Deliverance ...... 69

Section II: Deliverance Introduction ...... 95 Chapter 1- Who is God? ...... 101 Chapter 2 - Who is Satan? ...... 105 Chapter 3 – Count the Days ...... 111 Chapter 4 - God Is ...... 119 Chapter 5 - The Race ...... 123 Chapter 6 - The God of Everlasting ...... 131 Chapter 7 – Satan, The Epitome of Evil ...... 135 Chapter 8 - Jesus Will Return ...... 153 Chapter 9 - Names of Satan ...... 163 Chapter 10- Demon Manifestation ...... 177 Chapter 11- Talk about Christians ...... 183

HEALING

Chapter 1 Biblical Basis for Healing Ministry

The Centrality of Healing in Jesus' Ministry Bringing healing and wholeness on many levels in people's lives was absolutely central to the ministry of Jesus Christ when He was physically present on earth. There are 41 distinct instances of Jesus bringing physical and/or mental and emotional healing in the Gospels, including the following: • Man with unclean spirit (Mark 1:23 - 27) • Man with Leprosy (Matthew 8:2 - 3) • Man with withered hand (Luke 6:6 - 10) • Widow's son raised (Luke 7:11 - 15) • Gadarenes Demoniac (Matthew 8:28 - 33)

As Jesus was preparing His disciples for His departure He specifically instructed them to continue to do what He had done on earth.

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12

Healing through the Prayers of God's People One of the primary avenues by which God chooses to bring healing is through the prayers of His people. Built on our understanding of the priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:9) and that all believers are gifted by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4-7) and called to use the gifts in ministry, our calling includes equipping the people of God (Ephesians 4:11-12) to participate actively and responsibly in becoming a community that truly ministers wholeness and hope. Some examples of God healing through the prayers of His people include these instances:

• The early believers prayed God would heal people (Acts 4:30). • Many were healed by the Apostles' ministry (Acts 5:12,15 -16). • Phillip had a ministry of deliverance and healing. When they saw what he did they paid attention to what he said. (Acts 8:6-7). • Ananias was sent to bring healing to Saul (Acts 9:17 - 18). Paul prayed for healing (Acts 28:8). • Peter prayed for the paralytic, Aeneas (Acts 9:32 - 34)

Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16

Varied Gifts Are Used to Bring God's Wholeness Jesus' ministry of bringing healing and wholeness needs to be central to the church's ministry and must continue through His people today. In the power of the Spirit, we want to contribute to spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical wholeness (1 Thessalonians 5:23). The ministry of healing can take place in many settings. God also uses a variety of skills and spiritual gifts to help bring that about, as He did in the Early Church. Some examples of this follow: • Disciples given authority and direction (Matthew 10:1,8) • The Twelve sent (Mark 3:13 - 19) • The Seventy sent (Luke 10:1 - 24) • Jesus gives the power to bind and loose (Matthew 16:13 -20) • Peter heals crippled beggar (Acts 3:6 - 8) • Apostles heal many (Acts 5:12 - 16) • Eutychus raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20:10 -12) • Call for the Elders to pray and anoint with oil (James 5:13 -15) • Peter raises Tabitha (Acts 9:40)

There is a danger that we come to expect God to heal in a certain way if we say just the right words or if we anoint the individual with oil or lay hands on them or perform some other ritual. We can close ourselves off to the infinite variety of ways God may choose to heal. We may be offended by how an individual prays for healing (loud, boisterous, demanding.) We may be turned off by their ministry style, dress, or belief. We must come to accept that God uses an infinite variety of people and ways to accomplish His healing.

Mike Evans, Director of Wholeness Ministries, shares the following example: I attended a healing seminar where I witnessed that when people were being prayed for, the hands of some of those praying were trembling. Not having seen this before, I quickly concluded that it really was not biblical and was probably attributable to the emotion of the moment. I relayed this comment to a brother who was likewise convinced that this behavior was questionable and we concluded that it was obviously not for us as we were reasonable men not easily overcome with such emotions. The next evening we were praying for a woman standing by us who had asked for prayer for scoliosis in her back. As I put my hand near her back, guess what started trembling? Not only that, but my hand also moved up and down her back as we watched in amazement the spinal column move and shift so that shortly she was completely healed and standing upright. Needless to say, my friend was quite puzzled by my "emotional" behavior and I was embarrassed and perplexed that this had happened. That evening as I was talking with God I asked him this question: "Why did you do that to me?" He said, quite clearly, "Michael do not ever make fun of how I may choose to heal people." Needless to say I quickly got the point.

Different Dimensions of Healing Just as it did in Jesus' ministry, we understand that healing may have different dimensions. God sometimes heals sovereignly without prayer, sometimes as a result of general prayer, and sometimes as a result of specific prayer targeting particular needs.

It is important for us to remember that we are not responsible for healing. Our responsibility is to be obedient and pray; God is responsible for the healing.

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

• One dimension is Spiritual Healing (Repentance) for personal sin (Acts 2:28, 3:19, 1 John 1:9). This repentance can be both for salvation and/or sins we have committed as believers. Scripture clearly tells us that all mankind is born into sin. Unless we repent and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we will spend eternity separated from God. • Another dimension is Physical Healing (Luke 4:38-40; Mark 1:40-42). This may be instantaneous, or it may require continual prayer over a period of time, sometimes called "soaking prayer." If we are led to pray for physical healing, God answers our requests in a variety of ways. There may be full healing, an improvement, or no improvement that we can see. Sometimes sickness is "sickness unto death," which for the Christian is the "ultimate healing." Healing is God's work, so we acknowledge that we stand before much that is mystery.

A third dimension is Inner Healing, dealing with the past (Luke 19:1-10). Inner healing, which is concerned with the healing of past hurts, involves vividly recalling and honestly facing those times of hurt and asking Jesus to bring healing to those wounds. We believe that inner healing is valid for the Christian ministry today. Our understanding of Jesus' mandate in Luke 4:18-19, is to free us from the evil which burdens us today, take the memories of our past and heal the wounds that have resulted from them and which still affect our lives in the present. This appears to be what happened when Jesus accompanied Cleopas and his friend on the road to Emmaus, listened to their heartache and questions, and helped them find understanding from Scripture and transformed their gloom into joy by His presence (Luke 24:13-35).

• Another dimension is Deliverance from demonic oppression (Mark 1:23-27, 32-34; 5:1- 20). The demonic realm is very active in today's world. The church is still called to minister the liberating power of Jesus from all kinds of bondage. Though we often avoid those who need deliverance due to our feelings of inadequacy or insecurity, we need to

recognize and accept the responsibility of the call to minister total healing and wholeness, part of which will include the ministry of deliverance. This ministry demands careful preparation (often with fasting) and should be done by a prayer team of two or more people, who understand this type of spiritual warfare (Eph. 6:10-18).

In Wholeness Ministries we build upon the model of our Lord Jesus, Himself and the experiences of the Early Church in the book of Acts, while at the same time being open to all of the insights that God can give us into the human condition and the needs or people. These insights must he consistent with what God has revealed in Scripture.

When you begin to aggressively move into a ministry of healing prayer, be prepared for opposition, for it will come. You will hear such things as; "the gifts are no longer relevant, this is not scriptural, it is New Age." You must not give up, but continually seek what God would have you do and persevere in your calling.

Chapter 2 The Role of Faith and Authority

When a new believer becomes a new creation in Christ, he is born of the Spirit of God. In this realm of God's Spirit abide "faith, hope and love", according to 1 Corinthians 13:13. Faith is a spiritual substance and when we become a Christian, God gives us a measure of faith. A key area we will look at in this section is the role that faith plays in the ministry of healing.

Faith Many of the books on healing stress the role that faith plays in the healing ministry. One widely quoted scripture is found in Mark 11:22-24.

Have faith in God . . . I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, go, throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:22-24

If we consider this scripture alone, one can easily see how many Christians believe that faith without doubting will give them whatever they ask for. This belief has brought many Christians disappointment and confusion. We are asked to have a faith in which there is no doubt or hesitation. Although it is easy for us to accept that God forgives sin, it is difficult to believe in faith that God heals, because we can readily see healing does not always occur. Our aim in this brief study of faith is to recognize that the role of faith is important, but not the single ingredient necessary for healing or effective prayers.

There are generally four basic attitudes toward healing with regard to faith that are discussed by Francis MacNutt in his book Healing: • Healing is man's responsibility. • Healing is possible, but extraordinary.

• Healing is ordinary and normal, but does not always take place. (This is our position.) • Healing always takes place if there is faith.

Faith Defined Hebrews 11:1-3 contains one of the best and most often used definitions of faith found anywhere:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 11:1-3 (NKJV)

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for . . .” If we have faith in God, we know we can trust Him and He will meet our every need as He has promised His children. This faith produces hope, the kind of hope referred to in Hebrews 6:19-20, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf . . . " This hope is not in the things we see, but hope is based on the evidence of the unseen world, the Spiritual realm, where God's Kingdom rules and reigns over all, both visible and invisible.

• Faith is in the heart. • Hope is in the mind.

Romans 10:10 states: "For it is with your heart you believe and are justified." Growing faith in the heart produces hope in the mind. It is the stuff our hopes are made from.

In both Ephesians 6:16-17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Paul likens faith to a shield to protect our heart and hope as a helmet to protect our mind.

1 Francis MacNutt Healing, (New York: Image Books, 1990) pp. 117-119.

• Faith produces hope. All of our hopes are based on faith and can be expected to be fulfilled only according to the faithfulness of the one in whom we have put our faith. We may hope to become wealthy because we bought a lottery ticket. We may hope that our complexion will be beautiful because we use a certain brand of soap. We may hope to become successful or famous because of faith in ourselves, but all of these hopes are based on the reliability of the source of faith and may disappoint us. (Hope built on faith in God and His word will produce optimism and confidence toward life that can't be acquired any other way, because it is based on God's faithfulness.)

In Romans 4:17-21, the example is given of faith and hope working together in the life of Abraham, who was given the child of promise through his elderly wife Sarah.

• Abraham was strong in faith, believing that God would perform His Word. • Abraham's faith produced supernatural hope, against hope in the natural realm. (When we have faith in God's promise to us, our hope in God fulfilling His promise in our life becomes greater than the hopelessness of our natural condition).

FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE are the abiding qualities of the Kingdom of God. These three abiding qualities are braided together bringing healing and wholeness to people. Faith and hope only work in the environment of love. The natural expression of faith is love.

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6

In fact, 1 Corinthians 13:2 tells us that even if I had faith enough to remove mountains, I am nothing if I don't have love.

• Faith is the beginning of the Christian life. • Love is its outcome and completion.

It is interesting to discover that there are eight verses in Scripture that specifically link faith with love. You may wish to look these up to gain a scriptural understanding of how closely love is related to faith:

1 Corinthians 13:2, 13 Galatians 5:6, 22 Ephesians 3:17 Ephesians 6:23 1 Thessalonians 5:8 2 Thessalonians 1:3

Without faith it is impossible to please God . . . Hebrews 11:6a

No amount of "religiosity" can gain God's favor. He is concerned with our inner motives, desiring that our primary motivation is faith working through love. When we love God, we find our love for others causing us to act in faith. Our faith is demonstrated by actions of love.

Galatians 2:20 tells us that Jesus' operating through love saved us and gave us life:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Remember: It is our faith in Jesus that gives us life!

The Source of Faith We are all given a measure of faith. Romans 10:17 adds that ... "faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ." Faith grows in our heart as we put the Word in our heart. Consider the parable of the sower in Mark 4. This parable reveals that our faith will grow in relationship to the amount of the Word sown in our hearts.

Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown. Mark 4:20

The new creation of God's Spirit in us feeds on the Word of God, and Christians grow and manifest the works of the Kingdom as they grow in knowledge and their personal relationship with God.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. 1 Peter 2:2

Faith Developed Through Testing Our faith not only grows, it is developed and tested. In fact, James (1:2-3) tells us to count it all joy when our faith is tested because this will produce patient endurance or perseverance. This is the ability to "hang in there," to stand fast and overcome while giving thanks to God. The result of endurance and patience is revealed in verse 4 (Amplified Bible): "Let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfectly and fully developed (with no defects), lacking in nothing."

Hebrews 6:12 reveals that; "through faith and patience we inherit the promises of God." We cannot fully understand faith without understanding the role of patience and perseverance.

The faith which is given to us also has the capacity to increase. Paul told the Corinthians in his second letter to them (2 Corinthians 10:15) that he had a hope that when their faith increased, his ministry to them would be able to increase.

• So as we learn of God's faithfulness, grace and mercy, and as we trust in Him, we will find our faith growing.

In 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Paul gave thanks to God because the Thessalonians' faith was growing and their love toward each other was abounding.

Faith and Perseverance Is it faith to continue to ask God for healing or anything else you need?

Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking it will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8

An example of faith and perseverance is what we refer to as "soaking prayer." This is similar to an individual with a serious illness such as cancer who goes to the doctor for weekly treatments. Soaking prayer is continuing to pray for a specific ailment over a long period of time until complete healing occurs. It is literally "soaking" a person in prayer and God's love for an extended block of days or weeks.

Scriptural Examples of Faith's Role in Healing Belief Encouraged, Required and Rewarded: • Matthew 8:5-10, The Roman centurion • Matthew 9:20 - 22, The woman with the issue of blood • Matthew 9:27 - 30, Two blind men Act of Faith Required: • John 9:1-41, Blind man told to wash in the Pool of Siloam • Luke 17:11-19, Ten lepers told to go show themselves to the priests

Faith of Friends: • Mark 2:2-12, Paralyzed man lowered through roof by friends. Healing without the Person's Request: • Mark 1:23-27, Man with an unclean spirit healed in the synagogue

• Luke 6:6 - 10, Man with a withered hand healed on the Sabbath Healing as the Result of intercession with No Mention of Faith: • Mark 1:30 - 31, Peter's mother-in-law • Mark 7:32 - 37, Deaf and mute man

Unbelief or Lack of Faith May Hinder Healing: • Luke 8:54, Jesus put out those who did not believe Healing by Others: • Luke 9:1 - 6, The Twelve sent out • Luke 10:1 - 16, The seventy sent forth • Acts 3 and 4, Healing by the disciples

There is No Pattern It should be evident after examining Biblical examples of healing that there is no pattern. From this observation of Scripture, we can submit a basic principle that is applicable in praying for healing: • There is no universal method or experience that can be applied to all cases. • Before praying for a person, pray for guidance from the Lord. In the beginning it is not unusual to spend more time counseling and/or building faith than praying. Sometimes healing cannot proceed until deliverance, confession, forgiveness or change of attitude occurs.

Praying in Faith How shall we pray in faith then? 1. Turn to God in complete trust. He knows what is best and He loves us more than

anyone else. He has the power to accomplish whatever we need. 2. Accept our doubts about our own inadequacy. These are normal. The truth is we are inadequate. It is Jesus who is sufficient to meet every need.

Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us

competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6

3. Let our faith result in the action of praying for the sick when our guidance in prayer indicates this. We must pray in an atmosphere of love for the one for whom we are praying. 4. Freely ask God to meet the needs of the person for whom you are praying and avoid telling Him when or how to do it. If a person seems not to be healed after we pray, we shouldn't be anxious. Oftentimes healing prayer begins a process that takes time to complete.

Remember: Faith is important for healing. We have the easy part--to pray with as much faith as we have. God will do His part. We can count on that. Our faith lies in the obedience of praying for the sick, despite our doubts.

The Authority of the Believer In addition to comprehending the role of faith, the prayer team members need to have an understanding of the authority that has been given to us in Jesus Christ. We will explore the nature of the believer's authority and how we have been given authority to heal. We are indebted to John Wimber for his excellent teaching on this subject. The following material is adapted from a teaching given by John Wimber at a Healing '87 Conference.

The Nature of Authority 1. What is the Difference between Authority and Power? • Power (Dunamis) is MIGHT or ABILITY, both inherent and spontaneous. This is the word which is the root of our word dynamite. It is an explosive word. It is often used for the word "miracle". (Mark 6:2) • Authority (Exousia) is the FREEDOM and RIGHT to act. It is the freedom to exercise that power.

• Let's say you are a person going to law school. At some point you graduate and receive your diploma. At that time you have the ability (power) to practice as a lawyer. However, you cannot practice as a lawyer until you pass the Bar Exam which then gives you the (authority) which is the freedom and right to act and exercise the power.

2. Only God has Absolute Authority. He is Almighty. Yours, 0 Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, 0 Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 • We understand that all authority is ultimately delegated from God (Luke 1:51-52) • Delegated authority denotes power that is linked to a position or commission: i.e., who we are in Christ, our mandate (Luke 4:18,19). In Matthew 10:1, 28:18-19 there is clearly a commission. Jesus' authority was delegated to the disciples. Because of our position (Romans 8:16-17) as co-heirs with Christ we are also recipients of this delegated authority. • In the spiritual realm, position and authority are to be understood in relational terms; i.e., we are called to be servants. Matthew 20:25-26 teaches that true spiritual authority is a relationship of service. What we do must be done with a servant's heart.

We Have Been Given the Authority to Heal Through creation, God gave man a relationship, identity and position with Himself. This gave man authority (Genesis 1:26, 27). Through deception and sin, man was deposed and lost his authority; Satan became the prince, ruler and god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). Jesus was sent as a man to re-establish God's authority over the earth by disarming all powers and principalities and saving man from their authority through His death and resurrection.

It is important to understand that although Jesus was God, scripture clearly shows that He

never used His divinity while here on earth, but operated in His humanity, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Even when He was tempted by Satan in Luke 4, or in the Garden of Gethsemane when He could have called on twelve legions of angels, He humbled Himself in obedience to God the Father. Understanding this helps John 5:19 make sense.

Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does." John 5:19

This is important for us in that we have available to us the same empowering Jesus had. We are not divine, we are not Jesus, but we can do what Jesus did by submitting ourselves to the power and control of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus' Uniqueness is Seen The uniqueness of Jesus is seen in the following ways: 1. His power came from the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:14-18). He was baptized, anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit. 2. His authority came from His relationship with the Father; He knew His identity and commission as the Son, sent from the Father; and this gave Him boldness to exercise His authority. Luke 3:21-22 quotes the Father as saying, "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." 3. His submission to the Father brought recognition by others of His authority. John 5:19 says, "Jesus gave them this answer. I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does." 4. His teaching was seen as authoritative because He spoke only what He heard from the Father (John 5:19). 5. His authority over demons, death, sin, sickness and nature (Mark 1:22, Matthew 9:6, Luke 8:24) was a result of obedience to the Father.

6. His life, death and resurrection disarmed the spiritual powers (John 12:31). With his exaltation, Jesus received from God all authority in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18).

Jesus Restores Authority to Man When Jesus ousted Satan, He restored man to his rightful position by bringing him into a new relationship with God and by delegating to him His own authority. In Christ the following things were provided to mankind: 1. We have new identity (sons/daughters - 1 John 3:1; Romans 8:16 - 17). 2. We have new position (seated with Christ - Ephesians 2:4 - 6). 3. We have a commission to go in Jesus' authority (Matthew 28:18, Mark 16:15-2, I John 20:21): • To proclaim the good news • To baptize and teach • To drive out demons • To heal the sick • To speak in new tongues • To raise the dead • To be Jesus to this world 4. Jesus has given us authority over the power of the enemy and nothing will harm us (Luke 10:19). 5. Like Jesus, we have power which comes from the gift and anointing of the Spirit (Acts 1:8) and we have authority which comes from our relationship with the Father through the Son (commission).

Release of Authority There are certain principles that release us to exercise this God-given authority. When we neglect these principles the result is that there is a lack of authority.

1. Relationship with God is the key: Consistently experiencing a growing and intimate relationship with the Lord must be an end in itself. It is impossible to operate in the power and authority of God if you don't know what God is doing and saying, and you can't know what God is doing and saying if you are not talking with Him and listening to Him. This is not something you do sporadically, but must be done as consistently as you would to foster any intimate relationship. For instance, if your goal is to become an Olympic swimmer you must not only spend significant time in the water swimming but you must spend significant time with the coach. The familiarity of your relationship is such that you often know what he wants you to do without having to speak. 2. Faith in God's written Word (John 1:12): You must know and believe what God says about you in terms of your new identity, position and commission, and know and believe what God has done through Jesus in destroying the enemy and his works. Just believing God brings a release of authority. 3. Obedience to His Spirit: Obeying means doing what God says in the scriptures. It means listening for and obeying promptly the voice of the Spirit within you at all times. It means taking risks!

In the early stages of learning how to pray for healing I said to the Lord I would pray as He led me. One Sunday morning during the invitation time for people to come for prayer a young man came forward and asked me to pray for his throat which was almost swollen shut. Before I began to pray God said to me, "I want you to put your hand on his throat and command it to be opened." I had never done anything like this so l said, "No way!" Again God repeated the same thing to me and with some degree of fear I did as He asked and commanded the throat to be opened. As soon as I said the words the throat was completely healed! Both I and the man I was praying for were ecstatic! This whole thing would not have happened if I had not taken the risk! This example is related by Mike Evans, Director of Wholeness Ministries.

4. An attitude of submission (Matthew 8:9, the Centurion with his faith): This means being under God's authority, being in harmony with fellow believers, receiving and learning

from ministries God has brought into your life. This may even be ministries who have a style or approach with which you disagree. 5. A servant’s heart (Matthew 20:25 -28): Authority is released through service, i.e., what you do, not what you are. The question here in regards to the healing ministry is, "What is your motivation?" Is it so you will look good or is it to minister the healing power of God to individuals and give Him all the glory? 6. Faithful service(Matthew 25:14-30): As you are diligent and persistent in what God has gifted and commissioned you with, you will find yourself moving into areas where there is a constantly greater operation of authority.

Although we have authority, remember we have limits on our authority because we don’t totally have the mind of God. God reserves the right to be sovereign. That’s why all our prayers are not answered, and why all are not healed when we pray even in great faith. We can care a great deal and we should, but we must remember that God is sovereign and He is responsible for what does and does not happen.

Furthermore, it is important we are not presumptuous as we think of our authority. Jesus did not presume. For instance, don't tell people to stop taking their medicine. Rather you could suggest a visit to the doctor to determine whether the medication is still required. Do not claim things unless they are revealed as God's plan and confirmation is given. At the same time don't let fear of making mistakes or looking foolish keep you from taking risk.

One example of risk taking I remember very clearly in regards to "looking foolish" happened at a conference I attended in Anaheim, CA. A man I met, during the week, was a carpenter and he had an injury to his eye caused by a splinter which the doctors could not remove. I prayed for him during the conference with no visible results. Late Friday night when the conference was over some friends and I were walking across the parking lot to our motel. My experience has been that when the Lord speaks to me He puts thoughts into my mind to which I respond. So the thought came that seemed to be Him

speaking, "I want you to pray for Tom's eye." I said, "I don't want to pray for Tom's eye. I am tired and want to go home and go to sleep. Anyway, how am I going to find Tom? There are hundreds of us leaving at the same time and there is no way I can find him in this crowd." Guess what God said? "Stop and turn around!" I did, and Tom was walking right towards me! When he came up to me I stopped him and asked him if I could pray for his eye one more time. He agreed, but before I started the Lord conveyed to me that He wanted me to spit on my thumb and place it on Tom's eye and then pray for his healing. I was really hesitant to do this but I told Tom what I was going to do, all the while thinking how stupid I was going to look if God did not heal Tom's eye. I spit on my thumb, placed it on his eye and prayed with all the faith and fervor I could muster. After I removed my hand I asked Tom how his eye was and he said nothing had changed. I prayed again, with no visible change and then ended the prayer and headed back to the motel. On the way back I asked God, "Why did you do that to me?" He said, "Michael, you told me you would do anything I asked!" So, God had asked me to do something which I felt would make me look foolish to test me, so I would know if I would really obey Him. This story is related by Mike Evans, Director of Wholeness Ministries.

The point of this example is that you will have to take risks if you are going to step out in obedience to what you sense God is asking you to do. What we do may not always look as if we have succeeded but the important point is that we learn obedience and we learn to take risks and as we take these risks we learn from them. In addition, God is honored by our obedience.

Remember: You have the Authority and Power available to you! Learn how to use it!

Chapter 3 Physical Healing

Introduction to Physical Healing To pray for Physical Healing requires that we take risks. It is scary to step out in faith, take the authority of Jesus and pray for the healing of someone standing there before you. Although Jesus commands us to heal the sick, we often respond by saying, "That's not my gift." If that is your response, you're right. But, it is a gift the Holy Spirit gives to us, and it is given as we step out in faith to exercise that gift. He increases its use and manifestation in us. There are many approaches to take in praying for healing. This section will hopefully provide you with some helpful tools to use in a healing prayer ministry.

Approaching Physical Healing There are a diversity of ways in which people perceive, understand and approach healing. Therefore: 1. We need to be sensitive to the understanding and beliefs of those for whom we are praying. 2. We must become familiar with the scriptural examples of this diversity: • Luke 7:2-10: The Centurion knew Jesus had the authority to heal, even by His spoken word. • Luke 8:43-48: The woman subject to bleeding knew she only needed to touch the garment of Jesus to be healed. • Mark 1:40-42: The cleansed leper asked if Jesus was willing to heal him. • Mark 2:2-12: The man with palsy was let down through the roof and healed.

Yielded Vessels God is the healer and we are the vessels used to accomplish His purpose. 1. Jesus demonstrated His power and authority over every disease and infirmity during His earthly ministry. (John 5:1-9, 9:1-7)

2. Jesus empowered and commanded His disciples to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. (Luke 9:1-2; Mark 16:15-18) 3. He who believes in Jesus will do the works Jesus did, and greater works, asking in His name. (John 14:12-14) 4. The book of Acts records the ministry of the believers in the early church who were empowered by the Holy Spirit to heal the sick, cast out demons, and even raise the dead. (Acts 3:1-8, 5:12-16, 8:4-7) 5. The Great Commission of the Church to preach the Kingdom of God and to demonstrate the power of God in healing continues today. (Matthew 28:18-19, Luke 4:18-19)

Types of Prayers for Physical Healing 1. Prayer of Petition (Matthew. 7:7-11). 2. Prayer of Command (Mark 7:31-35, Luke 13:10-17, when a special anointing of spiritual gifting is operating).

At one of our training workshops there was an individual suffering with severe migraine headaches. At one point during my teaching he was standing in the back of the room holding his head. The Lord stopped me in mid-sentence, I looked back at this man and said, "Spirit of Infirmity I command you to stop it and leave now!" Immediately the pain was gone! This story is related by Mike Evans, Director of Wholeness Ministries.

This particular way of praying is a rare occurrence but when it is clear God wants to heal this way it requires obedience on our part to His prompting.

3. Prayer of Deliverance (Mark 1:23 -27). 4. Prayer for inner healing whereby roots of bitterness or unforgiveness may have caused physical disease.

Other Elements Relating to Physical Healing 1. Often, when we are praying with people, we will place our hands on them in accordance with the following scriptures.

Then one of the synagogue rulers named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." Mark 5:22-23

His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. Acts 28:8

For more information see Steps in Ministering Healing, Third Step below. Another biblical practice that we follow is to anoint with oil.

They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. Mark 6:13

Is anyone of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:14

Does Everyone Get Healed? 1. Jesus healed all who came to Him. (Matthew 4:24, 8:16; Mark 1:32; Luke 6:18 -19). 2. There were special times when the power to heal was present, even by Peter's shadow or Paul's handkerchief. (Luke 5:17; Acts 5:15-16). 3. Jesus healed only one man at the pool of Bethesda when there were many present who were sick. His response for the one being healed was that He only did what the Father was doing. (John 5:1-20). 4. Jesus heard His Father's voice perfectly. We are still in the process of learning to hear His voice and to follow Him. The important point for us is to be open and sensitive to what the Father is doing. (John 5:19).

Hindrances to Healing 1. Lack of Faith (Matthew 17:14-20)- Jesus upbraided His disciples when they couldn't heal the epileptic demoniac because of their lack of faith. 2. Unconfessed sin can restrict God's desire to heal, James 5:16: "Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed". 3. Asking amiss or not praying specifically, James. 4:3: "When you ask you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." • We may not know the root problem of the sickness. . We may not be praying in God's timing. . We may be praying for physical healing when a spirit of infirmity is present. 4. Transgressing the Natural Laws of Healing—Perhaps we abuse our bodies with poor eating habits, lack of exercise, anxiety and worry that continue to cause physical problems.

Various Manifestations of Healing Through Prayer 1. Healing that comes through spiritual or emotional healing due to the close relationship between our bodies and our emotional and spiritual health 2. Healing that comes through the speeding up of the natural healing forces at work in the body 3. The gradual healing of a severe ailment that would ordinarily require surgery or other means to heal 4. Immediate healing by a creative miracle of God or gift of healing

Remember: Our responsibility as Prayer Ministry Team Members is to be obedient to the Holy Spirit as we believe God is leading us to pray and to leave the responsibility of any results to God.

Steps in Ministering Healing The process we have learned to follow in ministry is essentially a combination of prayer

ministry outlined by John Wimber in his book Power Healing, adaptations from Dr. Francis MacNutt's model, and experience we have gathered along the way as we have been ministering to people in our particular church setting. The following general guidelines will help to outline this process.

First Step The First step is the interview. Obviously, the easiest way to determine what to pray for is to simply ask the recipient, "What would you like us to pray for?" or "When did this condition start?" This is an important time, so don't rush it in your attempt to begin praying. This time not only provides important information, but gives the prayer recipient a little time to feel comfortable. We do need to be careful not to spend too much time in the interview, especially if there is a limited amount of time available to pray.

Second Step Next we invite the Holy Spirit to come and help show us how to pray. We are asking Him to be in charge. Though the prayer recipients have expressed what they desire prayer for, often there are additional things God will reveal to us as we pray. When you audibly invite the Holy Spirit to come in the presence of the prayer recipient, this helps them to understand that it is God who is doing the work.

After inviting the Holy Spirit to come, we do not immediately jump in and start praying; instead WE WAIT for His leading. It is not unusual to feel the power and presence of the Spirit. Sometimes this is reflected in the prayer recipient by a slight trembling of their body. Sometimes this is felt by those praying. The slight trembling of hands may be witnessed or there may be sensations of "heat" in the hands. In some cases the recipient may even feel weak or need to sit down or will "rest in the Spirit." None of this is unusual but quite common manifestations of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

During this time we seek to formulate an answer to the questions: "What is the problem here?", "What's going on?" As we listen to the recipient, we begin to get some under-

standing of the problem. As we are listening to the individual, we are also asking God specifically how to pray for this person. Please realize that we will only obtain a partial understanding of what's going on. As the prayer continues we will often receive greater insight with regard to praying more specifically or praying for something which the prayer recipient has not even mentioned.

Third Step The next step is to pray as the Holy Spirit leads you. We will begin to determine how to pray. It may simply be to begin with the person's request or God may have revealed another place to start. If the person is fearful you may need to begin by praying for them to relax, for Jesus to give them peace.

During this time we have found it best to pray with our eyes open. This allows us to observe any visible signs in the prayer recipient that God is working and helps guide us in our praying.

If the prayer recipients are comfortable we can lay hands on them. If you are not sure they are comfortable with this, simply ask them. This is especially recommended in the case of praying for physical healing. The practice is usually to lay hands on the place where it hurts. If it is not appropriate to lay hands over the area of the physical body of the one for whom you are praying, you can ask the recipients to lay their hands there and place your hand over theirs. There is nothing magical about this, but we have found that it communicates love and often acts as a direct channel of God's healing power. It is not unusual for the prayer recipients to feel tingling or heat in the place where the injury is located.

As you are praying there is nothing wrong with stopping to ask if they are experiencing any sensations at all. It is all right to interrupt the prayer to ask questions. It does not stop the flow of God's power. By asking, we can determine whether or not God is indeed doing something. This will help us to know if we are praying in the right direction and if we

should continue or begin to wrap it up. When you have finished all that you know to pray then stop.

Fourth Step The Blessing: We find this step to be of immense value in ministering to the prayer recipient. Sometimes we simply say, "I bless you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit", or "In the Name of Jesus, I bless you with His peace, love and forgiveness." This may be uncomfortable for you; but we believe, through Christ, we have this authority. Often during prayer we will ask God to bless them with a deeper experience of His presence, with a fullness of His Spirit. It is not unusual to see them visibly relax and a sense of peace or joy come over them. Some are healed at this moment.

Fifth Step Post-Ministry Follow-up: We need to give direction for several things. First of all, for problems that may occur after the ministry session. The prayer recipients need to know that they can take authority in case symptoms return. This is especially important where there has been some deep inner healing. This type of healing is often a process over time and they need to know how to deal with the memories, emotions, attitudes or habits that will attempt to return and bring back the hurt.

We need to affirm those who are not healed. They especially need to be encouraged and loved. We always ask them to come back for further ministry. We never communicate that the lack of healing is because they didn't have enough faith, or that there is "sin in your life." Though sometimes this can be the case, God will reveal that to them in His timing.

Follow-up is especially important for those who have gone through deliverance ministry. Unless they can remain strong and persist in prayer, in God's Word and in their authority in Christ, the demons will usually return. See page 6-17 for more information on how the liberated can remain free.

Steps in Ministering Healing One of the most important lessons we are learning is to follow up with those we have prayed for with a phone call, a note, or a visit. Obviously this isn't always feasible, but should be done whenever possible. We consistently encourage people to return for prayer, whether there has been no visible improvement or some small improvement.

Chapter 4 Repentance

Repentance Is Vital Why is repentance so vital for those who minister with prayer teams? The answer is that un-repentance gives Satan a place where he can and will operate in our lives.

And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great day. Jude 6

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment, . . . II Peter 2:4

When Satan rebelled against God, he was placed under eternal judgment in "bonds of darkness." The devil and his fallen angels have been relegated to moral darkness, because they are eternally separated from God, who is LIGHT.

This darkness to which Satan has been banished is NOT limited to areas outside of humanity. When we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, Colossians 1:13 tells us, "He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves."

When we harbor sin, the light in us is then in darkness. "Satan has a legal access, given to him by God, to dwell in the domain of darkness. . . .The devil can traffic in any area of

darkness, even the darkness that still exists in a Christian's heart." 1 God will bring things into our lives to change these dark things, but we have to open the door, by faith, and let Him in to work.

1 Francis Frangipane, The Three Battlegrounds, (N.P., Advancing Church Publications, 1989) p. 4.

Demons are always standing by to "help" the Christian persist in their sin, to destroy all of the fruits of the Spirit, and thus enlarge the darkness. They are constantly vigilant, looking for an opening to gain greater influence in a person's life. We, as prayer ministers and intercessors, need to deal with all areas of darkness in our own lives before we intercede on behalf of others; the areas we hide in darkness are the areas of our future defeat. We must be discerning of our own hearts and walk humbly with God, particularly when we have been called to prayer ministry and intercession. The Holy Spirit is a gentleman and He will not intrude to bring change; He comes in only when invited.

Humility and Submission But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says, 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.' Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:6-8

The greatest defense weapon we can have against the devil is an honest heart before God. A clean heart is essential for an unobstructed relationship with the Lord. Sin breaks the relationship. When the Holy Spirit shows us an area that needs repentance, we must overcome the defense instinct. We must silence the personal defense lawyer within us who pleads, "My client is not so bad, in fact only human." If we listen to this we will never see what is wrong and never face what needs to change in our lives. Our self-preservation instinct has to be surrendered to the Lord because Christ is our only true advocate. If we allow the Holy Spirit to bring conviction, rather than arguing with Him, our heart becomes more pliable before God. This requires that we humble ourselves and admit our wrongs. If we are too proud to humble ourselves then God is opposed to us (James 4:6).

One of the principles that is painful to new prayer ministers and intercessors is this: God is not in a hurry. He takes the time He needs to build His character in us, to patiently and methodically clean our hearts so that we can pray His purposes for others. As Cindy Jacobs says in Possessing the Gates of the Enemy, "Most of us want everything to happen

immediately, but God loves to marinade. He wants tender hearts in His living sacrifices. The problem with living sacrifices is that they want to jump off the altar. They sit there awhile and begin to sniff; after a little longer they realize it sometimes hurts to be

conformed to the image of Jesus."2

Look back at James 4:6-8: We often hear RESIST and FLEE as a testimony to spiritual warfare, but it is in the context of repentance, humility and a clean heart that we see Satan fleeing. We must model for those to whom we minister an attitude of humility and submission to God. As Francis Frangipane says in The Three Battlegrounds, "We must go beyond a vague submission to God; we must submit the exact area of our personal battle

to Him."3

When we come against the power of the devil in our lives, in the lives of others, in our homes, in our churches, in our schools and in our communities, we must come with a heart in complete submission to Jesus. To further quote Frangipane, "Victory begins with the name Jesus on your lips; but it will not be consummated until the nature of Jesus is in your heart."4

Satan will continue to come against the area of weakness until we realize God's only answer is to become Christ like. As we appropriate the name and nature of Jesus, our enemy will withdraw. Satan will not continue to batter you if the circumstances he designed to destroy you are now working to perfect you.

As we minister in healing prayer, we need to constantly be praying the prayer of King David in Psalm 51:10 - 11. We also need to be prepared to teach those to whom we minister the importance of a clean heart.

Create in me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Psalm 51:10-11

2 Cindy Jacobs, Possessing the Gates of the Enemy; (Tarrytown, N.Y.: Chosen Books, 1991) p 43. 3 Francis Frangipane, The Three Battlegrounds, (N.P., Advancing Church Publications, 1989) p. 8. 4 Ibid. p. 8.

Chapter 5 Inner Healing and Forgiveness

Introduction to Inner Healing Often when we are praying for people we discover that there is a need for inner healing that is healing in the emotional core. The Bible refers to our emotions as our heart. So put very simply, inner healing is healing in our heart.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. Psalm 109:22

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

All of us who live on earth have been subject to some degree of pain in our lives. Certainly it is not measured out in equal doses. Some people cannot even recall a time in their lives when they were happy while others appear to have pretty smooth sailing most of the time. However, nobody gets by without any pain at all, and it is not unusual for hurtful incidents of the past to affect us physically, psychologically and spiritually in the present.

The repentance issues have to do with the attitudes, actions and words that come out of our own heart which cause pain and wounding to other people. Inner healing deals with our response to what has been done to us.

Here are two definitions of inner healing: From John Wimber: "While sickness of the spirit is caused by what we do, sickness of the emotions is generally caused by what is done to us. It grows out of the hurts which are done to us by another person or some experience we have been exposed to in the past.

These hurts affect us in the present, in the form of bad memories, and weak or wounded emotions. This in turn leads us into various forms of sin, depression, a sense of worthlessness and inferiority, unreasoning fears and anxieties, psychosomatic illness, etc. Included in this, are the present-day effects of the sins of the parents in the blood line of a person. Thus healing of past hurts touches the emotions, the memories, and the person's blood line."1

It needs to be made clear that it is possible to deal with some issues of emotional pain strictly between an individual and the Lord. But there are many people who have no idea why they feel the way they do. They cannot recall the roots of their pain, not to say anything about facing the issues and dealing with them.

Inner healing is a truth encounter with God. He is the Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6) who was there when we were knit together in our mother's womb as we are told in Psalm 139:13. Psalm 139 also declares in verse one, "Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me." And in 1 John 3:20b we read, "For God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything."

In praying for inner healing we are not trying to change the past. Our past is our past. We are asking God to change our response to the past and to heal the pain. We can also according to Romans 8:28 release our past into God's hands and ask Him to use it for good in the present and the future.

The Roots of Persistent Hurts: Some of life's hurts come simply from the fact that we live in a fallen world. Things happen such as accidents, disease, poverty and natural disasters that for the most part are not the result of someone's deliberate choice.

John Wimber, Signs and Wonders and Church Growth, (Anaheim: VMI, 1987) p. 3. From Francis MacNutt: "The basic idea of inner healing is simply this: Jesus, who is the same yesterday, today and forever, can take the memories of our past and: 1) heal them from the wounds that still remain and affect our present lives; 2) fill with His love all those places in us that have so long been empty, once they have been healed and drained of the poison of past hurts and resentment."2

Another major source of wounding comes from sins which are committed against us. Some actions and words are deliberately meant to hurt us; other times people have no idea they are causing us pain.

Lastly, there are those results of our own wrong choices and responses.

Some of these hurts go far back into the past; others are quite recent or even current. Many of the deepest hurts go back to times when we were most vulnerable and least able to defend ourselves. The most obvious of these times is childhood, but others include times of illness, pregnancy, trauma or when we are going through some kind of crisis.

SATAN DOES NOT PLAY FAIR! He thinks nothing of striking again when we are down. The old saying: “When it rains it pours”, is often indeed the case.

It also appears to be true that it is those people who are highly significant in our lives have the potential to cause the deepest wounds. For many the root source of emotional pain stems from their relationship to one or both parents. But for others it is some other important person such as a grandparent or baby-sitter, an educator, a sibling, a friend, a spouse, a child, a boss or co-worker, a pastor or church body.

Charles Kraft in his book Defeating Dark Angels talks about the common way most of us deal with these hurts and what would be the ideal solution. The following is a paraphrase of his words: As we go through life, we get hurt. When this happens, we do our best to keep from falling apart or behaving in a socially unacceptable way. Our honest reaction often gets suppressed, so that we can cope, but this becomes counterproductive later.

This process is similar to bandaging a wound without first cleaning it. The wound festers and becomes infected under the bandage and then it leaks, allowing the infection into our current life.

2 Francis MacNiutt, Healing, (Altamonte Springs: Creation House, 1988) pp. 185-187.

Ideally, we would deal honestly with each hurt soon after it happens by facing our true feelings, admitting them to God, and allowing Jesus to take charge and clean the wounds. In Matthew 11:28, He invites us to come to Him with all of our heavy loads and in Matthew 6:14-15, He makes it plain that we are to forgive anyone who has hurt us. Unfortunately,

we do not ordinarily do this and we leave hurts to fester so that we see disruptions later.3

Inner Healing in the Church What do we see in the Church that supports the need for inner healing?

We have in our congregations people who have truly been converted, who have walked in the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit, who read their Bible and pray, yet who have persistent problems, such as a haunting sense of worthlessness, or who live in a state of anxiousness or fear, or who struggle with compulsive behaviors, etc.

There are many Christians for whom it is very difficult or impossible to reach out and minister to others. There are numerous Christians whose lives show very little or no visible fruit. The emotional baggage that many people carry affects their relationship with God, their feelings about themselves, and their interactions with other people. It is difficult to tell someone else that God loves them when you don't feel lovable or loved yourself. How do you encourage someone else that victory is possible in their life when you are walking in defeat? How do you share with someone that "Jesus is the answer" when that doesn't seem to be the case in your own life?

How Inner Healing Fits into the Christian Walk The subject of inner healing stirs up a certain amount of controversy in the Body of Christ because many believe when you are born again you are a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), that Christ's death on the cross took care of everything, and it is

finished! It is true that Christ's work in providing our salvation was finished through His

3 Charles H. Kraft, Defeating Dark Angels, (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Publications, 1992) p. 142.

death and resurrection and when we accept Him as our Savior our salvation is secured for eternity. But is that moment of asking Him into our life all there is to the Christian walk?

Dr. J. Sidlow Baxter has said that our salvation has three tenses. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, (Past) we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. (Present) And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

(Future) Romans 5:1-2 (parenthetical words added)

Dr. Baxter made the following statement in a talk that he gave at Bakersfield Christian Life Center: Past: "There is one sense in which salvation is instantaneous (justification). At the very moment we accept Christ, our sins are pardoned, our guilt is washed away and we are justified through the merits of Calvary's sinless Sin bearer."

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we have done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7

Quoting Dr. Baxter again: Future: "Finally at the return of Christ salvation in its consummative aspect (glorification) is to give sinless hearts, perfected powers, immortal bodies, and 'faultlessness' before the Majesty on high."

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed -in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. I Corinthians. 15:51 - 52

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. I John 3:2

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. Revelations 21:4

But what about the here and now? Dr. Baxter says, Present: "In another sense salvation is progressive (sanctification): for when we receive the Savior the Holy Spirit implants a new spiritual life and nature within us, and there is to be growth in spiritual power, understanding, usefulness and Christlikeness."4

When we accept Christ our spiritual status has changed. We have come out of the Kingdom of darkness and death and now are a part of the Kingdom of God, a Kingdom of light and life. However our mind, will, emotions, and body were not instantly perfected. We are meant to experience a continuing work of Christ in these areas.

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. II Corinthians 3:18

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

4 J. Sidlow Baxter, Untitled Sermon, (Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Christian Life Center, March 28, 1988.)

. . . we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians. 10:5

. . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6

Jesus Himself explains it in Matthew 13:33: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough. Matthew 13:33

Salvation is like yeast; once it enters our life it is meant to be worked through until it permeates all of our being.

Dealing with inner healing issues is part of the sanctification process that is going on in our lives as Christians. The following from Ephesians 4 is what inner healing is all about. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of

malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:22-32

Biblical Examples of Inner Healing It is easy to overlook the inner healing that takes place in the Bible, but it is there. It requires us to stop and consider those whose lives Jesus touched. What was happening to them emotionally when they encountered Him? Most of them would never be the same again.

First of all let's consider in general all those who were physically healed by Jesus. Many of them had lived with their illness, paralysis, blindness etc. for years. What did it mean to them to be singled out and healed by Jesus? How did that effect how they saw themselves? What were the emotions they were dealing with daily before their healing? What emotions welled up inside when they realized their ordeal was over? Consider the leper in Mark 1:40-42. He had a contagious disease that isolated him from the mainstream of society. He was appalling to look at. Surely he wrestled with loneliness and fear, perhaps he was bitter at his lot in life, we know for sure that he had little to look forward to and then he learns of Jesus.

A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. Mark 1:40-42

When Jesus, filled with compassion, touched the man, did the most significant healing happen to his body or in his heart?

Consider the woman caught in the act of committing adultery and taken to Jesus (John 8:1-11). She was being used by the Pharisees to bait Jesus. Surely she knew her behavior violated the Law of Moses and just as surely she knew the penalty of adultery was death.

What was she feeling standing there before Jesus? Afraid? Degraded? Guilty? Ashamed? Probably she was experiencing all of these and more. After Jesus dealt with her accusers and they left, He turned His attention to her.

"Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." John 8: 1- 11.

Suddenly, she was free, she was clean, she could start over again, there was hope and highly likely, there was peace.

Consider Matthew who took advantage of his fellow Jews for his own personal gain. Used to being an object of hatred, what did it mean to him, when Jesus said in Matthew 9:9, "Come, follow Me." In the eyes of most, he was a worthless traitor, but when Jesus looked at him, He saw a disciple and the future writer of one of the gospels.

Consider Zacheus, another tax collector. The people in his town openly called him a sinner. It is significant that the Bible points out he was short. In Zacheus' eyes this was a physical deficit. In the narrative in Luke 19:1-10 it is necessary for him to climb a tree in order to get a glimpse of Jesus. But it is the very fact he is in the tree that attracts the attention of Jesus who says, "I must stay at your house today." Suddenly, here is someone who accepts him as he is and wants to have fellowship with him. He is transformed. Jesus says, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Consider Mary Magdalene. There is no Biblical record of her actual encounter with Jesus. We are simply told in Mark 16:10 that she was the one "out of whom he had driven seven demons." It doesn't take much imagination nor is it stretching probability to surmise that if Mary had seven demons inside her when she met Jesus, she was a bit of a mess. It is also highly likely that she did not see herself as having a great deal of value.

What the Bible does tell us is what she was like after Jesus freed her. She was able to care about others and to be a part of a group. In Luke 8:2 we are told she was part of a group of women who traveled with Jesus and His disciples. She was also able to give, helping to provide financial support for Jesus' ministry. She was standing near Jesus' mother when He was crucified (John 19:10). She watched Joseph of Arimathea prepare Jesus' body for burial (Matthew 27:61). She was among the first to arrive at the empty tomb. She was told by an angel that Jesus had risen from the dead and then sent to tell his disciples (Matthew. 28:1-8). Mark 16:9 and Matthew 28:9 tell us she was the first person Jesus appeared to after the resurrection. She had gone from a life of inner turmoil to being honored to be the first to know the good news that Jesus was alive!

Finally, consider Peter because unlike all the above examples where healing occurred when the person had their initial encounter with Jesus, Peter was already a believer Matthew 16:16, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Also, Peter was highly committed to Jesus. Matthew. 26:35, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." when disaster struck. As Jesus had predicted (Matthew. 26:34), he denied three different times he said he never knew Jesus. The Bible tells us that as the rooster crowed the third time, reality hit Peter so much he wept bitterly (Matthew. 26:75). Peter was a believer who had failed! How many of us can relate to Peter? It would be a bitter story indeed if it ended there, but it doesn't.

In John, chapter 21, we find the disciples back on the Sea of Galilee fishing just as they were when they first met Jesus. This time He meets them there again. He has built a fire and prepared breakfast for them on the beach. In what should be an incredibly significant moment for all of us, Jesus takes the initiative to reconcile their relationship. It isn't really made clear until verse 20, but Jesus and Peter parted from the group and walked along the beach. This was a time Jesus made it clear to Peter that he was forgiven and still loved and valued by the Lord. In declaring his love for Jesus, Peter is restored as a committed believer; and best of all, Jesus isn't finished with him yet. He still has plans and purposes for Peter's life. Jesus has a new role for him. When Jesus first commissioned Peter, it was

as a ‘fisher of men,’ but now he is to be one of the shepherds over the flock, the church in Jerusalem.

Jack Hayford points out in his book The Power and the Blessing that there was a reason why Peter's failure didn't destroy him. The answer is in Luke 22:31. Before predicting that Peter would deny Him Jesus says this, "Simon. Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." 5

Jesus not only predicted Peter's denial but also his victory, "When you have turned back." And what was it Peter had going for him? Jesus was praying for him!

Two scriptures which should cause every believer to shout for joy tell us that we have the same thing going for us!

Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died —more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Romans 8:34

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25

Who is this Savior, Jesus, who is interceding for us? Does he understand the pain, the hurts, the wounds that we experience? This is how the prophet Isaiah portrays Him. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions,

5 Jack W. Hayford, The Power and the Blessing, (N.P., Victor Books, 1994) p. 48.

he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquities of us all. Isaiah 53:2-6

The teachings of Jesus were extraordinary because they were often the opposite of what we naturally think is right. The following quote from the Sermon on the Mount was meant to have a revolutionary effect in our hearts and minds.

You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:43-45a

We Are Forgiven In him (Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:7-8

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:1

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14

We Are to Forgive Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

Most of the ground Satan gains in the lives of Christians is due to unforgiveness. We are warned in Ephesians 4:26-27, "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." In the parable from Matthew 18 quoted above, the unforgiving servant is handed over to the jailers or as the King James translation says, "to the tormentors." In the same way when we refuse to forgive we find ourselves in bondage to and being tormented by such things as guilt, striving, fear and bitterness.

Forgiveness: The Key to Inner Healing Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers until he should pay back all he owed. This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart. Matthew 18:23-35

From the Lord's Prayer: Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12

This is the only portion of the prayer that Jesus comments on afterwards. (Matthew 6:14 - 15), "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

To Forgive or Not to Forgive To forgive those who have caused us great pain is not an easy thing. It goes against our sense of justice. It is not fair. They deserve to be punished. However, Jesus is asking us to forgive others because of His grace and mercy in forgiving us. We deserved to be punished and it wasn't fair to Him that He had to go to the cross on our account, but He was willing to do it. (John 10:17-18)

There are some important things to know about forgiveness.

First of all, to forgive doesn't necessarily mean that we are going to forget. Our past is our past. But it does mean we are not going to hold the offense against that person any longer. We are going to release it and let it go!

Forgiving is not pretending the offense didn't matter. Part of genuine forgiveness is to face the hurt and to realize that even after you forgive you may have to continue to live with the consequences of that offense.

Forgiving does not necessarily mean the person is entirely off the hook. You are releasing them from your anger into God's hands. God, who is much wiser and far more capable of handling things then we are, is left in charge.

Forgiveness is a choice. It is a crisis of the will. It is also a crisis of trust and obedience. It is our Lord, our Master — it is Jesus who is commanding us to forgive. Would He command us to do something we were incapable of doing? Do we trust Him to have our best interest at heart as He gives us this command?

The truth is forgiving benefits both the forgiver and the forgiven. Gary Smalley and John Trent have written, "As long as people are angry at each other, they are chained to each

other."6 They are talking about being emotionally chained. We literally drag them around with us emotionally and the act of forgiving sets both them and us free. Note that at the end of the parable of the unforgiving servant both servants end up in jail.

A pastor recently referred to carrying bitterness as "emotional suicide." Job 18:4 says, "You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger. . ." The fact that anger harms the person who is angry is not just a Biblical truth, but a widely accepted psychological and medical fact. In her syndicated column Ann Landers printed this little gem of truth, "Anger is like acid. It does more harm to the object in which it is stored than to the object on which it is poured."

The truth is that the person you are angry with may not even be aware of your anger. They may have no idea and suffer no ill effects of your anger at all, while it eats away at you daily.

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37

Even though you understand your own personal emotional healing depends on your willingness to forgive, it may still be a very difficult thing for you to do. But if you are willing and ask the Holy Spirit to help you, He will help you get to the point where you can forgive.

Jesus is our example: (On the cross) Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34

When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. I Peter 2:23

6 Gary Smalley and John Trent, The Blessing, (Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1986) p. 144.

Steps to Forgiveness The following steps are helpful both in your own personal walk and as you minister with others. 1. Make the decision that you want to forgive and be set free. 2. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to bring to mind people and events, etc. that He knows are the roots of the anger in your heart.

It is highly likely, especially if there are a lot of issues there, everything will not be revealed at once, but over a period of time. Deal with who or what He shows you. Be on the alert when things you haven't thought about in years suddenly come to mind. If something that comes is painful, allow the pain. If you feel like weeping, then do so.

3. Identify specifically what it is you need to forgive a person for and what was the response on your part to that offense. This is a crucial step. Don't just say, “I forgive you, dad," but "I forgive you dad for not being there when I needed you. I felt so rejected and that I was not very important to you at all." Being specific helps us to identify the wound which helps as we pray for healing.

Remember: The person you are angry with may have no idea and suffer no ill effects of your anger at all, while it eats away at you daily.

We may have to forgive the same person for many different things. Or we may on different occasions have to forgive the same offense, especially if the same offense is continuing to occur.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven." Matthew 18:21 - 22

We will never be done forgiving. It is part of the Christian lifestyle.

4. Be honest before God in regards to how you feel about the person or the event. God knows it all anyway. Nothing is going to surprise him and you need to get it out and lay it before him.

David Seamands says, "There is nothing you can share out of the agonizing hurts and depths and hates and rages of your soul that God has not heard. There is nothing you can take to Him that He will not understand. He will receive you with love and grace." 7

Trust in him at all times, 0 people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13

5. Forgive the offense. Get alone in a place where no one can hear you and out loud talk to the person you need to forgive just as if they were in the room with you. Tell them you forgive them and what it is you are forgiving them for. If the person has died you can still forgive them. You are still alive and forgiving them frees you from the burden of unforgiveness. Obviously, we cannot repent and ask a person to forgive us after they are gone, but you can ask God to forgive you.

Praying out loud will help you in the future to remember, that as an act of your will, you did forgive the person.

6. Pray and ask God to forgive you for holding the unforgiveness in your heart. He will forgive you.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I John 1:9

7 David A. Seamands and Beth Funk, Healing for Damaged Emotions Workbook, (N.P.:Victor Books, 1992) p.I32.

7. Forgive yourself. One of the most difficult things for people to do is to forgive themselves for their part in their pain.

Maybe you realize you have some guilt in regards to what you have forgiven another person for. Maybe you made a choice at some point in your life and you have been living with the consequences ever since. Maybe you have made your own life a lot more difficult than it needed to be. Maybe you have caused another pain and it grieves you to the core of your being.

Jesus died on the cross in order that your sins could be forgiven. You must forgive yourself, because if you don't, you are in effect rejecting His gift. You are refusing to appropriate and walk in the forgiveness He has provided.

8. Deal with your anger towards God Himself. It is necessary to face this issue which Christians find very difficult indeed. What are those things you are holding against God Himself?

Neil Anderson teaches, "Technically, we don't forgive God because He cannot commit any sin of commission or omission. But you need to specifically renounce false expectations and thoughts about God and agree to release any anger you have toward

Him."8

It is hard for us to admit that we hold things against God, but we do. We blame Him for how things have gone. We wonder where He was when certain things happened. Why didn't He prevent them? Sometimes we are angry about how He made us, or the parents He gave us, or we believed He would do something and He let us down. You need to identify the issues you have with God. You need to ask His forgiveness for your anger towards Him. You need to accept that forgiveness.

8 Neil Anderson, Freedom in Christ Conference Handbook, January 24-27, 1995, (Anaheim, Vineyard Ministries International, 1995) p. 106.

9. Pray for healing. Forgiving is like lancing a boil. It allows all the infection and pus to come out and then you treat it with medicine to bring healing. Once you have forgiven someone, it is time to pray and ask Jesus to heal the wound.

Loose His Holy Spirit to fill the voids in your life, to give you comfort, to fill you with the love and the realities of the acceptance and forgiveness of Jesus. The healing process may take some time, but welcome and rejoice in it.

10. Begin to pray for the person you have forgiven. If they don't know the Lord, pray they will come to know Him. Pray for blessings for them. Pray that Jesus will help you see them through His eyes.

A Word of Caution We need to be very careful about approaching the person we have forgiven. It is one thing to go to someone to repent and ask their forgiveness for something you've done, and quite another to confront someone with the fact you are forgiving them. If the person is unaware of how you feel, it is best to deal with it between you and the Lord and leave it there.

If it is someone from whom you have been estranged and you would like to reconcile, pray extensively about it first. This is an extreme example, but it is meant to illustrate a point. It doesn't aid in reconciliation to approach someone and say for example, "I forgive you for being an insensitive jerk." A much better approach is to confess that you've been angry and have asked God's forgiveness and would like to ask theirs. Let them know they mean a lot to you and you would like to reconcile. They may or may not forgive you or apologize to you. Be prepared for that and let it go.

As we are set free from the pain in our own life, we don't want to inflict pain on someone else in the process. Forgiveness is part of the Christian walk. It is a wonderful provision for us that allows us to be free in the mercy and grace of Jesus.

Some Practical Helps When Praying For inner Healing It is important when we pray for healing in a person's heart and mind that we remember it is God the Father who among His many attributes is all-knowing; it is Jesus Christ who is called the Wonderful Counselor, the Great Physician, the way, the truth and the life; it is the Holy Spirit who Jesus told us is our Teacher, our Comforter, and our Helper. IT IS GOD WHO HEALS. We are His vessels, His servants, and His friends. We are simply coming through prayer with the person we are praying for into God's throne room to lift that person and their needs before the Lord.

A Model for Praying for Inner Healing In this section we will present a model for praying for emotional healing when it is highly likely this will be a one-time experience. Often this occurs when you pray for people, who respond to an altar call, or someone expresses a need for prayer in a class or some other setting, or a friend simply says, "Will you pray for me?"

1. Begin with a short interview. What is their need or request? How long has this been going on? Were they going through any kind of crisis when it started, etc? Ask them how they would like you to specifically pray. 2. In prayer ask the Holy Spirit to come and be in charge of this prayer time. 3. Wait on the Lord. Spend some time in silence listening for how He would lead you to pray. 4. If He gives you a specific way to pray then be obedient to that leading, if not, then begin to pray over the specific request that caused the person to ask for prayer. 5. Stop and ask the person if God is telling them anything or bringing specific people or events to mind. If there is a need to forgive someone, or repent of an action or attitude on their own part, then encourage them to do this. Pray for God to heal any woundedness. If they have repented, pray that they will experience, in a very freeing way, Christ's love, acceptance, and forgiveness. If God brings to mind any specific scriptures that apply to their situation share those with them.

If He has given you a specific word for the person, share it bny prefacing it with “Does this make any sense to you?” Even if the person says, “No, it doesn’t”, don’t assume you've heard wrong. God may, in time, reveal to them what it means.

6. Return to prayer and pray over any specifics God has revealed. Even in those times when we feel we haven't a clue as to how God wants to work in their specific situation, there are many things we know from God's word are His will for all of us. Pray for His continuing work and blessing for their life. 7. Encourage and bless the person. Encourage them that God does indeed want to move in their life, encourage them to continue in their walk with the Lord, and if you feel led to, encourage them to seek further prayer or specific help.

When Once Is Not Enough — On-going Ministry Just as in the case of physical healing, sometimes healing in the emotions can come miraculously and instantly and sometimes it comes over a period of time. The concept of soaking prayer or on-going prayer is helpful here too.

Sometimes when you are involved in a prayer ministry you notice the same person is coming for prayer over and over and over again. Sometimes it is for the same need; sometimes it is for one thing after another. Then there are times when you pray for someone and you realize, "This is just the tip of the iceberg." For example, you sense while you've prayed over one thing there is within this person deep-seated bitterness, or perhaps fear or their self-worth was so low it was difficult for them even to receive prayer, etc. Sometimes someone will ask if you will pray for someone they know has many and sometimes desperate needs in their life. This section is about times like these when a ten to fifteen minute prayer time is not enough.

Wholeness Ministries is always quick to note that the way we have come to do things is not the only way to do it. In this section we will share our model for on-going prayer ministry while at the same time encouraging you to seek the Lord on how you are to proceed.

When it has been established that an individual needs and wants on-going prayer, they are assigned to a prayer team. We put together a team of two or three of our trained prayer team people after they have individually prayed about being on this particular team and agree to make the commitment. There are advantages in having the same team pray for the person each time. Trust is built, the person only needs to share their story once, and confidentiality, which is of the utmost importance, is easier to maintain.

Once we have a team, we make an appointment for the person to come for prayer. While occasionally we make an exception, most appointments last between an hour and an hour and a half. If someone is coming from out of town, for example, we might set aside a morning or an afternoon.

We recommend beginning with no more than a six or eight week commitment. Sometimes even that is not necessary. In the privacy of the appointment God sometimes accomplishes very quickly what needs to be done. As the initial commitment nears its end a decision can be made whether or not to continue. If the person is experiencing healing, if issues are being dealt with, if they are cooperating in the work God is doing in their life and you feel He isn't finished yet, continue a while longer.

If little has happened in your times together or if you are unsure whether or not you should continue, then take a break for an indefinite period of time. Express a willingness to pray with the person again in the future and put the ball in their court to call you when they would like to continue.

It is difficult when you realize someone is really enjoying and being encouraged by the prayer sessions, but no real progress is being made towards healing. It is very easy to get locked into an on-going ministry that has no apparent end in sight. There are also times when it seems the demonic actually sends someone our way who literally drains the time and energy of many people. Be on guard against this type of thing. It is not the purpose of the ministry to have people become dependent on the team members, nor to have team

members locked into never-ending commitments. In cases like these bring the sessions to a close. If there is someone or someplace else you know of where the person might find help, then suggest they try there. Bless them; then release them to Jesus.

When You Pray One of the most crucial things to instill in prayer team members is that prayer ministry must be done in the love of Jesus. Charles Kraft says, "For if what we do isn't loving, it isn't

being done in Jesus' way. . . . Jesus used His power to show His love."9

The other crucial thing is that what is said and done during the prayer times must be kept confidential between the individual and the team. Nothing will destroy a prayer ministry faster than a breach of this trust. If there are any legal issues involved—for example, there are laws in the state of California which require certain people, such as nurses and educators, to report child abuse, these should be called to the person's attention before ministry begins.

If you have set up your ministry so that a pastor or board or Task Force oversees it and prayer team members can go to them for help, then explain this up front to the person you are praying for.

Or if you find yourself unsure of how to handle a certain situation, ask the individual if it's all right if you discuss this with — then name the specific person. The advantage of praying as a team is that you have each other and can together intercede on behalf of the person you are praying for. However, there should be a plan in place as to what happens when a prayer team feels like they are in a situation that is over their heads.

It is helpful to have a notepad and pen handy during these sessions. You may want to make note of some details of their story, or things you want to come back to later. Sometimes the Lord will give you a word, and you will want to jot it down so you won't forget. Occasionally prayer team members use notes to pass information to each other

9 Charles H. Kraft, Defeating Dark Angels, (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Publications, 1992) p. 149.

rather than talk with each other and interrupt the flow of the ministry that's taking place.

Three Cautions 1. Some of the things people share in ministry sessions that have happened to them or that they have been involved in can be quite appalling. 2. It is really important to keep your cool. 3. People tend to shut down very quickly and no longer be open to ministry if they think you are shocked and can't handle what they are telling you.

Remember how Jesus dealt with the woman caught in the act of adultery in John 8:1-11? Minister to the person with love and compassion and in due time the Lord will bring the right moment to lead them to repent and receive His forgiveness. Focus on God's willingness to restore their relationship with Himself.

Don't believe everything everyone tells you. For various reasons people do not always tell the truth when answering the questionnaire (see page G-l for a copy of the Questionnaire) or the questions asked during prayer sessions. In many cases they simply do not trust you enough when ministry begins. It is not unusual after you have spent some time together that they will tell you they did not tell the truth or they left information out. If you suspect someone is not being totally honest, pray about it during your own private prayer times with the Lord. Ask Him to bring out the truth during the ministry sessions.

The Prayer Team Session

The Opening Prayer The first moments of a prayer ministry session are of course ones of greeting and light conversation to help the person get comfortable, but you will want to move into a time of prayer very early on. It is important to ask the Holy Spirit to be in charge of your time together. Express the collective desire of everyone there that the individual you are praying for be brought into freedom and wholeness, able to be the person God created them to be.

Pray for protection for everyone involved in the session and their families. Pray that God's Kingdom will come and His will be done in your time together. Allow for moments of silence. Often each member of the team will pray, sometimes the person who has come for prayer will pray also. This is wonderful when it happens because it helps to focus the person on the Lord, to express their own desire for Him to work in their life, and helps prepare their heart to receive from Him.

If the individual appears apprehensive, then address that in your prayer and ask Jesus to bless them with His peace.

Pray — Interview — Pray The session will go back and forth between times of interviewing and times of prayer. We are asking the Lord to do a work in the person's life—to set them free from the wounds of the past that are affecting them in the present, to set them free from those sins and habits that have them enslaved, to perhaps free them from demonic oppression (see the section on deliverance), and to bring His light and truth, love and healing into every area of their lives. We are asking Him to reveal the roots of their pain so they can forgive, repent of, or renounce whatever it is that has them bound up. Then we want to lead them to accept and receive all that Jesus has for them.

This process of seeking the roots of their pain involves asking lots of questions. It involves learning to listen two ways, to listen carefully to what the person is telling us and at the same time listening carefully to what the Lord is telling us. The most important thing is to remember this is a prayer ministry. The majority of the time should be spent praying, not talking to each other. If we ask the Lord to reveal things, He often does, sometimes right while we are praying, sometimes later. It is not unusual to have a person come to the next week's session with something the Lord brought to mind during the time between sessions.

Wholeness Ministries has developed a Prayer Ministry Questionnaire which we often use in this process. Sometimes we send it to the person we will be praying for and ask them to fill

it out and return it to us before we meet. Sometimes we have them bring it to the first session. Sometimes we use it as an interview guide and our team will ask them the questions and fill in the answers as they talk. They also read and sign the Release Agreement.

Two Important Questions It is very helpful to know where the person you are praying for is in their walk with the Lord. Simply ask them early on to share with you how they came to know the Lord. Their answer will tell you many things. If they are a believer, ask them what their current walk with the Lord is like. If they are not sure they have ever asked Jesus into their heart, ask them if they would like to be sure. Then lead them in praying to accept Christ. Encourage them to record the day they made this decision in the inside of their Bible. If they don't have a Bible make an effort to see they receive one.

If it turns out they are not a Christian and are not ready to make that decision yet, go ahead and pray for and minister to them. This often leads to their making a decision shortly down the road.

The other important issue has to do with whether or not the person's will is engaged in the healing process. Do they want to be healed! Quite frankly, if they don't really want to be healed, if they are not willing to co-operate with the Lord in bringing about healing, not much is going to happen.

Ask them what they are expecting or hoping will happen in your time together.

It may be necessary from time to time to do a little bit of teaching. You might need to

explain what repentance is or what forgiveness is and is not (see page 5-11) or what it means to renounce something (see page 6-16). Many believers have never read the Bible so don't assume they know everything it has to say.

Two-Way Listening The term two-way listening means we want to listen to both what the person is telling us and to what God is telling us. If it is the desire of our heart to learn to do this, God can help us become more proficient at it. If God is calling you to be an intercessor, a prayer team member or both, then pray for discernment—the ability to perceive or recognize clearly (Webster's New World Dictionary).

Listening to God In its simplest definition, prayer is conversing with God. It should involve both times of speaking and times of listening. The key is to learn to recognize God's voice. Before we ever go into a prayer ministry session we should spend some time with the Lord. If He brings to our mind any things we need to repent of or anyone we need to forgive, then we need to take care of those things. We need to pray over the person we are going to be praying with, asking that the desires of Jesus' heart for that person be fulfilled.

When we begin the actual time with the person we always pray right from the start that God will lead and be in charge of our time together. Therefore we should not be surprised if we hear from Him. Often it is simply by a thought He places in our mind, sometimes an impression on how to pray, sometimes a specific word that tells us what the problem is, sometimes a picture in our mind, sometimes a scripture that fits the moment perfectly.

Caution: When we feel God has told us something, we need to ask Him (in our minds, not out loud), "What do you want me to do with this?" Sometimes He will urge us to share it, sometimes He is revealing things to just us and we are not to share it at that moment in time.

If you feel you are supposed to share what you have seen or heard, do so in a gentle way. Preface it with words like, "I think God is telling me . . .", "Does this make any sense to you.", "Let me share this picture I just saw, etc.” If it is indeed from the Lord, it will often be confirmed by someone else in the room. Or the person being prayed for will say that it

is right on target. However, even if it is not confirmed, don't assume it wasn't from the Lord. Simply suggest something like, "Well, we will have to pray about that one" and go on with the session. It is not unusual for the meaning to become clear later on.

Sometimes, especially when we are just beginning to move in these areas of ministry, we mistake our own thoughts as coming from God, but if we are careful in how we share them it allows us to test them. When things we share are confirmed by others, then it helps us to learn what was, indeed, God's voice. As we walk with Him and listen to Him, His voice becomes more and more familiar and we become more confident that it is Him.

The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. John 10:2-4

Listening to the Person The very first time we meet with someone for prayer, the big question is, “Where do we begin?” The most obvious answer is, start with whatever it was that motivated them to come for prayer in the first place. While we want the emphasis and the majority of the time to be spent in prayer, it is necessary to let the person tell their story. It is also helpful to go over the Prayer Ministry Questionnaire with them.

Just as we can learn to grow in our discernment of God's voice, we can become more adept at listening to people and hearing those things that may be the keys to their healing. This section will talk about some of the things you can learn to tune into as people talk. Please do not be discouraged by its length or think you have to memorize or know it all. As you learn about and become aware of these things, the Holy Spirit can call them to your attention during ministry times. Remember, at all times, we want Him to lead these sessions and not to be relying on our own intellect.

Two Cautions 1. We do not need to know all the garbage and all the details of a person's life. If they start sharing things you don't need to know, then simply stop them and explain it is not necessary to tell you all of that. Don't probe for details especially when it comes to sin in which they have been involved. It is sufficient to know that it was a part of their life and needs to be dealt with. 2. Be careful not to take the burdens of the one you are praying for on yourself. It is essential to learn to pray for others, including interceding for them between sessions, without carrying them and their troubles on your own shoulders. You do this by releasing them to Jesus. He is our Lord and Master, He is in charge.

What Are We Listening For? Please be aware that this is not an exhaustive list nor is it in any special order. These are simply common things you will hear that may be keys to unlock the chains that have the person bound. • Events: Listen for key events in the person's life that brought about major changes. These might include such things as marriage, divorce, a death of someone they were close to, an accident or other trauma, a move, etc. • Relationships: All of us have people who are very important in our lives. Take note if any key relationship in the person's life is very difficult or broken. • Unforgiveness: It is highly likely the person is holding something against one or more individuals. It will be necessary at some point to deal with these forgiveness issues. The person may well be holding things in their heart against God and against themself. These too will need to be dealt with in order for healing to come. • Destroyed Dreams — Disappointments: If life has not gone the way the person expected or hoped, that is often the root of some unforgiveness and resentment. • A Neglected Relationship with God: If a person is a Christian, but not walking closely with the Lord, it may simply mean they have allowed other things to have priority in their life, or it may mean they are angry at Him or feel guilty or afraid.

• Satan's Lies: Listen for lies and deceptions the person believes are true. These often are misconceptions of God, or beliefs that are contrary to what the Bible teaches, or lies about themselves. We often find people believe they are worthless, that God cannot possibly forgive them after what they've done, that their situation is hopeless.

It is also very common for people to have wrong ideas about God. It is especially difficult if they have not had a good relationship with their earthly father to relate to God the Father. More than once people have expressed that they don't have any problem with Jesus, but they are afraid of God the Father. There is no understanding of the Trinity and that Jesus shows us what the Father is like. Listen for these types of things.

• Inner Vows: An inner vow is a deliberate decision that sets the will in a certain direction. At some point in time a decision was made that usually includes the words "I will never" or "I will always". Some examples would be things like, "I will never allow myself to be hurt like that again." "I will never be like my mother", or “I will always see that my kids have everything they need." Even if the basic intent of the vow seems good, these vows need to be renounced by the person and broken by the power of the Holy Spirit. They have a binding effect on a person's will that needs to be broken in order for the person to be free to become all that God meant them to be. • Sin: Pray for discretion in confronting the person with their sins. When you feel it's the right time, do it gently and without condemnation. Remind them of God's provision for their sins, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and of God's willingness to forgive. Lead them into repentance and acceptance of God's forgiveness. We need to be cautious because if we confront them too soon or too harshly it may shut down further ministry. On the other hand we cannot ignore the role sin is playing in their life.

• Personality Extremes: If you notice the person has a personality trait that really catches your attention and seems to be extreme, pray over why they are that way. Some examples would be a person being extremely shy or fearful, or you might notice they always want to be in control or they are a perfectionist. Maybe they always blame someone else for everything that happens to them. Other common traits are being arrogant, having a superiority or inferiority complex, someone who is overly dependent on someone else, someone who can't make a decision, or someone who is extremely individualistic. Pray that God will reveal the roots of these traits.

Emotions: As people talk, listen for the emotions or feelings that they are expressing.

Some of the most common are listed below.10

• Abandonment: From their point of view someone was not there when they needed them.

• Rejection: Even if the rejection is not expressed in words, it is perceived. Marriage partners feel rejected when they divorced, parents feel rejected when their child rebels, a child or an employee may feel rejected when corrected all the time. • Inadequacy: In the person’s eyes they don’t measure up to the expectations of others or even their own standards. Often, the fact that they don’t measure up has been directly communicated to them. • Guilt: In some cases a person carries guilt because there is sin in their life. However, a person can also feel guilty if they didn't live up to someone else's expectations, or they may feel like it's their fault that a trauma occurred (for example, a divorce). Some people feel guilty they were even born, perhaps their birth created a hardship for their parents. Victims often feel they were somehow the cause of the abuse they suffered.

10 We are greatly indebted to Charles Kraft for his material on emotions in Deep Wounds, Deep Healing, (Ann Arbor, MI, Servant Publications, 1993) pp. 184-187.

• Shame: Something has happened in the person's life that has left them with a deep sense of dishonor or disgrace. • Anger, bitterness: Anger has its roots in real or perceived mistreatment. It can be directed towards oneself, other people, at a set of circumstances or crisis, at life in general, or at God Himself. • Depression: Depression has its roots in anger. • Fear: Fear is usually a result of trauma or a response to having to deal with angry people. • Rebellion: Rebellion can also be a response to dealing with angry people. The person has difficulty with authority figures. It can also be caused by abuse or neglect, by jealousy (often of a sibling), or by the legalistic pressure to conform. • Jealousy: Often overlooked—this is a powerful emotion. The person perceives that they didn't get their fair share of something. It may be over material things, but more commonly it is over things like love and attention. • The Desire To Escape: The person feels life is so bad or unpredictable that they would rather escape. Often they escape through addictions or some type of pleasurable activity. Sometimes, if they perceive their situation as hopeless, they do consider suicide. Encourage them by sharing the truth of God's Word. Pray over them that God will break through their darkness with truth and hope and light.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32

• The Occult: Take note of any involvement or reference to anything that has to deal with the occult or a non-Christian religion. The Prayer Ministry Questionnaire will bring many of these issues to light. Pay attention to any bizarre behavior or any changes in the sound of their voice or the look in their eyes. It is not unusual for a person carrying unresolved emotional issues to have something demonic oppressing them as well. It is important you are very familiar with the material in the deliverance section (see page 73) of this manual when you are doing on-going prayer ministry.

Remember: If someone needs inner healing, they may or may not need deliverance, but if someone needs deliverance they will always need inner healing.

Start Praying Sometimes as you listen to a person's story the Holy Spirit makes it very clear as to what you need to begin to pray. Sometimes you are not sure. If He hasn't given you any special instructions then begin with the issue for which they asked prayer. Try to find out when the problem began. During a teaching time in Bakersfield, California Francis Mac Nutt shared that he often asks the person, "Have you always been unhappy?" This technique will get them reflecting on when things were going pretty well in their life and will help to identify when things changed.

Sometimes the person is very clear and knows exactly the root of their problem; they just haven't been able to deal with it. Help them be very specific about what happened and how it made them feel. Help them identify everyone who was involved that they are holding things against. Ask about their own role in what happened, often anger is directed inward and they need to forgive themselves. Try to help them recognize anything they are holding against God Himself.

As is needed and as you feel the Holy Spirit is leading you, lead them to pray forgiving all who need forgiving, repenting of anything they need to repent of, renouncing anything they need to renounce. Then a prayer team member should pray that God will heal their woundedness, pray that He will cause His love, acceptance and forgiveness to become very real to them, and pray in the name of Jesus and in the power of the Holy Spirit to break any binding effect of those activities, vows or relationships which they have renounced. If you sense that something demonic has been attached to those issues that were just dealt with (and sometimes the Holy Spirit will reveal to you just exactly what is there) now is the time to rebuke it in the name of Jesus and demand that it leave.

The Lord works in many ways and every prayer ministry session is unique. Don't try to superimpose what happened when you were praying with one person, and make it what you expect to happen when you pray with someone else. Try to discern how God wants you to proceed in the particular session you are in at the time. The Lord may lead you to focus on a specific person in the individual's life and deal with all the issues involving that relationship. For example, one session may focus on all the issues and all the things a person is holding against their father. Or the focus may be an event or the roots and issues involved in a habit, such as overeating or pornography. With another person, He may lead you to start at the very beginning of their life and take things in chronological order as they occurred. He is a God of infinite variety.

When the person has no idea why they are the way they are or why they respond to things the way that they do, then we simply pray and ask Jesus, who does know, to reveal it to us. Often at this point the person will remember something that is a key which unlocks more when it is prayed over. Sometimes one of the prayer team members receives a word from the Lord, or sees a picture in their mind and when they share it, it triggers the person's memory. Once in a while nobody has a clue! At this point agree to continue to intercede for the person between this session and the next one. Encourage them to pay attention during the next week to any persons or events that come to mind that they hadn't thought about for a long time.

Closing the Session Always end the session with a prayer of blessing and the expressed desire that God would continue and protect the work He is doing in the person's life. Thank Him and give Him the glory for what was accomplished that day.

You may feel led to give the person a suggestion of something specific to do during the time between your sessions. Some examples would be to ask them to continue praying over something very specific, or to keep a list of things God brings to mind. You might feel the person would really benefit by getting some praise music and playing it at home or in

their car. Maybe there is something that would be helpful for them to read. Maybe they need encouragement to get into the Word, or to find a church where they can fellowship, etc. We always want to encourage them to grow in their relationship with the Lord.

When the Season of Prayer Ministry is over The goal of healing prayer is for the person to become healthy in their heart, mind, spirit and body and for them to be able to continue on in their journey with the Lord. When healing comes, we release them to Him and bless them on their way, rejoicing in the work His Spirit has done.

Chapter 6 Deliverance

Introduction to Deliverance

The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." Luke 10:18-20

The definition of deliverance is to liberate, to rescue, to set free, to send something to an intended target or destination. The responsibility to minister total healing and wholeness, which includes the ministry of deliverance, has been delegated to every Christian. We do this under the authority of Jesus and the Church and through the power of the Holy Spirit. We also do this with respect for the person. Deliverance is to be as orderly, loving and accepting as any other ministry to an individual. The goal is not simply to call upon God's power to fight and defeat the enemy; but to MINISTER THE LOVE OF JESUS.

Sometimes while ministering to someone a prayer minister will sense the presence of a demonic spirit. This spirit may manifest itself by voice changes, the look in the eyes, a sudden attitude change or in more dramatic ways, such as shouting, screaming, or violently shaking of the individual. This can happen during prayer for someone for physical or inner healing or it can happen when a prayer minister walks into the room, and the demon has a violent reaction to the presence of the Holy Spirit within the prayer minister. We need to understand this is not abnormal, but a common reaction to God's power. Demons are spirit beings who are enemies of both God and man and their reaction may be very strong if they sense they are about to hear the name of Jesus.

Demons are enemies of the gifts and fruits of the Spirit. They keep the gifts from coming forth in the Christian's life. For example, the demon of resentment can defeat love in a person's life. The person is unable to love others as they desire to and they do not understand a spiritual battle is being waged. Instead the person takes the blame and suffers in silence, wondering, "What is wrong with me?"

Demons are evil personalities They are spirit beings who are enemies of God and man. There is not a person on this earth who escapes their notice. Satan and his cohorts devise plans to destroy each of us. I Peter 5:8 reminds us that Satan does not play fair. He is vigilant, especially when a person is vulnerable and weak. Satan does not give time-off for illness or for good behavior.

While some ministries are focused exclusively on deliverance, Wholeness Ministries views it as only a part of the ministry; we want to have a balanced approach in prayer ministry. We do believe some people have stronger gifts in the area of deliverance just as some people have gifts that are stronger in other areas. We believe God, who is the giver of all gifts, can and does give gifts at the time it is necessary, but as in any other area of ministry, we start as beginners and we learn and gain confidence with experience. Some deliverances from demonization can be difficult, so it is best for a new prayer minister to begin by observing this type of ministry, followed by times of ministering with a more experienced partner. If you find yourself in a situation you are not prepared to deal with, you close the prayer session with a prayer of protection and seek help or get the individual in touch with someone who can help.

It is important for all of us to remember, at all times in this area of ministry, that God's power is greater than any demonic force and we can walk in full obedience to the Lord's direction and not shrink back out of fear or a sense of inadequacy. Ultimately, God is the deliverer. Read again: Luke 4:18, Matthew 10:1 and Matthew 10:8. These scriptures are a clear mandate for this type of ministry. The Church has understood Jesus' Mandate from

Isaiah 61 and Luke 4:18 to be its continuing Mandate. Part of this Mandate, very clearly, is to minister liberation to the captives.

Jesus' Mandate, and By Extension Ours: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Luke 4:18

Jesus' Commission to Those Who Follow Him: He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. Matthew 10:1

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8

Definition of Deliverance Terms Television shows and movies, as well as printed horror stories, have contributed misunderstanding and confusion to the area of the demonic realm and deliverance ministry. For many people, this type of ministry seems to abandon reason and logic while embracing superstition and primitive culture. The thoughts of the person to whom you are ministering may vary from tremendous fear of even the term deliverance, to their being convinced that demons are just playful or mischievous elves that cannot do any real harm. There are those who believe Christians can avoid demonic influence completely and those who believe demons cannot be involved in a Christian's life at all. Be sensitive to the beliefs of the person and avoid further wounding or confusion by clearly understanding and carefully using correct terms and explaining as much as the person is ready to accept and understand.

Definition of Terms 1. OPPRESSION: The New Testament provides examples of demonic influence in people's lives, such as Luke 6:18b: "Those troubled by evil spirits were cured. . . ." and Acts 5:16: "bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed." These verses describe demons who trouble, harass, afflict, or oppress people. OPPRESSION means "to keep in subjugation by harsh and unjust use of force or authority, to lie heavily upon physically or mentally." 2. POSSESSION: POSSESSION means "to be controlled by evil spirits; to enter, exert control over; dominate." 3. EXORCISM: A formal prayer to free a person possessed by evil spirits. In many denominations this formal prayer responsibility is assigned to specific people or must be approved by high officials in the church. 4. DELIVERANCE: A process of prayer for freeing a person who is oppressed by the demonic. 5. PRAYER FOR HEALING: This type of prayer is addressed to God and is ordinarily a petition. See Physical Healing on page 23-29 for more information. 6. PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE: A prayer for deliverance is a command directed to the oppressing demon(s). This command should be firm and authoritative, but it does not need to be shouted. Acts 16:18 is an example of such a command spoken by Paul; "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" More information on the prayer for deliverance is available later in this section.

Problems with the Term "Possession" The problem for many Christians is in the term "possession". Real possession, when an individual's personality is submerged by an alien, evil force, is certainly rare. But the word in the New Testament which is often translated as "possessed" actually means, in the original Greek, "demonized" or "to have a demon" which is a much broader term. Though possession is rare, people who are "demonized," who are attacked or oppressed by demonic forces, are a relatively common occurrence. This is true even in the Christian community.

Can a Christian Be Demonized? The answer to this question depends on our understanding of Body, Soul and Spirit. Theologians have debated whether man is made up of two parts or three parts for years. One school of thought says that the soul and spirit are one, not separate, and we are made up as two part beings, possessing a body and soul/spirit. Therefore, when an individual is reborn in Christ, both the soul and spirit are changed. Since the Holy Spirit is now living within them, there can be no oppression or influence (demonization) by the demonic realm. Evil spirits cannot abide in the same place with the Holy Spirit.

A second school of thought says that man is composed of a body, soul (containing mind, emotions and will) and spirit.

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the corning of our Lord Jesus Christ. I Thessalonians 5:23

When people give their lives to Jesus and become Christians a miracle takes place. A transfer of power and ownership is made. The person is rescued from the kingdom of the enemy. Jesus, the new ruler, places them in the Kingdom of God. The person's spirit is reborn, because Jesus won the right to do this by defeating Satan at the Resurrection

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. I John 4:4

However, believers are not instantly conformed to the image of Jesus. Our sin nature is not eradicated when we accept Christ. Within the soul are areas which can allow demonic spirits to reside — anger, bitterness, rage, unforgiveness, etc. The Holy Spirit begins to help us on the path to sanctification.

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

The same scenario occurs with regard to demonization. When a demonized person comes to Christ, they experience a change of rulers in their spirit, but they do not attain complete freedom. A large percentage of demonized people will have become so prior to becoming Christians. Deliverance ministry is about bringing God's chosen and beloved children all of the freedom that Jesus desires to give. If a person is oppressed by evil spirits, then a prayer for deliverance is in order.

Indications That Deliverance is Needed The people to whom we minister often have symptoms of deep psychological disturbance, which could also be interpreted as demonic interference. Since we cannot verify the existence of demons with our physical eyes, it is important to use the other resources God has given to verify the need for deliverance. Setting out on deliverance ministry, when that is not the need, may further wound the person who has come for help.

The interview The interview may be non-existent in a situation where demonic manifestations erupt spontaneously in a ministry service. However, when possible, a separate interview session with a candidate for deliverance is ideal. This does not have to be a rigorous inquisition into past sins, but rather provides an opportunity to see if the person is open, honest and able to cooperate in the deliverance ministry. You also have the opportunity to observe any obvious symptoms of demonization, as described in the following sections. Evil spirits come into a person's life for a reason. Charles Kraft identifies four of the most common ways demons enter a person's life in his book Deep Wounds, Deep Healing.1 • By invitation of the person or someone in authority over the person • By inheritance

1 Charles H. Kraft, Deep Wounds, Deep Healing, (Ann Arbor, MI, Servant Publications, 1993) p. 260.

• Through wrong reaction to emotional hurts • Through sin

Sometimes it is due to sin on the part of the person and in other cases it is due to the sins of other people who had authority over the person. "Satan is a vicious legalist, and if any unconfessed sin is connected to the demonic infestation, the invading spirit will probably not leave when you pray, or else it may leave for a short time but will come right back and invade the area of the victim's weakness."2 The interview will help determine whether the person is aware of any sin in their life and whether they are ready to deal with it.

If the person is infested due to the sin of another, then forgiveness of the one who sinned against them will be needed to bring about deliverance. The interview can help determine what the person understands about forgiveness and whether they are able and willing to open themselves for this ministry. In their pre-Christian days, people can invite demons in through involvement in the occult. The offspring of those involved in the occult can also become demonized through inheritance. For more information on demonization as a result of occult activity see pages 69 and 83. They can also invite demonic activity in their lives by getting involved with certain rock groups and their music, by committing an act or acts of sexual perversion, by playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, and through many other 'chosen' activities. During the interview process the person may describe a lifestyle that opened the way for this type of demonic infestation to occur.

Their willingness to leave that lifestyle behind is a key to the future success of deliverance ministry.

The need for significant inner healing will usually be revealed during the interview. There are people who need inner healing who do not require deliverance, but people in need of deliverance always need some degree of inner healing. (See page 34-71 for a detailed description of inner healing.)

2 Francis MacNurt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits, (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1995) p. 158.

"When people wallow in negative reactions to emotional wounds, they often get

demonized."3 Apparently when we retain negative reactions to abuse, such as unforgiveness, bitterness and anger, we weaken ourselves to the point that evil spirits can enter. Inner healing is the process that eliminates the things to which the demons can attach.

The interview is also a perfect opportunity to discuss how the prayer recipient can be

preparing for ministry (See page 2-6) and to give them a Prayer Ministry Questionnaire, if that is appropriate. The preparation time can vary tremendously, from just a few days for those who have only some harassment to months for those who lead an unstable life that would leave the person open to immediate return of the demons.

If scheduling a separate session for the interview is unreasonable, then the interview can be completed at the first ministry session.

Identifying the Presence of Evil Spirits There are several ways to find out if a person needs deliverance. Dr. Francis MacNutt, in his book Deliverance from Evil Spirits, gives sound counsel in this process of diagnosing

spiritual illness. The following information is based on his material. 4

The Person Is Aware of Demonic Activity The person in need of ministry often knows the problem is being caused or exacerbated by evil spirits and will tell the prayer team.

The person may hear voices that compel self-destructive activity, such as "Drive off the road and into that tree." Others will hear voices that speak eternal condemnation, such as "You belong to me and will never escape," "You are condemned to hell forever," or "You are not worthy to receive love."

3 Charles H. Kraft, Deep Wounds, Deep Healing, (Ann Arbor, MI, Servant Publications, 1993) p. 263. 4 Francis MacNutt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits, (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1995) pp. 76-86.

Other people may have visions or nightmares that are more vivid than ordinary nightmares or feel the need to do things they would never do under ordinary circumstances. The person knows something is terribly wrong and senses some level of demonic oppression or control.

People who are genuinely afflicted by evil spirits usually are afraid to speak about the problem for fear they will be written off as unbalanced or psychotic. While what they claim needs to be prayerfully evaluated, do not react with skepticism or scorn. Take what is claimed seriously and evaluate it with the help of the Holy Spirit, so you do not further wound a hurting person.

You Observe Symptoms of Demonization • The person you are interviewing or praying with may begin to act in a strange way that indicates the presence of one or more demons. Extreme examples include such things as the person trying to attack a prayer minister or slithering across the floor like a snake. Some of the more common signs follow. • Bodily Contortions can indicate the presence of demonic activity.

The New Testament describes these phenomena in Mark 1:26 and Mark 5:5: "The evil spirit shook the man violently" and "He would cry out and cut himself with stones." Body position will often reflect the active evil spirit; a spirit of pride or haughtiness may cause the person to assume a regal pose, while a spirit of fear may cause the person to pull his feet up on the chair and curl into a fetal position.

• Voice Changes that are sudden or unusual can indicate the presence of one or more evil spirits. The tone of voice changes can range from soft to husky or from mild-mannered to rude and insulting. The content can also change under the influence of an evil spirit. The person may start speaking in the plural, WE instead of I, begin speaking in a language they do not know, or say inappropriate things. Inappropriate remarks can range from insults and threats to sexual suggestions.

• Facial Changes may be very dramatic. Demonic activity can result in facial changes that differ from the person's normal expressions. The eyes of the person can be filled with hate, mockery, pride or whatever the nature of the active evil spirit. The eyes can roll so that only the white shows. Demons seem to be reluctant to have the person make eye contact with the prayer team. The entire face can be twisted with pain, anger or fear or any number of powerful responses. • Other Signs of evil spirits can be demonstrated outside the person receiving ministry. An evil spirit may cause the room to grow cold or may notify you of its presence by an unpleasant smell. The spirit can also lull the person to sleep or into a state of total confusion.

Many of these signs associated with demonization can also result from psychological problems, so it is important to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit before responding to observable symptoms.

Discerning of Spirits Deep personal problems can have a number of causes, such as the need to repent from sin, a chemical imbalance or physical problem that needs medical attention, verbal or physical abuse, the lack of love and care during childhood, oppression by demonic spirits, or a combination of several factors.

The gift of discerning of spirits makes it possible to proceed into these delicate areas of ministry knowing God's plan for healing and freeing the person. This gift enables the prayer minister to know with assurance whether behavior is divine, human or satanic.

The apostle Peter apparently had this gift. He used it when he discerned that Satan had inspired Ananias to lie about his land sale, and Ananias was struck dead on the spot. He repeated this with Sapphira, who also died (see Acts 5:1-10). In this case the apparent generosity of Ananias and Sapphira seemed to be inspired by God, but it was actually a deception directed by Satan. The gift of discernment of spirits provides this kind of insight.

Deliverance needs to be ministered with caution and only after the Holy Spirit confirms that demonic activity is present, and the Lord wants you to pray for this person, at this time. God may reveal things to the prayer ministers for further intercession and fasting before it is time to minister to this area. Wait for God's leading and His timing.

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5

The prayer team needs to be in agreement on the need for deliverance before continuing. If team members are sensing different ways to proceed, it may be time to end the session and have the team continue in intercession for wisdom and guidance. People do not fall prey to demons overnight and it is rarely necessary to treat deliverance as an emergency. Ministry to a suicidal person may be an exception to this.

It is critical to rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit. If the person seeking ministry is not a Christian, the prayer team may want to delay deliverance ministry and give opportunity for the person to accept Jesus as their Savior. However, the process of experiencing God's freedom may cause the demonized person to turn to the Lord. Once again, listen to the Holy Spirit and follow His leading. Be aware when you are leading a demonized person to the Lord there can be a lot of resistance and interference from evil spirits.

It is important to remember that when we are driving out demonic forces under the power and authority of Jesus Christ, we are ministering the mercy and compassion of Jesus to God's children. We must remember to see them as wounded people not evil beings, and to treat them with loving acceptance. Otherwise we may do far more harm than good in our ministry.

Occult Involvement If the person coming for ministry has indicated on a Prayer Ministry Questionnaire or in

conversation that he or she has had involvement in any occult activity and this has not been dealt with in previous ministry, then deliverance may be needed.

The Bible is very clear in forbidding all forms of fortune telling, witchcraft, spiritism, magic and involvement in false religious cults. The following verses make it clear that there is no innocent involvement in the occult.

Exodus 22:18 Zechariah 10:2 Malachi 3:5 Leviticus 19:26, 31 Acts 8:9-13 Deuteronomy 18:9-13 Galatians 5:16-21 Isaiah 8:19, 47:13-14 Jeremiah 27:9-10 I Chronicles 10:13-14 Revelation 21:8, 22; 22:14-15

Deuteronomy 18:9-13 is the command of Moses to the people on the eve of their entry into the Promised Land. Moses warns of the lure of satanic knowledge and power and then spells out the consequences of becoming involved in these pursuits in verse 12, "Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. . . ."

The level of a person's involvement in the occult needs to be considered, Francis MacNutt

identifies the following five degrees of occult involvement. 5 • The unwitting entrance into Satan's kingdom by engagement in spiritualism or other occult practices (e.g., playing the Ouija board) without intending to contact Satan. • Knowingly seeking spiritual power to harm or dominate someone by such practices as casting spells (e.g., going to a voodoo practitioner or witch because you seek success in love or want to curse an enemy). • Becoming a channel or witch, allowing a spirit to take over part of your life (e.g., automatic writing) • Commencing a knowing, direct relationship with Satan by making a pact with Satan. Becoming part of a coven engaged in Satan worship, with the most severe levels of evil

5 Francis MacNutt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits, (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1995) p. 212.

involving sexual orgies, torture, blood sacrifices (animal or human) and parodies of Christian worship.

Those people who have unwittingly opened the door to the occult may have oppressing spirits, but even if they do not, the door needs to be closed by a positive action on the person's part. This door should be closed as soon as possible in the ministry time, so that the person is freed up to hear and receive from the Lord. Details on how to close the door are provided on page 88, The Prayer of Deliverance.

Those people who have deliberately become involved in the occult are certain to require deliverance. The spirits may be more firmly attached and more difficult to eject as the level of the person's involvement in the occult increases. The Prayer Ministry Questionnaire provides several pages to help identify the degree of occult involvement. More preparation may be required of the person receiving ministry, especially if their involvement was long term, in order for them to fully cooperate with the deliverance and stay free when it is completed.

Preparing to Minister Deliverance The ideal situation for deliverance ministry is for both the recipient and the team to have time to prepare in advance, though this may not always be possible. Prayer ministers and the prayer recipient need to seek the Lord in the days preceding the ministry time and to remain open to all that He wants to do. The time of preparation is as important as the actual ministry time. You may find, as the Lord uses you in more ways, you need to stay prepared to minister at all times. You develop a lifestyle that honors and glorifies Him in all ways; you are sensitive to those needing ministry and you are a willing and able vessel.

Preparation of the Prayer Team 1. The prayer team members need to be selected with care and prayer. If an interview has

been conducted (see page 26-29), then information gained there can be very helpful in

selecting a team. Each potential team member should examine themselves and be certain they are entering the ministry session having been called by God to minister to this person at this time. A pure motive and a clean heart are a must for each team member. 2. Once selected, the team needs to spend time together in prayer for discernment and understanding of how to best minister to the individual. Unity among the team members is important. Each session is unique, so don't assume what worked with one person will work with others. Some deliverances can be completed in one session while others may require a series of appointments scheduled over several months. 3. Meditate on the power and authority available to those who minister in the name of Jesus. Praise God for who He is and His desire to bring freedom to the captives. 4. Select a location for the ministry time that is quiet, free of distractions and, ideally, under the control of your ministry group or church. Pray for God's chosen time to be revealed and for the cleansing of your chosen location. 5. Following deliverance, identify resources available to the person that will strengthen their walk with the Lord and have those ready to share. 6. Provide the team with a Prayer Ministry Questionnaire for the person they are praying for to complete prior to their first meeting, if this has not been done at an interview. Have them answer, as best as they can, and return the Questionnaire to the team as soon as possible. Any questions about the Questionnaire can be reviewed at the first session. 7. Individual prayer and possibly fasting by each team member are also part of the preparation. Mark 9:29 is Jesus' response to His disciples when they asked why they had been unable to drive out an evil spirit: "He replied, 'This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting.'" Each team member needs to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit on how to pray and how or whether to fast before praying for deliverance.

Knowing the Diversionary Tactics of the Enemy Make certain all team members are aware of the following types of diversionary tactics demons use prior to and during a ministry session and teach them how to pray to stop

these tactics: 1. Demonic spirits will try to convince the person coming for ministry to cancel the session or frighten them into skipping it. Reassure them that this is a normal occurrence and pray for their protection and resolve. Provide encouraging scripture for the person to read daily prior to the ministry session. 2. Demonic spirits may scream, plead, bargain, threaten or cause confusion to try and make you give up. Pray for the Holy Spirit to take control and forbid all showy and disruptive behavior. 3. Demons may cause the people in the session to become sleepy or try to prevent speech or hearing in order to confuse. Pray for the mind of Christ for each person, for clarity and for focus on the work that God wants to do. 4. Demons may mock the prayer team. "You don't know what you are doing." "Who do you think you are?" Remind the demons that you are a child of God, purchased with the blood of Jesus, and you come in His authority.

Demons gain much of their power via bluffing and deception. They use these diversionary tactics to cause fear, confusion, disruption and discouragement, so the deliverance session will stop. The prayer team needs to be constantly aware that God's power far exceeds that of our enemy. They also need to pray specific prayers of guidance and protection, as described in this chapter, before the session begins. The team needs to respond to the evil spirits with authority, but it is not necessary to speak in either a loud or angry voice, since this may confuse or wound the person receiving prayer.

Preparation of the Prayer Recipient The following preparation should be suggested to the Prayer Recipient in advance of the ministry time:

1. Spend time reading the Bible each day. Meditate on encouraging verses. You may want to put encouraging verses on 3 X 5 cards the person can carry with them each day. 2. Attend church and get involved in opportunities for fellowship with other Christians.

3. Listen to praise music, especially songs that are based on scripture. 4. Ask God to prepare you to receive all that He wants to do for you. Ask Him to show you specific things He wants to deal with during ministry. 5. Be aware that you may feel discouraged or hopeless, thinking that ministry will not change anything. The enemy comes in to try to stop people from learning the truth of God's love and healing. If this hopelessness gets too great, contact someone from your ministry team so they can pray with you on the telephone. 6. Complete the Prayer Ministry Questionnaire provided, as carefully as possible, but do not worry about those questions you cannot answer or do not understand. Ask the team about these items at the first session. Send the Questionnaire to the designated person as soon as possible.

You may wish to add other items to this list or to be very specific in the Scripture you ask them to read. If so, preparation instructions may need to be given in writing.

The Deliverance Prayer Session All prayer ministry is to minister the love, mercy and compassion of Jesus to God's children. The deliverance prayer session is no exception. You must remember at all times that the person is wounded and in pain, even when evil beings speak and act through them. Be certain that the person understands that your firm commands directed to the demons are not an expression of anger toward them. You may need to remind them of this several times as you proceed through the ministry time.

Prayers for Guidance and Protection Once introductions are made and the prayer recipient is comfortably settled, the team should open with prayer. A model prayer is one that was developed by Christian Healing Ministries, Jacksonville, FL. This prayer can be used to open a session for an individual or for a group ministry time. You can also pray your own words, but the prayer should include the following elements:

1. Pray for protection. Pray under the power and authority of the blood of Christ. The name of Jesus and the Word of God are powerful weapons of prayer. Use scripture in your prayers as you are led by the Holy Spirit and use the name of Jesus with reverence, authority and faith. Pray that Christ's protection surround each person in the room and their families and friends from any retaliation by demonic forces. Forbid them to cause any harm or physical disturbance. Put on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18). 2. Pray that the power of the Holy Spirit fill the room and provide guidance and discernment. Ask for the Holy Spirit to anoint with power and the love of God to heal as well as deliver. Loose the Holy Spirit to do all that He wants to accomplish and submit yourself to the Lordship of Jesus, recognizing it is not the team members who bring deliverance, but it is God who does the work. 3. Forbid the demonic spirits to communicate with other spirits either inside or outside of the person. Forbid them to manifest in any way by shouting, violence, physical disruption or showy behavior. Forbid them to find refuge in any other person.

Identifying the Evil Spirits It can be very helpful to find out the identity of the demon you are driving out. This can happen in several ways:

1. The person doing the praying or one of the team members knows through discernment of spirits what the demon is. 2. The person being prayed for knows who the demon is. 3. Through the interviewing process and/or the completed Prayer Ministry Questionnaire you have been able to discern the characteristic activity of the demon. Demons can have function names. An example would be a spirit of rage or anger. His function would be to manifest this emotion; therefore, speak to the spirit of rage and command it to leave. 4. You can command the demons to identify themselves. Great care needs to be exercised in this method, since demons traffic in lies and deceit. Command them to tell the truth

in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, but beware of deception and trickery. The Holy Spirit is the ultimate source of wisdom and truth.

It is not absolutely essential that you know the name of the demon in order to drive it out, but it helps in identifying with what you are dealing. Ask the Holy Spirit to identify any area of demonic oppression and to help decide the priority in which they should be cast out. It may be helpful to have one team member write down the spirits that are identified and to make any notes of direction from the Lord as to priority or technique. The Holy Spirit is faithful to guide and direct a session if we continually submit ourselves to His direction.

You need to be aware of evil spirits who have, as their function, the protection of other demons. Spirits such as mockery, lying and confusion fit this category. These spirits will need to be eliminated first, or at the very least commanded to be silent, in order to reach the major spirit or spirits. More powerful demons will sacrifice those that are weaker in order to hide and avoid leaving.

During the prayer time ask the person receiving ministry to tell you what they hear in their head. Evil spirits will often talk to them in older to scare them, so they will discontinue ministry. As they report what is going on in their mind, it can be dealt with through prayers of command.

Deliverance and Inner Healing When praying for deliverance we have found without exception there is always a need for inner healing. This could be as a result of something the person did or something that was done to them. In any case, it must be dealt with and usually involves both repentance and forgiveness. If this is not dealt with, chances are the demonic forces will refuse to leave or return because they still have a foothold.

As demons are identified, you need to determine whether there is unconfessed sin involved. If so, ask the person to renounce any sin connected with it and repent of that sin.

At this point there may also be a need for some inner healing ministry, especially in the area of forgiveness. For those people who have experienced severe abuse, especially as part of rituals, and for those who have been heavily involved in the occult, it may be necessary to do some extensive inner healing work before any deliverance can proceed. The person may also need to further prepare for ministry by following the disciplines recommended for staying free — responsibilities of the Liberated. Personal discipleship may be needed to get them through the process.

The Prayer of Deliverance The door to any occult activity that has been part of the person's life needs to be closed prior to the actual deliverance prayer. The first step is to repent of every act committed that has led to an involvement with the occult. Even if the act was done out of a certain innocence, such as palm reading at a teenage slumber party, the person needs to ask God's forgiveness and turn from sin. They can use a simple prayer such as the one that follows: Lord, I did not know what I was doing but now I realize I should not have done ______. I am sorry that I did and I ask your forgiveness.

The second step is to renounce the occult involvement. In repenting, you tell God you are sorry, turn away from the sin, and with the help of God, decide to stay on the right path. Renouncing goes a step further in that you actively turn against the sin and the occult. This can be done with the following simple statement.

I renounce ______and any involvement in the occult that I had through this activity.

An important element of renunciation is the willingness to eliminate books and objects connected with occult involvement. Burning is the classic way to destroy these items, but the person should evaluate their circumstances and eliminate them in an appropriate way.

These items should not be given to other people. 6

6 Francis MacNutt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits, (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1995) pp. 215-216.

A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. Acts 19: I9

Once the demons are identified and God's plan has been discerned, the actual prayer for deliverance can be very simple. The wording can vary, but should include the following:

In the name of Jesus Christ I bind you and command you, spirit of ______, to leave without causing harm or disturbance. I break your power over ______and send you to the feet of Jesus Christ. Now go!

Notice: This prayer of deliverance has several components. • The name of Jesus, which provides the authority for deliverance, must be used with reverence, authority and faith. • The name or function of the demon being commanded to go, as identified in interview and intercession is clearly stated. • The command itself — what to do, where to go, how to go — is spoken with authority.

This prayer should be spoken in a firm voice, but it need not be shouted. The dignity of the person needs to be maintained at all times; the ministry time should not further wound or confuse them. Always remember that the person is God's child.

Often the prayer team can see the demon leave or the person receiving deliverance knows when the demon goes. Sometimes you can see a terrific struggle going on internally and then a sudden relaxing when the spirit departs. If the spirit does not depart, then some additional inner healing and/or forgiveness issues may need to be dealt with or some additional intercession may need to occur. Seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit before proceeding. If there are multiple spirits to be dealt with, proceed as the Holy Spirit leads, taking note of the physical and mental condition of the individual. Take breaks if you need to do so and be considerate of the time frame the ministry recipient has available.

This prayer time should also include filling the emptiness created by the departing demons with the Holy Spirit. Forbid the demons to return and request that the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit fill the person to overflowing. Bless them with all the fruit of the Spirit and pray for their protection and their strengthening to stand against the enemy when he tries to convince them that nothing really happened.

Responsibilities of the Liberated Deliverance is a walk, not a once and for all experience without any responsibility on the part of the person who has been set free. To remain free from any additional demonic influence, a person must choose to turn and begin walking in the Spirit. The individual must stop any behavior which allowed the demons a foothold; this happens only through the Holy Spirit's work in their lives. The freed person also needs a support system, especially when they feel weak and in danger of succumbing to temptation again. The areas previously occupied by evil need to be continually filled with the good things of God.

Study and Meditate on the Scripture Strengthen your faith with passages on deliverance, protection and the power of Jesus' name and His blood, such as:

Psalm 91 Mark 16:17 Exodus 12:23 Romans 8:28-30 Luke 10:17 Ephesians 2:6;6:10 Isaiah 54:17 John 10:27-29 Revelation 12:11

Jack Hayford, in his book The Power and Blessing, describes some of his own difficulties in establishing this habit until he established one simple rule, "I simply don't turn out The light. That's right. I've connected that last action of the day to becoming 'impossible' without reading the Word." 7

7 Jack Hayford, The Power and Blessing, (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1994) p. 103.

The freed person should be encouraged in both personal Scripture reading and meditation and corporate study. Prayer team members need to be aware of good sources of nourishment for those with whom they pray. Every Christian needs to feed on truth to grow, but it is critical for the newly freed.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32

Prayer The newly freed person needs to pray and ask God for the heart-desire and discipline to develop a consistent prayer life. Praying in their native language and/or prayer language will help them abide in the love of God.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1

But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Jude 20

Learning to pray according to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and with the power of the Spirit will bless the person in their new freedom and help them remain free. Asking the Spirit to flood their life each day brings the power to resist.

Praise An attitude of praise and thanksgiving is another powerful way to remain free of evil spirits; giving praise when the enemy attacks put the focus on God, rather than on the enemy. The enemy does not want to produce this response, and he will flee (James 4:7, 8).

Renew the Mind and Resist The person coming out of demonic oppression has an area of weakness or sin that opened

them up to the demonic activity in the first place. Even if the evil spirits came as a result of someone else's sinful activity, long term exposure to evil spirits and their lies usually results in areas of weakness. Although the mind of Christ has been given to every believer and enables each one to evaluate their thoughts, the mind tends to dwell on worldly thoughts rather than on God's truth. The newly freed person needs to be taught the following steps for renewing the mind so their thoughts line up with God's Word and then their emotions and actions will come into line with the truths of God.

1. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal thoughts and thought patterns that need to be changed and renewed. The believer is commanded to renew their thought life in Romans 12:2, because all sin originates in one's thoughts. Many of our painful emotions (fear, anger, tension) are often the product of believing Satan's lies. 2. Ask the Holy Spirit to surface the root memories of events where the wrong thought was strongly reinforced. 3. If the root memory involved hurting or wounding by another person, chose to forgive

that person. (See Chapter 5 — Inner Healing and Forgiveness). 4. Discover what God says in the Bible concerning the particular false belief or lie that one has believed and argue against it with the truth of God's Word. 5. Replace the lie of that wrong thinking with the truth of God's Word. • Memorize applicable scripture • Meditate on the truth • Personalize scripture, putting it in the first person • Confess the scripture aloud when tempted to embrace the enemy's lie

Sometimes the newly freed person still has a vague sense of worthlessness after the deliverance. The lie says, "I am not worthy of God's love or anyone else's love either." The lie may have come in due to comments and attitudes of parents or a teacher. After identifying the source(s), the individual needs to forgive those people who spoke the lie and then take a scripture like 1 John 4:9-11 that speaks of God's love and the sacrificial death of Jesus as a result of that great love. As the newly freed person meditates on these

words, they can say to these thoughts of worthlessness, "I have great worth because God loves me so much that He gave His son's life for me." Over time, with the Holy Spirit working in their life, the mind is renewed. Truth replaces the lie of the enemy.

Fellowship Growth in the Christian walk is an essential aspect of remaining free. The person who is trying to remain free of evil spirits needs to avoid, when possible, the people and places that brought about or contributed to their oppression. This may not be possible if, for example, it is a spouse, a parent or a sibling that is involved in the occult. The freed person must diligently seek the Lord on what to do in such a case.

Breaking away from damaging relationships can leave the person alone and vulnerable. Fellowship in the Body of Christ can help alleviate loneliness while providing opportunities for discipline and encouragement in the new walk with the Lord. Acts 2:42-47 describes an ideal fellowship of believers that resulted in personal growth and healing, as well as corporate growth.

The church and its small groups also provide opportunities to confess struggles and share victories with fellow believers. Ideally someone in the group will be able to give guidance on how to counteract areas of weakness and grow in the Lord and the group will provide love and acceptance that was not available with those people involved in the oppressive activities.

SECTION II

DELIVERANCE

Introduction

It is exciting to write the preface for the subject of Deliverance. This subject can bring fear to the uneducated and love for the educated. Demons: a subject that I love, because Knowledge of this subject makes a Christians more like Jesus every day.

I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church. My mother and father were examples of LOVE before their six children. Satan did not live in my house because love drives hate out of the house. Love is Jesus, and hate is Satan. I never heard arguing until I got married at 19 years of age. Arguing is a demon spirit. This spirit is a companion of the demon of hate, violence and murder. Demon spirits are the personality of Satan who is a spirit-man. Satan is taking millions and millions of people with him into the center of this earth to swim in a lake of fire screaming in pain, world without end.

This section of Deliverance will teach you certain things that are important. When this book is read, it must be understood there is no fear of Satan, when a Christian receives education. Fear is a demon spirit, and Satan wants all people to live in total fear. Fear is a demon spirit that torments all people who are uneducated. Read this book with an open mind to believe that Jesus owns all things in heaven and in earth.

Jesus taught me about Deliverance from the day I became a Christian and accepted Him as my teacher. Jesus does not teach by the letter, but He teaches by experiences.

In this section of Deliverance, you will find that demons are manifested feelings, and the knowledge of all feelings will educate you. The FLESH BODY of every human is full of the evil feelings from Satan. The SOUL BODY of every born-again believer manifests the wonderful emotions and character traits of Jesus. When Jesus takes over the soul of a person, he or she is constantly in a war between good and evil. This is a war between Jesus and Satan.

Jesus spoke to me to start a UNIVERSITY in every nation, so people could find Him with a greater knowledge and have understanding of that knowledge.

Hosea 4:6 KJV My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

If you are a Christian and do not have KNOWLEDGE, you will perish. Jesus will leave you totally on your own to do as you desire. He will never use you to work for Him, if you are

uneducated about His Word. God wants all His children to be educated in WINNING LOST

SOULS back to Him.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

CHAPTER 1 DELIVERANCE

WHO IS GOD? UNLIKE MANKIND, GOD CAN NOT LIE

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

God is: Body (Jesus, the Man), Soul and Spirit (The Holy Spirit), and His home is eternity. God is perfection, and no one has ever seen Him; if they do they will die.

ETERNITY Eternity is the home of God. No one has ever seen God. If anyone were to see God, they would die immediately. Eternity is from everlasting to everlasting, and there will always be an eternity. Those who come to God must believe that He IS.

Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

God is total Faith, and Faith is an element of eternity. Every person on the face of this present earth has to come to God, and they must believe that God IS, in order to grow in faith.

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GOD CAME OUT OF ETERNITY AND CREATED EDEN In God’s timing, He came out of eternity among the millions and millions of stars and planets and chose one of the galaxies to speak His beautiful world, called EDEN, into existence.

God spoke a world into being that was made of beautiful stones and jewels of all kinds. God named this earth EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD. The next big move of God was to speak millions of angels into existence. Angels have a body and a spirit. They do not have a soul like man.

EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD Job 26:7-8 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

There is an empty place in the sides of the north, and scientists are studying these things without understanding. No man can know the mind of God and His great wisdom.

NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND GOD Job 11:7-8 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Hell; what canst thou know? All men have to come to God, and they have to know that He IS. God will not let anyone see His face. If they do, they will die immediately. If men move independently into the affairs of God Almighty, judgment awaits them. Those who come to God must believe that He IS. GOD SAID: Deuteronomy 32:39-40 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I

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wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.

The God of eternity has all power, and there is no one who has seen Him. No human being can die without God knowing it. No one on planet earth can be wounded without the knowledge of God. God has full control, and no one can dictate to Him. God is the ruler over His Universe. God is Body, Soul, and Spirit. He is one God in Three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Amos 9:2 Though they dig into Hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

No one can hide from God. He is everywhere, and He IS everything in His universe. There is no one that can escape His judgment.

GOD IS EVERLASTING Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

God is God, and there is no running from Him. He holds the whole world in His Hand. He punishes sin, because He hates it. Jesus is God sitting on the Father’s right hand. God’s Physical Body is Jesus. God’s Spirit is the Holy Spirit.

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

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Colossians 3:1-2 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. God wants all His children to set their love and their desire on doing what Jesus says. It pleases the Father of Lights (in which there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning) to see His children love His only begotten Son.

James 1:16-17 Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

God is the Father of light, and there is no darkness in Him. All who come to Him will walk in the light of His presence.

Psalms 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

GOD’S GREAT PLAN OF THE AGES STARTED IN GENESIS 1 Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

MILLIONS OF YEARS PASSED BY

There are millions of years between the first verse and the second verse of the book of Genesis. The Holy Bible is a HISTORY BOOK of the world God created. God created a beautiful Garden in eternity, and named it EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD.

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CHAPTER 2 WHO IS SATAN?

SATAN INFLICTS PEOPLE WITH DISEASE Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

SATAN OPPOSES THE RIGHTEOUS Zechariah 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

SATAN REMOVES THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SEED Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

SATAN WANTS TO KILL YOU 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

SATAN WAS PERFECT BEFORE INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN HIM Ezekiel 28:13 Thou (Satan) hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the

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emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Satan had everything, and was happy and contented living on God’s beautiful earth. He was the number one angel, and God gave to him all authority over every angel, and all the angels loved him and were obedient to Satan’s influence on them.

SATAN WAS ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT Ezekiel 28:14-15 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Lucifer means light. He was over God's entire worship as an anointed cherub. He also had authority over Eden, until iniquity was found in him.

Satan covets the worship that is given to God. As noted in Christ's temptation in the wilderness, the devil said, "All these kingdoms I will give You if You will fall down and worship me." Satan was jealous of Jesus, knowing that if Jesus accomplished the finish work on the cross, the Lord Jesus would return as God the Son and would receive the worship due His Name.`

WOE TO THEM THAT DEVISE INIQUITY Micah 2:1-2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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There is a spirit of iniquity that can manifest itself as a covetous spirit. It comes down through the blood line from three or four generations. A person who has this demon spirit of INIQUITY watches what assets another person has, and they covet those assets. They plan a way to take the person’s houses, lands, money, and the inheritance that will be left to them by their family. God hates iniquity, because it is Satan in action.

THE INIQUITY OF SATAN ENTICES PEOPLE Ezekiel 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Satan took multitudes of angels from God, because of the sin of INIQUITY that was in him. He wanted more. Satan is taking millions of people who belong to Jesus for himself, because he is total evil.

Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

INIQUITY grew in Satan, until he was totally possessed with the desire to take everything that Jesus has. Jesus wanted all His creation to choose to be with Him throughout all eternity, but people love evil more than they love good. Jesus is losing His children every day. Jesus gave His children a free will to choose what they wanted, so they would not be a robot. They would be a people of free choice. Choose this day the one you are going to serve, Jesus or Satan.

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GOD SPEAKS TO SATAN Ezekiel 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

God was speaking to Satan, and telling him what He was going to do to him, for all his evil ways. God is going to show kings and all people who Satan is. Satan will be seen as a man being thrown into Hell.

GOD SPEAKS TO SATAN Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

SATAN, THE ANGEL Satan is a spirit-man. He is one of the millions of angels that God created, when He created His beautiful jeweled earth, and put it among a galaxy of stars which hung on nothing. The earth was perfect and so was everything else God created. It is impossible for a perfect God to create anything imperfect. Satan is a spirit-man who is the adversary of the human race. He is called the Devil.

GOD REMINDS SATAN OF HIS WORDS Isaiah 14:13-14 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

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God is speaking to Satan, and is reminding him of his doom. Satan had said he was going to take everything that belonged to Jesus, because he is filled with iniquity.

AN ANGRY GOD PICKED UP THE EARTH IN HIS HANDS Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

God picked up the earth in His hands, and mangled it. Then He went back into eternity. The mangled earth laid there cold, dark, and surrounded with water for millions of years. When God’s time came to re-create a new earth out of the mangled earth, He started separating Himself.

THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED FIRST IN THE RE-CREATION God started separating Himself to fulfill His plan. The Holy Spirit was the first to separate from the Father in eternity to brood over the cold, dark, mangled earth with His great LOVE, so it would be soft for Jesus to re-create it.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LOVE Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The earth was under the curse of the God of the universe. It was dark and cold, but God had a plan to re-create the dark and cold earth into a beautiful earth with oceans and rivers.

John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was

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not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. When God said, “Let there be light…,” the glory of Jesus shone on the earth. God, the Son, was directly involved with the re-creation of the earth, and He is the light of the world.

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CHAPTER 3 COUNT THE DAYS

THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST WEEK

FIRST DAY Genesis 1:3-5 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Eden lay dormant and mangled for millions of years. Water surrounded the earth, and it was cold and dark. The Holy Spirit came with great love, and moved around the mangled earth that was surrounded with water. The Holy Spirit softened and prepared the mangled earth for Jesus to take over and re-create the earth. At the end of the FIRST DAY, everything was in place for the re-creation of the earth. God’s plan of the ages had started, and His permanent creation was on its way.

THE EVENING AND THE MORNING

SECOND DAY Genesis 1:7-8 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Jesus took the water that was above the mangled earth, and put it in the clouds to water the vegetation on the earth. God took the water that was below the mangled earth, and

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made oceans, lakes and rivers on the earth. God made everything perfect in His creation of this Eden that man calls earth.

THIRD DAY Geneses 1:12-13 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

It is exciting to see the way God put His Garden in Eden together. God took a very small piece of land, and made it like the beautiful earth in its first estate. This portion of land is where God made His beautiful garden, and called it Eden, where He put Adam and Eve to live.

FOURTH DAY Genesis 1:16-19 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

This is the fourth day, and God set the sun to shine for His daytime, and He made the moon to shine in the darkness. God makes all things perfect and beautiful.

FIFTH DAY Genesis 1:21-23 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the

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waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

The beautiful creatures in the ocean are exciting to watch. Only God could think of those strange ocean creatures. Whales are very interesting, and are made of all sizes; only God and His great mind could put it all together. God does all things well, and all things were different. There are strange looking animals. He also made ugly animals. He loves all His creation.

SIXTH DAY Genesis 1:27-31 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw ever thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The God of eternity is the Perfect Model for God’s children. When Jesus came as a little Baby through the womb of Mary, the whole world knew what God looks like. Jesus was God coming to the earth born through the womb of Mary. There is no need for man to be ignorant. All people have to ask Jesus to come into their soul to live with Him throughout eternity. God made Adam in His own image and likeness. Adam sinned. Therefore, it was necessary, in the fullness of time, to send Jesus, the perfect Man to die for our sins. He is called the second Adam.

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SEVENTH DAY Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

God chose the seventh day to rest. He chose the same day He rested for His children to rest. The seventh day is a holy day, and all people know there is only one seventh day. In the New Testament God gives man GRACE. This word means UNMERITED FAVOR. In other words, God gives favor to His children, and lets them have space to make their own decision. God will honor any Sabbath day a man chooses, if he keeps that day every week. Jesus is the covering over every Christian, and when the Father looks down from third heaven, He sees His only begotten son. Jesus forgives His children for all their sins.

GOD CREATES ADAM AND EVE Geneses 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

God was lonely, and He wanted SONS in His own image and in His own likeness, so He created them male and female and named them Adam and Eve. He wanted to have close fellowship with His children He had created, so He came, and walked with them in the cool of the evening. What sweet communion God had with Adam and Eve in the Garden in Eden. The Garden in Eden was on the earth, and had oceans, lakes, and rivers. It was not

the GARDEN OF EDEN, because this garden was God’s jeweled earth in the beginning, when God came out of eternity.

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Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

ADAM AND EVE WERE DECEIVED BY SATAN Satan came into God’s paradise to deceive God’s perfect couple, ADAM AND EVE, whom God had created. Satan knew he had no place to dwell. He could only dwell in the air and in the heart of the earth. He knew he had only a limited time to remain as prince of the air and god of this world. He came to destroy God’s creation.

EVE WAS DECEIVED Satan is the father of all lies. He came into the Garden, and tricked Eve. She sinned by listening to his lies, and she lost paradise. Adam loved Eve, and followed Eve out of the Garden. Genesis 3:1-3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

All God’s children are like one another. God wrote a Book, and called it the WORD OF GOD. In His Book, He tells His children over and over not to be deceived. His children listen to Satan talk in their ear, and they listen to Satan, and are deceived. Jesus still forgives His children endeavoring to make them wise.

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Genesis 3:4-6 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

ADAM AND EVE CHOSE DEATH When Adam and Eve walked through the gates leaving paradise, they experienced DEATH, and there was no turning back. They knew what Hell was. They experienced it immediately. Sin is Hell, and Adam and Eve are responsible for all people being born in sin. Unsaved people live in death and Hell all their life, until someone who really cares introduces them to Jesus Christ.

CHOOSE LIFE EVERLASTING BY PRAYING THIS PRAYER

Dear Jesus, Come into my soul. Take away all my sins. Wash me in Your Blood. Write my name in the book of life. Give me the Holy Spirit, In Jesus Name. Amen.

When you prayed this prayer, you invited Jesus into your soul, and you were BORN AGAIN. Jesus came into your soul, and now you feel warm and happy, because Jesus, the God of the Universe, lives in you. You will live forever with Jesus, and He will never leave you nor forsake you.

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NOW YOU ARE BORN AGAIN John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

You are now BORN AGAIN, and God wants you to bring many of His lost children back to Him. God wants all His born-again children to grow into maturity. He wants to give all His children the power of a spoken Word, so they can fight a good fight of faith against Satan.

GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD 2 Peter 3:17-18 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Grace is the favor of God, and Jesus loves His children. He wants every one of them to walk with Him in the light of His countenance. If all His children would study to show themselves approved and learn more about Him, they would come into understanding of His holiness, and great knowledge would belong to them.

GOD MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

God is not a man, and He cannot lie. He is the Son of Man, and He does not have to repent for anything, nor does He have to answer to anyone. God is the Truth, and there is no lie in Him. God is a Rock, and all He does is perfect. God, the Father, is the INWARD MAN of

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the Godhead. Jesus the Christ is the OUTWARD MAN of the Godhead. The Holy Spirit is the ACTIONS AND PERSONALITY of the Father. God is Three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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CHAPTER 4 GOD IS

GOD IS NOT A MAN

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

When God said, “Let us make man in our image….” with a Soul, a Spirit, and a Body, it was so. Adam was formed out of the dust of the earth, and he was an empty body. This body could do nothing, because there was nothing inside of Adam. God breathed His breath into Adam, and the Holy Spirit created an inward body, which is the Soul. The breath of God was Adam’s Spirit.

THE OUTWARD MAN WILL PERISH THE INWARD MAN WILL BE RENEWED 2 Corinthians 4:15-16 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

The soul will never die; it is eternal. The soul feels, hears, sees, knows, walks, and runs. It is a spiritual man, and it is perfect. Jesus lives in the SOUL OF MAN. He would never live in the filthy flesh of man. The flesh of man is filthy, and it breaks the commandments of God every day and night. The Word of God says, “…there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”

Satan lives in the flesh of all men, women, and children. Satan is fighting, arguing, lying,

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stealing, cursing, carrying tales one to another, anger, stinginess, laziness, etc. All evil flesh actions manifest in the human body and all good actions are the manifestation of the born- again inward man.

GOD CANNOT LIE Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.

THE TWO IMMUTABLE THINGS The two immutable things are the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is the Bible, the Word of God, and it is the Hope of the entire universe. All nations need to accept the Word of God, that declares Jesus Christ the Savior of all people in all nations. Jesus saved all people, when He died on the cross. Jesus saved all people in the Old Testament, by the blood of a natural lamb, and Jesus saved the New Testament people by His own blood He shed on the cross. Jesus Christ is God over the entire universe. People need to receive Jesus personally in order to have this great Salvation.

THE BLESSED HOPE Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

There is a HOPE the Children of God have, and it belongs to them. This hope is called THE BLESSED HOPE, and when they die and leave this earthly body, they will have a body that is young and beautiful for all eternity. This is the RESURRECTED BODY. Jesus is coming

back to earth again. Jesus will live with all His WAY PEOPLE, THE 30-FOLD CHRISTIANS, His Truth

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people, His 60-FOLD CHRISTIANS, and His LIFE PEOPLE, THE 100-FOLD CHRISTIANS, for one- thousand years and then through all eternity.

GOD IS A ROCK Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of Truth and without INIQUITY, just and right is he.

THERE ARE THREE STEPS TO SALVATION

JUSTIFICATION is to be washed in the Blood of Jesus.

SANCTIFICATION is to be washed in the Word of God.

GLORIFICATION is to be made perfect in love.

JESUS HAS A RACE FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE TO RUN

1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

The prize for winning the race is to live throughout all eternity with the Lord Jesus in New Jerusalem forever, world without end. Christians, when you are born again, you are set by Jesus at a starting line to run His race to perfection. So run with all your might, and win the prize of the High Calling.

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RUN THE RACE WITH PATIENCE Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

God is no respecter of persons, and He loves all His Children the same. All His children have to start at a starting gate to run His race.

DO NOT FAINT AND BE WEARY Isaiah 40:30-31 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

THE LAST SEASON BEGAN IN 1948 This is the last generation, and the HEARTS OF PEOPLE ARE FAILING THEM FOR FEAR. People are falling into Hell by the millions. The last season of time began in 1948, when Israel was made a nation. The end of the world is much closer. It is time for people to get the VISION, so they can make it to the end.

Luke 21:25-26 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing

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them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

According to Matthew 24, the last season of time before Jesus returns started in 1948. We are, at this present time, a few years before Jesus returns. Count the years, and know that it is near, even at the door.

A VISION CAUSES CHRISTIANS TO RUN THE RACE Habakkuk 2:1-3 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

There are Christians who love God with all their hearts, and they will run the race to the end. These are the 100-fold Christians, who give to God their EVERYTHING. They will live in New Jerusalem ruling and reigning with Jesus over all people, who live on the New Earth for all eternity. These Christians have a vision, and they will wait upon God, and are led of the Spirit continually.

RUN THE RACE JESUS HAS SET BEFORE YOU 1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT TO WIN THE PRIZE Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with

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patience the race that is set before us.

There is a race that God has put you in. He expects every Christian to run this race, and He wants them to receive the PRIZE of the High Calling. The PRIZE is to live in New Jerusalem with Him for all eternity.

JUSTIFICATION IS THE FIRST LAP OF GOD’S RACE The FIRST LAP OF THE RACE is given to a person FREE, when they invite Jesus into their soul. This lap is JUSTIFICATION, which was purchased, when Jesus shed His Blood on Calvary’s Cross. Jesus commands every person, who asks Him into their soul, to be baptized in water for the remission of sins and to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. These justified Christians will live on the New Earth as citizens for all eternity.

Matthew 12:35-37 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

SANCTIFICATION IS THE SECOND LAP OF GOD’S RACE The SECOND LAP OF THE RACE is purchased by MAN himself, when he puts down all the works of his own flesh. The second lap of the race is called SANCTIFICATION. This lap is hard to purchase. All Christians have to put down all the works of their flesh every day, so they can be just like Jesus. This is hard to do, but a small remnant of His people will put down all the works of their own flesh, and will know PERFECTION. However, they fail to perfect their speech. They earn the right to be kings over 5 or 10 cities on the beautiful New Earth for all eternity.

Hebrews 10:12-17 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right

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hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

GLORIFICATION IS THE THIRD LAP OF GOD’S RACE The THIRD LAP OF THE RACE is GLORIFICATION. There is a prize given to the ones who finish the race. The prize for finishing the SECOND LAP is the greatest reward a person can ever receive. When Christians put down all the works of their own flesh, and in their mouths is found no guile, they have reached GLORIFICATION, which is to be made perfect in love. These Christians have run the race, have won the prize, and they will sit on the throne with Jesus in New Jerusalem ruling and reigning with Him for all eternity.

John 17:9-11 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

FOR IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY 2 Corinthians 4:15-16 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

SATAN LIVES IN THE FLESHLY BODY OF PEOPLE The fleshly body is the OUTWARD BODY of people. It is subject to evil, because Satan activates in the fleshly body of people. The desire of the fleshly body that people have

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causes them to do things that they would never do, if Satan was not activated in them. Satan is hatefulness, bitterness, lying, stealing, murmuring, complaining, drinking alcohol, smoking, rebellion, fear, loneliness, cheating, unbelief, filthy sex, laziness, etc. The soul is the INWARD BODY of people, and it is eternal. The born again soul lives forever, because Jesus lives in him. That soul will go to heaven, when Jesus calls that person to die, or the soul that is not born again will go into the center of the earth into a lake of fire forever.

MAN IS MADE LIKE GOD AS A TRI-PART BEING Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

GOD IS KING God is King over all the kings of this planet. He sits in Third Heaven, and He rules over the whole universe. He controls the winds, floods, earthquakes, title waves, hail, snow, and rain. There is nothing He does not see, and there is nothing He does not hear. He is God, and those who come to Him must believe that He IS. God is the Bible, the Word of the Lord.

JESUS WILL RULE AS KING OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD Isaiah 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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The throne of David is in the soul of all Christians. Jesus wants His people to let Him rule their entire lives, and great will be the victory over all things. Jesus is the King over all the earth, and during the Millennium, He will be King over this earth, and His throne will be in Jerusalem. He is going to rule all nations with a rod of iron for 1000 years. Then all Christians, who are glorified, or have overcome all the works of the flesh, will rule and reign with Jesus in New Jerusalem forever and forever.

JEREMIAH PROPHESIED THE REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Jeremiah prophesied that Jesus would rule and reign over all this earth with righteous judgment. When Jesus rules, it will be wonderful as He teaches His people how to live in holiness.

DANIEL PROPHESIED THE REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST Daniel 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Daniel prophesied that Jesus would rule and reign, and all people would serve Him, and His kingdom would be from everlasting to everlasting.

JESUS IS THE BIBLE God is Jesus, the Savior, Who came from Third Heaven to planet earth, and died on a cross to save the whole human race. Jesus is the outward Man of the Godhead. Jesus is the Bible, the Word, and the Bible is a Person. Jesus is the Beginning, and He is the Ending. He is the First, and He is the Last.

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JOHN PROPHESIED THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST John 1:1-4, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and Truth.

Billions of years ago in everlasting eternity, there was Jesus, the Word of God. He is the Beginning, and He is the Ending. Jesus made everything, and without Him there was nothing made that was made. Jesus is Life, and the Father sent Him to this earth to be the Light of the entire world.

JOHN PROPHESIED THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST Revelation 19:11-13 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

He has all strength, all wisdom and all understanding. No man on this planet can find His knowledge. His ways are past finding out.

JOB PROPHESIED THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST Job 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

God has many children of all races, and He loves them all. He does not want any of His children to despise anyone. God wants all His children to have much understanding of

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Wisdom, which is the Word of God.

Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

There is a first heaven which is the clouds. There is a second heaven which are the planets and galaxies, and there is a third heaven which is God’s throne.

NEHEMIAH PROPHESIED THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST Nehemiah 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. The earth that God created was called Eden the Garden of God. Eden was the most beautiful place, and God made this place out of gold, silver, and all kinds of precious stones. There was no ocean; it was a place of beauty. No one can even imagine this place of dwelling. God decided to create angels by the millions to inhabit the earth called Eden. God created an angel, and called him Lucifer. Lucifer had total charge over all the earth and all the angels.

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CHAPTER 6 THE GOD OF EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING

GOD CAME FROM HIS HOME IN ETERNITY

No man knows where God, the Father, came from. He always was, is and will be. No one has ever seen this great God of the universe. He is the Father of all people. We have to come to Him by faith, and we must believe He IS. If we walk with God in all faith, we can go where He is. All we have to do is believe. No man can see the face of God. If His face is seen, immediately the person will die. It is a fearful thing to even think of seeing the face of Father God. The Father talked with Moses, and told him that He would walk by him, and He would let him see the backside of His whole body. He was not to see His front side, because he would see His face, and he would die. What a fearful feeling Moses must have had knowing how awesome the Father is.

Acts 7:47-49 But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit will come into the soul of every person on earth, if they will only ask Him to.

Exodus 33:18-23 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And the

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LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

The Father has His own body which is the INWARD MAN. When He passed by Moses, He put His hand over the face of Moses, because the Father did not want him to die. Jesus has His own Body which is the outward Man. When the Father passed by Moses, He put His hand over his face, and Moses looked, and saw the backside of the Father. He saw the back side of His arms, shoulders, head and legs.

JESUS CREATED ALL THINGS Colossians 1:15-16 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

The twelve tribes of Israel lived in reverent fear of the Holy God. They never failed to honor His Names, all of which are:

THE WONDERFUL NAMES OF JESUS

Elohim, The Creator, El Elyon, The God Most High, El Roi, The God Who Sees, El Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One Adonai, The Lord Jehovah, The Self-Existent One Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Will Provide

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Jehovah-Rapha, The Lord Who Heals Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord My Banner Jehovah-M’ekaddes, The Lord Who Sanctifies You Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord is Peace Jehovah-Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts Jehovah-Raah, The Lord My Shepherd Jehovah-Tsidkenu, The Lord our Righteousness Jehovah-Shammah, The Lord is there

THE GREEK WORD FOR GOD IS THEOS JEHOVAH IS SOMETIMES RENDERED YAHWEH Hebrews 11:5-6

To please Jesus is the greatest gift any Christian can give to the Father. Jesus is the outward Man. The Father is the inward Man of Jesus, and the Spirit directs the actions of Jesus which glorifies the Father. We, in like manner, should be directed by the Spirit in our actions, glorifying Christ, which pleases the Father.

I Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:13-16 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

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WE MUST KNOW THAT GOD IS ONE GOD

THE FATHER IS THE INWARD MAN OF THE GODHEAD.

THE SON IS THE OUTWARD MAN OF THE GODHEAD.

WHEN WE SEE JESUS, WE SEE THE FATHER.

THE HOLY GHOST IS THE SPIRIT

MANIFESTING THE PERSONALITY AND ACTIONS OF THE FATHER

THE HOLY SPIRIT CARRIES OUT THE PLAN OF THE FATHER AND THE SON

1 John 5:6-8 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is Truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

ONE GOD Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

God the Father sent Jesus to planet Earth to show Himself to the world that He is all power. Jesus came to the Jewish nation, but they, as a nation, rejected Him. All Jews who received Him, were saved from Hell for all eternity. Satan came to the first man and woman that God created in order to bring sin into the world. Satan is sin in all its fullness. To fight this spirit-man, Lucifer, one must…Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11

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CHAPTER 7

SATAN, THE EPITOME OF EVIL

Joshua 24:14-16 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in Truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods.

No man on planet Earth is made to serve the Lord. Loving Jesus is a choice for all men. If anyone wants to read and study the history of this world called EDEN, they have to study the written Word of God. The Bible is the true HISTORY BOOK of this planet.

JESUS IS OBEDIENCE AND SATAN IS REBELLION

SIN IS VAIN TALK Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

When the mouths of people are always exalting themselves, it is not pleasing to God. There are those who have mouths that speak words of unbelief, and they destroy the faith of God’s people. The tongue is so wicked; it is like the fires of Hell. God will not tolerate the sin of foolish-speaking that will destroy people, keeping them from going on to perfection. Before Jesus returns, He is going to have a people on planet earth that will rule and reign

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forever. They will be careful not to use any filthy or repugnant language, and will be just like Jesus.

SIN IS CONTEMPT FOR OTHER PEOPLE Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

God holds contempt for people who hate their neighbors or anyone else. God is Love. God does not have tolerance for His people who are hateful, unkind, resentful, or mean. Many of His people are weak, sick in hospitals, or even in the grave, because of the sin-feelings

they carry around with them every day. It is time for God’s people to love as He loves.

SIN IS FOOLISH THOUGHTS Proverbs 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

God hates sin, and Satan puts his foolish thoughts into the minds of God’s people much of the time. The foolish thoughts of Satan cause man to become filled with evil. They become violent in their actions. They have to be locked up behind bars, in a straight jacket of insanity, or die for the act of murder. Christians, take charge over your thoughts right now.

SIN IS UNBELIEF Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

God is Faith, and Satan is unbelief. These two actions HATE one another, and work in opposition to each other. Two people cannot walk together unless they agree. God has permitted Satan to rule over His re-created earth for a season, and then He is taking it back. At that time, He will rule and reign over the earth forever. Jesus is now choosing a

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remnant of His people to rule and reign with Him over this entire universe. Do you want to be one of them? If so, then you must build your faith, and kill all unbelief that is ruling in your outside body.

SIN IS NEGLECT OF OPPORTUNITY James 4:13-17 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

It is not pleasing to God when His children lack thankfulness for the many opportunities He affords them. The Word of God is the Christian instruction book. When Christians read the Bible, the Word of God, Satan would like to interfere at every opportunity. The opportunities God gives to His Children are written in His Book. If His Children want to do right, they will listen when Jesus talks to them, and they will obey. To be a doer of His Word will give Christians the highest place of dwelling in eternity. This is to sit on a throne, ruling with Jesus forever.

SIN IS TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW I John 5:14-18 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE LAWS OF GOD God hates the breaking of Laws. A natural law is seen and known by the people. It is a gross sin to break God’s Law. We have Christian police officers, judges, and officials who God has placed over men. It is a sin to break any law. However, God is displeased, when His children break His law that is written in their hearts.

The Lord loves His New Testament children. He moved the Law of the Ten Commandments, which ruled over His Old Testament children, to the hearts of His New Testament children. The New Testament children of God are caught in sin, when they

THINK about doing the act of sin.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20:1-17 And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made

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heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

KEEP THESE COMMANDMENTS AND YOU WILL BE A 100-FOLD CHRISTIAN

God hates all sin; it is Satan’s sin working in the Children of God. It is easy to be impure, because the human body is fleshly, and the human spirit is defiled. To live righteously is a difficult thing to do. Jesus and the Holy Spirit live in a holy body called the SOUL, but a filthy body that God does not want with Him in eternity surrounds the Soul where Jesus and the Holy Spirit live. God sends defiled bodies into dust, because He abhors the flesh that supplants His Spirit within.

FAITH WILL TRANSLATE PEOPLE Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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FAITH is a living organism, and it cannot be seen, touched or held. The only way to lay hold of faith is to believe. If a person can see with eyes of FAITH, he will be involved in impossible things.

MAN IS PRIDE Job 7:17-18 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

Man is unlovable. The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can know it. Pride is the most wicked demon. Satan lives in mankind manifesting pride and rebellion. Satan lives in the evil actions of all people. Jesus said, “There is none righteous, no, not one.”

It is the plan of the God of the Universe to take mankind back to the GARDEN OF EDEN where He can walk and talk to all His children in the cool of the evening.

MAN IS A WORM Job 25:4-6 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

MAN IS A TENANT IN A HOUSE OF CLAY Job 4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

MAN IS MADE OF ATOMS IN THE NATURAL UNIVERSE Psalms 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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MAN IS A GRASSHOPPER, WHEN COMPARED TO GOD Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

The re-created earth called WORLD was two-thirds water and one-third land. On a small part of the land, Jesus put a beautiful Garden, and He called it EDEN, a Garden of God. This is where God put His first two people called Adam and Eve.

GOD’S MAN AND WOMAN Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Man is a created person: body, soul and spirit or three persons in ONE. Man is made in the image and likeness of God, Who is Soul, Spirit and Body. Man was created out of the dust of the earth, and was a hollow body. Then God, the Holy Spirit, breathed into the empty body the breath of life; and the inward man came into the outward man, and man stood on his feet, a perfect man. God named them Adam and Eve. The two first-created man and

woman disobeyed God, and they became SINNERS. They belonged to Satan, and they had children who belonged to Satan. Hate is Satan, and Love is God.

THE FIRST MURDER Genesis 4:8-13 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive

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thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

The love son was named ABEL, and the HATE son was named CAIN. Cain killed Abel, and this was the first murder. God buried Abel, and drove Cain into the land of Nod. There he lived birthing people of HATE to cover the earth.

Genesis 4:25-26 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Adam and Eve had another son called SETH. He was a son of Love, and he taught people to call on the Lord God in prayer. Hate people are Satan’s people, and they reproduce faster than love people. Satan’s people are hate, and God’s people are love.

Love people and hate people grew together in the earth for 1500 years. The earth was filled with violence and hate. Satan had taken over humanity. The God of the entire universe sent a flood of water, and killed all who did not get into the ark of safety that Noah built to save people. Only eight people were on the ark that Noah built with his own hands. Noah, his wife, and their four children were on the ark for one year. Noah and his family left the ark with all the animals, and lived on dry land, and began to have children to re-populate the earth.

GOD PUT THE EARTH INTO THE HANDS OF NOAH Genesis 9:1-2 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of

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the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

God killed the whole human race from Adam and Eve to Noah. The people of this present earth are born from the life of Noah. God made an ark for the safety of Noah’s people, so they could re-populate the earth.

Psalms 8:4-9 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

All people who accepted the blood of a natural lamb in the Old Testament will live forever with Jesus. God never gives up, and He is going to have a family just like Him. Those who do not accept Jesus as the Lamb of God will die and go to Hell in the center of this earth to scream in pain forever like the people before the flood. God started His family once again with Noah, and He will have a family just like Him.

WHAT IS WOMAN? Genesis 2:21-23 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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woman to the man, and God said that this is your help meet. The woman is to serve with the man in the natural building of a family. The woman is to keep the house, clean, feed the family, and teach the children how to be well-groomed. The MAN is both the natural and spiritual head of the house. Man was created by God to be the leader in his own house as well as in the Church.

The man is to teach the children the Word of God, and he is to pray with them each night as he puts them to bed. The children are to have a father who really cares, who truly loves them, and maintains a strong hand of authority over them. A sincere and deep respect for the man is to be taught to the children. The woman is to be soft spoken, tender, as well as an example of the LOVE OF GOD, before the family.

WHAT IS ETERNITY?

Eternity is Forever and Forever, And is from Everlasting to Everlasting. Time is from Genesis to Revelation; Eternity is from Revelation to Forever.

GENESIS TO REVELATION God has always been. Man has to come to God and believe that He IS. God owns the entire universe, and He created it all. God existed before He created this planet earth. God decided that He would create this world. He hung it out in space on nothing. He created the earth out of gold, silver and all kinds of beautiful jewels. When He created it, He made

the earth so beautiful, and filled it with music. God named this earth EDEN. Therefore, this name will be forever and forever.

Proverbs 8:22-23 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

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Solomon was a man of wisdom who manifested the WORD OF GOD IN HIS COUNSEL. All

mankind was from the beginning with God. God in His WISDOM PLANNED EACH OF HIS children’s destiny before the foundation of the world.

Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

When all God’s children are out of their filthy earthly bodies, their countenance will radiate the glory of God. How wonderful, His children will never faint or be weary again.

Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

God came out of ETERNITY to create the first beautiful earth. When He mangled the beautiful earth, He went back into the everlasting, until He came out again to re-create the earth. When God burns this re-created earth, He will make the same beautiful jeweled earth that He made in the beginning.

WHEN DID GOD CREATE THE EARTH? In the beginning, God created the earth in the everlasting. Remember God IS, and He is from the first everlasting to the last everlasting.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and earth.

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describe the everlasting? God was the only One there. He decided to create a world, and put millions of angels there.

Satan was named Lucifer by God. INIQUITY WAS FOUND in him that caused a rebellion among the angels. God became angry, and picked the earth up, turned it upside down, and mangled it.

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The earth hung in space for billions of years. It was cold, dark, and surrounded by water. The Holy Spirit moved upon the face of the waters that surrounded the mangled earth.

Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Jesus created the world in its second stage. It was two-thirds water and one-third land. Jesus will always be the light of this world. He lives in the SOUL of every Christian on planet earth. The Holy Spirit was the First Person of the Godhead to leave the Father, and Jesus was the Second Person of the Godhead to leave the Father to re-create this present World.

At this present TIME, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. The Old Testament Christians who looked forward to the cross through animal sacrifices are now living in Paradise. The New Testament Christians who have gone on to be with the Lord are in their INWARD BODIES enjoying eternal life with the Old Testament Christians. They have the blessing of glorifying Jesus together. The wonderful hands of Jesus will always

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have those nail prints. All Christians will know the price Jesus paid for their home on a beautiful New Earth and New Jerusalem.

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

WHAT IS THE BEGINNING? Before time began, there were ages and ages called the beginning. Jesus, the Christ, is the BEGINNING. He is also the ENDING. It was in this period of beginning that God decided to create a heaven and an earth. When man looks into the heavens with a telescope, he studies the universe, and sees the planets and the stars spoken into existence by the Word of God. The creation of God can then be more easily understood. Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

HOW DID GOD CREATE THE EARTH? God alone can call into being or bring into existence that which had no form or substance prior to time. He alone is the Creator. Jesus is the reason that we live, move, and have our continual being. What is true of mortals is also true of the material universe. It is by the power of the Son of God that all things consist, and are held together.

Colossians 1:16-17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and

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invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

WAS THE EARTH PERFECT, WHEN GOD CREATED IT? The earth was beautiful; it was magnificent. The earth was filled with all kinds of precious stones. It was perfect. This is the first stage of the earth that God named EDEN. God knows all things from the beginning of time. He is patient, knowing that His people will make mistakes and sin. He is always ready to forgive. He wants to give His children an opportunity to repent, turn around, and do what His Word teaches.

Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of Truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

GOD CREATED THE EARTH TO BE INHABITED AND ENJOYED Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

WHO WAS THE KING OF TYRE? The King of Tyre was an actual king ruling in the ancient capital of Phoenicia. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, twenty-three miles from Sidon. This city was wealthy, and had mercenary sailors who were evil in all their ways. Tyre and Sidon were full of Canaanite cults. The cult of Melcarth was firmly established in Tyre for centuries. Ezekiel pronounced judgments upon Tyre and Sidon. In the middle of His prophecy against these two wicked cities, God changed the prophecy to Eden the Garden of God, and to Lucifer, on whom He pronounced judgment. Lucifer (Satan) was more evil than Tyre and Sidon could ever be. The Lord gave Ezekiel the Truth of how evil Satan really is.

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Sin is horrible; it is very wicked. God will throw all sin into the flames of fire in the center of the earth forever. He wants nothing to do with evil. God loathes wickedness. He is aware of Lucifer living in people He created. He died on the cross, so they could have eternal life. Demons manifest wickedness in the personalities of people. Wickedness is not tolerated by a Holy God.

SATAN LIVES IN THE FLESH OF ALL PEOPLE Psalms 5:8-9 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

The spirit of Satan is totally evil. Demon spirits manifest Satan’s evil personality. Satan destroys faith, because Jesus is Faith. Faith pleases Jesus. It is important for God’s children to build their own faith. People have evil proceeding from the mouth which continually destroys others. There is no good thing in their OUTWARD MAN. They flatter with their tongue, and they lie continually.

Psalms 37:12-13 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Satan is a spirit-man, and is evil beyond the imagination of man. Satan plots against the Children of God continually. He bites, slaps, pinches, scratches, cuts their flesh, chokes them, sexually abuses them, takes their minds, sends disease, breaks up marriages, destroys families, gives them desires they cannot control. He murders, and does anything that is evil. This dark angel, manifested as a MAN, is going to HELL TO SCREAM IN PAIN FOREVER.

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Psalms 52:2-5 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Satan uses the tongue of people to deceive, to tear up the lives of people with filthy words of hate, bitterness, cursing, filthy pictures, and filthy literature.

Psalms 64:2-4 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Satan is evil, and hides in people. He causes them to give wrong counsel, and causes every insurrection in the local Church where Jesus dwells. He sends bitter words flying out of the mouth of people.

Proverbs 4:14-17 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Satan causes people to fall away from Jesus. Satan is the author of every violent thing that has ever happened on planet earth.

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2 Timothy 3:2-5 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

The flesh is full of demonic feelings of destruction. People have these demonic feelings. They need Jesus and the Holy Spirit in their souls, so they can overcome all these evil demonic manifestations.

CHRISTIANS BEWARE OF BEING TWICE DEAD Jude 1:11-13 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Satan sends his people into local Churches to destroy the Church. He talks to them, and he tells them what to do. The one thing that pastors must watch for are people who come and give the largest offerings, go to every event, endeavor to get real close to the pastor and his family. They soon start to gossip. It continues, until the Church is destroyed completely.

In the book of Jude, they are called SPOTS IN YOUR FEAST OF LOVE, WHEN THEY FEST

WITH YOU. TWICE DEAD means they were first dead in trespasses and sins. Then they

were born again. They walked away, and denied Jesus. He threw them into a TWICE DEAD position to spend eternity in a lake of fire.

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JESUS IS COMING BACK TO THIS EARTH TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT

Jude 1:15-16 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

Now let us learn about Lucifer, the spirit-man who is a created angel. Satan is going to take men, women, and children into the center of this earth, into flames of fire to be tormented day and night forever and ever.

WHO WAS THE ANOINTED CHERUB? Lucifer was the anointed cherub. God gave him dominion over the EDEN God had created. He also gave him dominion over millions of angels that God had created. Lucifer was

perfect, living on a perfect earth, until INIQUITY was found in him.

GOD PUT INIQUITY IN SATAN

INIQUITY IS A PERSON’S PLAN TO TAKE FROM ANOTHER THAT WHICH THE OTHER PERSON HAS EARNED AND OWNS

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Micah 2:1-2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

SATAN WAS FILLED WITH INIQUITY Ezekiel 28:14-15 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Lucifer was an angel that had dominion over all the angels. He was beautiful in his appearance; he had all knowledge, all beauty, and all wisdom. He had all music within him. God gave him everything. He was much like God, and there was nothing he did not have except total rule like God.

PROPHESY OF THE DOOM OF SATAN Ezekiel 28:17-19 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

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all the angels in everything. The judgment from God was severe. Evil spirits are manifested in the feelings of the one to whom they belong. Those feelings in LUCIFER started to grow. They changed a perfect angel into a hateful, mean, filthy, dominating, lying, murdering, sex-perverted being. Satan wants to inflict these feelings on all mankind. Then the earth will become more violent than it was, when all the dark angels were living on the earth in its first stage.

ISAIAH TOLD OF LUCIFER’S JUDGMENT Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Isaiah 14:13-20 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

LUCIFER CAN INDWELL A MAN Isaiah 14:16-17 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a

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wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

HOW DID THIS BEAUTIFUL EDEN BECOME VOID?

GOD MANGLED THE EARTH God became angry at the war between God’s angels and Satan’s angels. Because the sin of pride was growing and other demon manifestations of hate, bitterness, rebellion, criticism, faultfinding, murmuring, lying, were also growing, there was no stopping it. God picked up His beautiful jeweled earth, turned it upside down, mangled it, and threw all the angels into space. Dark angels and Light Angels are fighting in the atmosphere and stratosphere for the souls of mankind that God created in His likeness and His image. Like God pronounced judgment on Sidon, He pronounced doom upon Satan and his dark angels. He will also pour down upon them His wrath. God pours wrath down on His own people, when the cup of iniquity is full.

Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

No person or nations of people, or anything that hates Jesus will live. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (He) is ruler over the entire Universe. No sin will ever be in the presence of God,

the Father. God, in His anger, threw the EDEN OF GOD into total darkness, and surrounded it with water.

JESUS SAW SATAN FALL FROM HEAVEN Luke 10:17-20 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us

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through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

WHAT IS AN ANGEL?

An angel is a SPIRIT-MAN created by God to be servants for His people who are made in His image and in His likeness. Angels have one physical body and one spirit. Angels cannot be redeemed, because they do not have an inward man, the soul. Angels are not God’s children. They are the servants of God’s children.

ANGELS ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? ANGELS ARE DELIVERERS Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. ANGELS HIT PEOPLE Acts 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

BELIEVE JESUS, THE WRITTEN WORD John 12:44-47 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent

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me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

DID GOD CREATE EDEN AS BEFORE? No. God re-created the earth, and made it entirely different. This is the second stage of the earth, Eden. Jesus made the earth two-thirds water and one-third land. He put a Garden in Eden, created a perfect man, and put him in the Garden. God called him Adam. God took a rib from Adam, and made a perfect woman, and He called her Eve. God made them male and female, and called them Adam and Eve.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

WHY DID SATAN GO INTO THE GARDEN IN EDEN? God wanted a Son perfect in His image and His likeness. He created man. Satan came into the garden with the intent to deceive Adam and Eve. This he did. Satan is total sin. God had to throw sin out of His garden. God, the Father, is a HOLY GOD. He cannot tolerate sin and disobedience. He hates sin, and He always will.

Genesis 3:11-15

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee

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and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

WHAT DID SATAN DO TO ADAM AND EVE? Satan took Adam and Eve as his own, because of their sin against God. God threw them both out of His Garden. Adam and Eve had many children, and all of them were conceived in sin, and were born in iniquity.

Psalms 51:2-3 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Psalms 51:5-6 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

IS THE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT SIN? Yes, the total man is lost in sin. Man is separated from God. That is why Paul wrote so plainly to God’s people, so they would understand that all people have two bodies and a spirit. The outward man and inward man is evil, because Satan's personality dwells in the inward and outward body. When Jesus takes over the inward man, He throws Satan and his personality out. Therefore, Satan can never take over the inward man, because the inward man has become the home of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Christians are in a war continually. They are living in the outward body where Satan inflicts feelings of hate, bitterness, fear, unbelief, doubt, gossip, etc. Jesus and the Holy Spirit live in the inward man, giving peace, joy, mercy, goodness, love, etc. Sin and holiness are living together in the same person. Jesus lives in the Soul of all Christians which is the

INWARD MAN. Satan moves in the OUTWARD MAN which is filthy.

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SIN DWELLS IN THE FLESHLY BODY OF ALL MEN Romans 7:14-17 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

THE NATURAL MAN IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF SATAN Romans 7:18-20 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOU, SO YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER Romans 7:21-25 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

WHAT WAS THE JUDGMENT PLACED UPON SATAN BY GOD? God's judgment upon Satan was that he would have no certain dwelling place for his feet. He would roam in the atmosphere and finally be condemned to the pit in the center of the re-created earth for all eternity. Satan is doomed already; that is why he is so violent. He knows he has only a very short time to get more people to go to Hell with him. Hell is in the center of this re-created earth where there are flames of fire. This fact should make every Christian a soul-winner.

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Revelation 20:1-3 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 20:14 And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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SERPENT

Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

Satan is called the SERPENT, because he is a deceiver and a liar. He sneaks upon people, and assaults them before they realize it. Satan is an evil, horrible spirit-man. He hides from people, and he strikes his victim very quickly. Death is certain, when God lets Satan strike a person. When any one of Satan’s feelings takes over a person, in a short time they can become possessed. When Satan’s SPIRIT OF LYING and DECEIVING enters a person, that person will gradually become such a liar and a deceiver. He will believe his own lies. The Word of God warns every Christian, “…your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour....”

TEMPTER Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Satan is called the TEMPTER. He strikes a person at his weakest point. He knows exactly how and when every person can be tempted, and he moves in according to the temptation. Satan waited, until Jesus had fasted, and was hungry. Then he tempted Him to eat. Satan is in the spiritual world, and he knows all things.

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him to sin against Jesus, the God of the Universe. The evil desire is a demonic spirit enticing the individual to go after drugs, alcohol, nicotine, sex, stealing, lying, deceiving, etc. He is always there tempting the people to go ahead. If it feels good or tastes good, do it. It is not the thing that causes people to succumb to the desire; it is the demonic feeling of desire.

WICKED ONE Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Satan is a thief and a robber. God has a message of deliverance which is called the

GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM. Jesus is the GOSPEL, and John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, was chosen by the Father to deliver the message of repentance to the saving of the soul of every person. The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God, is the most powerful message that could ever be taught. Satan snatches the message out of the heart of God’s people in an attempt to nullify its power. Satan is the Wicked one, and he does not want the children of God to hear any message from the Bible, especially the message of the SAVING OF THE SOULS OF ALL PEOPLE.

Satan wants to keep God’s children from the deep understanding of the Word’s of Jesus. Satan hates Jesus, because he knows that Jesus is God, and he knows he is going into the

lake of fire in the center of the New Earth. The GOSPEL of the Kingdom Message has three absolute Truths that have to be preached all over the world to all nations. Then Jesus can return to this earth at His second coming to rule all nations with a rod of iron for one

thousand years. Jesus is the deliverer of the SOUL (THE INWARD MAN OF ALL PEOPLE). Jesus is the deliverer of the Spirit (the feelings and the desires of all His people). Jesus is the

deliverer of the OUTWARD MAN of all His people.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.

Jesus enters into any person’s SOUL on planet earth, if they will invite Him in. Jesus will cast out Satan’s evil spirits that dwell in the flesh of the outward man. If His children will put their hands LIGHTLY on the head of the person they are praying for, Jesus can send His power through the body of the possessed person. Once a person has the experience of having Satan cast out of them, they can cast out demonic spirits themselves. It is the decision of every person to be clean before the Lord.

PRINCE OF THIS WORLD John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

Satan is called the Prince of this World. God gave Satan, along with his dark angels and evil spirits, authority in this world for a season. Jesus knew what Satan was going to do before he ever did it, so He (Jesus) did not want to be around him at all. Jesus gave us a good example to follow. If the children of God know that Satan has all this authority over mankind, then Jesus is saying, stay out of his way, and do not give him any of your time.

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Jesus spoke through the mouth of Hosea, the prophet, saying, FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

MY PEOPLE PERISH. It is time for all people to get educated in the Word of God.

SATAN IS THE PRINCE AND POWER OF THE AIR Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.

Satan is called the PRINCE OF POWER OF THE AIR. Satan roams in the atmosphere, and he has tremendous power. God’s Children are continuously inflicted by Satan.

Satan has his angels regimented and highly trained. They have power in the heavens. They are constantly talking to the unsaved people telling them to continue in their violence. Before people are redeemed by the Blood of Jesus, they are constantly having an affair with Satan. The feelings Satan gives to people are the feelings that no one can tell me what to do. This would be the spirit of disobedience.

PRINCE OF DEVILS 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Satan is called the PRINCE OF DEVILS. His name is Beelzebub, and he is the top evil spirit. No spirit is as bad as he is. He truly is the prince of Devils. Satan is THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, at this time, although very soon his reign will be over. God, the Father, out-smarted Lucifer, when Jesus died on the cross. If Satan had known God’s great plan was to have many Sons brought to glorification and made in God’s image and His likeness, he (Satan) would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. The knowledge and wisdom of the Universe is in Father God.

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John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth, because there is no Truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Satan is a murderer. All murder is of Satan. He is death itself. He is a liar, the father of all lies.

THE DEVIL Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Satan is called the DEVIL. Jesus stood face to face with him in the wilderness. Satan tried to tempt Him, but Jesus is the Word of God, and He rebuked him, and said, “It is written….” The Word of God is Jesus, and it always will be. Jesus is Eternal Life, and He is the Abundant Life.

The Holy Spirit took Jesus into the wilderness after being baptized by John, the Baptist. He fasted for forty days, then Satan came to tempt Him three separate times in the wilderness.

BELIAL 2 Corinthians 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

Satan is called is called BELIAL. The Lord wants His people to believe on Him, and have nothing to do with the evil one.

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of the Devil is hard to resist, because God’s children have evil spirits fighting their fleshly bodies. God is always talking to His own children, but they will not always listen to Him. He tells us to come out from among them, and be separate, and touch not the unclean thing.

ADVERSARY 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Satan is called ADVERSARY. He is the enemy of God’s people, and he is always around trying to do damage to the Kingdom. The Lord tells man to be careful and watchful.

The people of God must always be on the alert. Satan is always walking around looking for feelings to weaken the resistance of any of God’s people. He was the highest angel of God, and only has a short time on planet earth. Satan and his dark angels will then be going to the center of the earth with all their evil feelings and seductions. Then Christians will have peace on earth.

ABADDON AND APOLLYON Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Satan is called Abaddon and Apollyon. He is king over the evil world. Millions and millions of people will go and live with him forever in a lake of fire, screaming in torment.

Now the world has a king over them. His name is Satan, also known as the Devil. The children of God have their citizenship papers in heaven. Third Heaven is the Christian’s home for now, until God establishes His kingdom in the New Jerusalem, the City of God. All the Christians are just traveling through this world.

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ACCUSER Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Satan is called the accuser. He goes, and stands before God, and accuses God’s children day and night. Demon spirits are the personalities of Satan. He has many personalities, and he is the angel of the spirit world. He is able to manifest his personality through the one he is controlling. His spirits fill the atmosphere and in the heavenlies. Some of his demonic expressions are hate, murder, lying, envy, jealously, anger, criticism, faultfinding, tale bearing, stealing, fear, anxiety, unbelief, and many, many others.

THE WAR IS RAGING BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL 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.

God’s Children are at war against an enemy they cannot see. Satan is a spirit-man of the spirit world. The Holy Spirit is the One Who lives within the soul of the Christian, and He fights against Satan. If men will just be quiet and listen, they will hear what Jesus has to say, and then they can war a good warfare. Satan is the wickedness of the unsaved. The saved belong to Jesus; the unsaved belong to Satan.

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.

The Church is living in the latter times. They (Church members) are being seduced and tormented by Satan, because he knows he has but a short time. Men are walking away

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from God, and are going into the cults of Satan by the millions. Christians are leaving Jesus, and are being lured away with the flood of muddy waters into the world of sex and perversions.

JESUS Jesus is holy, clear, clean, fresh, pure water, and He has Clean Words.

SATAN Satan is unholy, dirty, stagnant, filthy water, and he has filthy words.

Revelation 16:13-14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

DOES THE GOD OF HEAVEN SEND DISEASES TO HIS PEOPLE? Yes. God hates sin and disobedience. He will not tolerate any other god having any preeminence over Him. God is all-powerful, and will send Satan's spirits as punishment to people who do not obey the Word of God.

GOD SENT BOILS TO THE PEOPLE Exodus 9:8-9 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

GOD SENT PLAGUES AMONG THE PEOPLE Numbers 16:43-45 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the LORD

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spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

GOD SENT EMORODS AMONG THE PEOPLE 1 Samuel 5:6-7 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

GOD SENT LEPROSY UPON GEHAZI 2 Kings 5:26-27 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

GOD SENT LEPROSY UPON AZARIAH 2 Kings 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

GOD KILLED KING JEROBOAM 2 Chronicles 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

GOD GAVE A BOWEL DISEASE TO KING JEHORAM

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2 Chronicles 21:18-19 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

GOD SENT LEPROSY TO KING UZZIAH 2 Chronicles 26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

GOD CAUSED WORMS TO EAT KING HEROD Acts 12:21-23 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

GOD SENT BLINDNESS

TO ELYMAS, THE SORCERER, THROUGH APOSTLE PAUL Acts 13:9-11 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

GOD KILLED ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA

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Acts 5:4-5 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

DOES GOD SEND DISEASES TO THE RIGHTEOUS? Yes, God allows diseases, because of sin and disobedience. He loves His people, but He hates their sins. Not all disease is because of God's judgment. Some diseases come because of the yielding to the works of the flesh. Others come, just because He is God, and can, and will do exactly as He wants.

GOD SENT DEATH TO KING HEZEKIAH 2 Kings 20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

SATAN SENT BOILS TO JOB Job 2:6-7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

A VISION MADE DANIEL BECOME SICK AND FAINT Daniel 8:26-27 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

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DOES GOD SEND DISEASE TO HIS PEOPLE? God sends disease, because of people's sins and idolatry, and because they do not keep His commandments. God makes good out of all that He does. He chastens His children with a rod of discipline. He tells how He chastened the children of Israel.

LISTEN TO JESUS AND ASK FOR MERCY Leviticus 26:14-16 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

PLAGUES ARE WONDERFUL AND ARE USED BY GOD Deuteronomy 28:58-61 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE FLESH? Men are born with the ADAMIC NATURE and with the sin nature of Adam, their father. It is hard for men to fight their nature, but the Father tells His children to kill the works of the flesh. The spirit of man loves the works of the flesh. They work together, because the demon spirits that fill the atmosphere influences them. Satan has his dark angels and his spirits regimented perfectly, so he can take over the whole world.

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Demon spirits activate the spirit of men by whispering into their ears all the time. The people of God put into action all the works of the flesh, because men love evil more than good. Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

WHAT IS A STRONG MAN? A STRONG MAN is a manifested DEMONIC FEELING that has grown strong, because it has been fed since childhood days. As a person continues to operate in the same sins of the flesh, the demon will become very strong. He also maintains an army of demons around him. When you minister in deliverance, you must cast out the entire army of demons first, then you will be able to exorcise the strong demon spirit. Jesus is the KINGDOM OF GOD. Whenever someone is being delivered, Jesus is always present.

Matthew 12:28-29 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Jesus is the Kingdom, and He has power to cast out devils. Satan knows that he has already lost the war with Jesus. He wants to take as many people into Hell as he can. Jesus tried to tell His disciples that the strong man had to be bound, so the small demons could be cast out first.

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stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

It is time for God's people to grow mighty in strength and have more power than the combined forces of demon spirits. We are living in the end of the age.

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CHAPTER 10

DEMON MANIFESTATION

Too long have God’s people lived in fear of the supernatural. God wants His people to walk right in and face Satan as He (God) has shown us how to fight him (Satan). All around the people of God are people who Jesus died for. They are suffering from the abuse of Satan. Jesus said His people must pray one for the other; this is His law for His children.

1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

HOW DO DEMONS MANIFEST IN THE BODIES OF PEOPLE? When demons take control of a person, the body reacts consistent with the desire of the demon spirit. Different parts of the body react according to the filthiness of the demon spirit. Fear must never be in God's children, because Jesus is in us, and we have more power than all those foul spirits put together.

THE TONGUE IS USED BY SATAN Satan is a serpent, and he uses the tongues of people. When the person is undergoing deliverance, the Spirit of God will disclose what is involved. An unclean spirit uses the tongue of a person in unclean sex acts and in obscene speech. The tongue can be used for evil, and that person will, sometimes, hiss like a snake.

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wants to hide, so he can remain there. Unclean spirits manifest this way.

THE NOSE IS USED BY SATAN Many times, there will be the hissing sound coming from the nose as air goes in and out. Anger is shown in this way.

SATAN LOVES TO USE THE BODY THAT BELONGS TO GOD Sometimes the body will writhe on the floor like a snake. Satan loves to display himself through the body that belongs to God. Lust is manifested in this way.

MAN'S HANDS BELONG TO GOD, AND SATAN USES THEM The hands will become rigid and deformed looking. The fingers will become straight and stiff. The demons of lust, suicide, and murder manifest this way. Arthritis is manifested this way by the twisting of the hands.

SATAN LOVES TO USE THE MOUTH THAT PRAISES GOD Demon spirits manifest themselves through the mouth by cursing, lying, spitting, and

screaming.

SATAN IS DEATH

SO HE LOVES FOR GOD'S CHILDREN TO BE USED Demon spirits manifest themselves in the body like death. The body will become rigid and turn a gray color. The eyes will roll back in the head, and the individual will appear not to be breathing.

THERE IS A TERRIBLE ODOR, WHEN SATAN IS MANIFESTED There is a terrible odor, when demons are manifested in this way. This odor will fill a whole room. Cancer manifests this way.

SATAN LOVES TO IMITATE PRIDE WITH GOD'S CHILDREN When a demon is manifested in pride, the person will sit straight, arms folded, tilt the

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headway back, and put the nose in the air.

SATAN LOVES TO PANTOMIME WITH THE BODY The body will sway back and forth, and the hands will move in all kinds of ways. There is nothing they cannot pantomime.

SATAN LOVES TO PUT PAIN ON GOD'S CHILDREN When demons know they are going to be cast out, they will put pain on the person who is being delivered. They will experience pain in the head or in the back of the neck, nervous pain, tension, and cramps in the legs and arms. They will become nauseated.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE STRONG MAN IS EXPELLED? When the anointing of the Lord comes upon one of God's children, the person will be delivered by one of these manifestations:

Belching Coughing Blowing the nose Crying Bringing up phlegm Drooling Expelling gas Foaming Screaming Sighing Spitting Vomiting Yawning

WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN DEMONS ARE BEING EXPELLED Use your faith, and pray in the language of heaven. When demons are being expelled, there is nothing of which to be afraid. Demons have been in the person for a long time, and they love to frighten God's people. They will not jump on you. You must not be foolish. You must be sincere.

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DO NOT HOLD THE PERSON DOWN Be sure the person has been prayed through to a real experience in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Do not call out demon spirits by name. The person knows what he has. Just because a thought comes into the head, does not mean that God is speaking to you. Do not believe everything a demon says, because they are liars. Their father is the father of lies.

Do not allow the demon to speak, for they want to deceive you. They will tell you lies one after another. They want to make a fool out of you.

The anointing is necessary, when you pray for deliverance. Wait upon this anointing.

Isaiah 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NAMES OF DEMON SPIRITS? The spirit of Satan, which is his personality, fills the atmosphere. Demons are specialists in their field. They are never alone. They group as a team. They believe in unity and team work. Listed below are just a few of their names: Nervousness Fatigue Bitterness Depression Mental Illness Heaviness Perfection Worry Competition Withdrawal False Burden Inheritance Infirmity Cursing Death Rejection Jealousy Rebellion

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Confusion Religious Covetousness Sexual Impatience Impurities Infirmity Spiritism Sensitiveness False Religion Strife Grief Control Gluttony Retaliation Self-accusation Accusing Guilt Insecurity Occult Cults Thousands of others

ARE DARK ANGELS AND DEMONS THE SAME? DARK ANGELS ARE NOT THE SAME AS DEMON SPIRITS No, they are not. Demons are the manifestations of Satan's personality. They display how Satan acts. For example, if hate is his spirit, they will manifest the ugliness of hate, etc.

Angels are created spirit beings. God created His angels with a body and a spirit. They are ministering spirits. This means that they minister to His children. Angels do not have a Soul (inward Body); they cannot know redemption. WHERE ARE THESE DARK ANGELS? These angels are those who chose to follow Satan, when he was cast out into the atmosphere. They are with him now, and are very organized to do his bidding. They will work with Satan, until they are cast into the heart of the earth with him to be there forever.

THE PLACE OF PUNISHMENT II Peter 2:4,9 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to Hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; The Lord knoweth how to

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deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.

The word Hell in 2 Peter 2:4 is Tartarus which in the Greek means, the place where dark angels are held. That translation is used only in this verse. This is not Sheol, Hades, nor Gehenna. It is the atmosphere, which is called the pit of darkness, and means that they can never be saved, and will never be in God's presence throughout time and eternity.

WHAT IS IN THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Hell is flames of fire in the center of this earth. People who do not invite Jesus into their soul will live in flames of fire for 1000 years while Jesus is getting His people on earth ready for eternity. All the babies who died a natural death or were aborted will grow to maturity during this wonderful 1000 years on this earth living with Jesus as He reigns with His 100-fold Christians over all nations from the city of Jerusalem.

HELL IS FOREVER — WORLD WITHOUT END After the 1000 years are over, Jesus will burn this earth, and will create a New Earth made of beautiful Jewels with no oceans; but there will be many rivers.

In the center of the New earth is Hell, Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna, where all the unsaved people will swim in a lake of fire forever.

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CHAPTER 11

LET’S TALK ABOUT CHRISTIANS

CHRISTIANS GO SOUL WINNING AND TEACH SOUL WINNING Christians run into the streets, into theaters, houses of amusements, gambling dens, sports arenas, any place where people gather for sinful pleasures preparing themselves for Hell.

These people are deceived by Satan. They are not educated; they are ignorant, and they

need YOU to gather them together and teach them.

Christians, millions of people are dying every minute while you play. People are dropping into flames of fire in the center of this earth waiting to be placed in their eternal place of torment in the lake of fire in the center of the New Earth.

100-FOLD CHRISTIANS Jesus will bring down a beautiful New City called New Jerusalem, and those Christians, who lived in the Old Testament and New Testament time on earth and gave all their lives to Him, will live with Him. They will rule over all the citizens who live on the beautiful New Earth.

60-FOLD CHRISTIANS Beware of false teachers, apostles, prophets, pastors, evangelists in the last days before Jesus returns.

II Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious

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ways; by reason of whom the way of Truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

CHRISTIANS: MAKE THE APOSTLE PAUL YOUR MENTOR AND YOU WILL BE SAFE Jude 1:5-6 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

WHO RULES OVER THESE DARK ANGELS? Satan rules over these dark angels, and he commands them to do his bidding. They obey him as they work to hinder God's plans. The dark angels are very organized, and know their rank. Their work is different from that of the demons.

Daniel 10:12-13 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.

Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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WHAT DOES SATAN DO TO THE HUMAN RACE? When men know the devices of Satan, they are better prepared to fight the good fight of Faith. God said that because of the lack of knowledge, men will perish, and will not become the Bride of Christ. Satan wants God’s children to commit sin and to become his child. He has many cunning devices that he uses. Millions are following him all the way to the pit. Christians, YOU have a big job to do for Jesus. Enlist today to be His leading soul-winner, and you will be happy in this life and the life to come.

I John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Satan afflicts the righteous, who are living for God. Man must be on guard all the time, lest he be drawn into sin. Men must pray, read, fast, praise and witness to be safe from the Devil.

JESUS TESTED AND PROVED JOB Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Satan claims to have all power over all the earth, and he tried to use this deceit on the Son of God. Be alert! Satan is like a roaring lion walking around to deceive the children of God.

SATAN SAID TO JESUS Luke 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

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to come to Jesus Christ for forgiveness. Forgiveness is powerful. Therefore, he will cause Christians to hate, to be bitter, and to have so much pride that they cannot forgive.

JESUS MADE SAUL A MINISTER AND A WITNESS Acts 26:14-18 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Satan blinds the minds of men, so they cannot think properly or hear with the ears the message of their justification, which is the first step of the Gospel of the Kingdom.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Satan fights with God's people, and tries to overcome them to take them to Hell with him. He is taking millions all the time.

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.

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Satan causes lying wonders to be seen, so people will follow him and be damned. People run after wonders from place to place. All people need to run to Jesus. He is the Ark of Safety.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.

Satan tempts God's people to disobey God, because he knows God demands obedience. God's children follow Satan, because they do not know the Word.

Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

Satan goes to God night and day, and slanders God's people. He loves to see God's children fall, so he can accuse them before God day and night. Watch and pray.

Job 1:9-10 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Satan afflicts God's people, and loves to see them suffer. Man must arise and fight the good fight of faith. When Christians suffer, Satan laughs, and is glad.

Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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His (God’s) will. Satan takes the thoughts of God's people, puts them to sleep, so they won't hear the Word, and makes them forget Jesus.

Zechariah 3:1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

Satan tries to remove the Gospel of the Kingdom Seed that God is trying to plant in the

hearts of His people. He does not want man to hear RESTORATION TRUTH. The Gospel of the Kingdom Message is the Great Commission, deliverance for the body, soul, and spirit of

man. Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Satan sows his own people among the children of God, so the children of God will be overcome. Satan has his people planted where they can do the most harm. He sends them into every local Church to cause division. He loves to tear up the Church with gossip and lying.

Matthew 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.

Satan causes men to lie, because he is the father of all lies, and he has always been. To lie is to follow Satan. Christians Stop lying; Be like Jesus Who is all Truth. John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth, because there is no Truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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Satan instigates men to sin against God. He is always whispering to men and women to sin and do harm. The Christians must know the Word to discern Satan’s whisperings.

John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.

Satan is always and everywhere seeking to kill and destroy God's people. The Lord wants His children to learn Satan's devices and to put on all their armor, so they can stand against him (Satan).

I Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

WHAT IS THE ARMOR OF GOD? God wants His children to be strong in Him and not to run from Satan. God gives His children armor for the front but not for the back, for there is no retreat for the Christian. The army of God, in the book of Joel, will wear the armor well, because they equip themselves for battle. God is regimenting an army, placing all the 60-fold Christians into their place and training them. The 100-fold is the voice of the Strong prophet or the Five- Star Generals. Read the second chapter of Joel repeatedly.

Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

Joel 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

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MAN MUST HAVE HIS LOINS GIRDED WITH TRUTH This is achieved by knowing the Word of God from the first page to the last page.

Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with Truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.

MAN MUST PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The righteousness is Jesus Christ within the inward man, but God wants our flesh to take on God's righteousness. This is overcoming.

MAN MUST KNOW THE GOSPEL OF PEACE This is the knowledge of the four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This is the death, burial, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

MAN MUST PUT ON THE SHIELD OF FAITH This is the faith of God or the greater faith. This faith comes as we build our faith by hearing the Word of God, and as we build our faith by speaking with other tongues.

Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

MAN MUST PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION This Helmet covers the head, and must have all three parts to it. Justified + Sanctified + Glorified = This is Salvation.

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Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. MAN MUST TAKE UP THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT Man must know the Word of God by the Spirit, and not by the letter. It is the Spirit that quickens. The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

2 Corinthians 3:6 …the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

HOW DOES MAN RESIST THE DEVIL? Man must not give place to Satan at all. If man submits to God, then he will have power to resist the Devil, and he will flee from him. Man must overcome the works of the flesh by using the Name of Jesus.

Ephesians 4:26-27 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.

Submission is a hard thing for God's people to do, but man must obey in submission, so that deliverance will come.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Stand against the Devil with a strong faith. Watch always, and be alert. Satan will fool man, if he can.

1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,

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seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

1 Corinthians 5:11 & 13 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SPIRIT OF SATAN CAST OUT OF THEM? The following are those who were delivered, because God, in His infinite mercy, desires that man be free from Satan and his spirit-manifestations:

GOD DELIVERED THE MANIAC Matthew 8:28-32 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

JESUS CAST OUT A DUMB SPIRIT Matthew 9:32-33 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And

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never so seen in Israel.

JESUS DELIVERED THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN’S DAUGHTER Matthew 15:22-28 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

JESUS CAST OUT A LUNATIC DEVIL Matthew 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

AN UNCLEAN DEMON WAS CAST OUT Mark 1:25-26 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

MANY UNCLEAN SPIRITS WERE CAST OUT Acts 5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

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Acts 16:17-18 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

THERE WAS DELIVERANCE BY SENDING ANOINTED HANDKERCHIEFS Acts 19:11-12 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Since a spirit does not have a body, the spirit of Satan can fill a body, a room, a city, a nation, or the whole world.

DOES GOD, THE FATHER, DELIVER HIS OWN PEOPLE? God does deliver His people. He loves His own, and He does not want them diseased in body or in mind. He continually brings His people through fiery trials and suffering, in order to bring the hidden workings of the flesh to the surface, so that His people can be

delivered.

GOD PURIFIES THE 100-FOLD CHRISTIANS Malachi 3:2-3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

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the New Covenant relationship. He wants to purge or deliver all His people, so they will live holy in the end of the age. There is a remnant that will survive the fire, becoming perfect to be His bride.

THE 100-FOLD CHRISTIANS DO NOT TASTE OF DEATH Zechariah 13:8-9 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

WHY IS DELIVERANCE NECESSARY FOR GOD'S CHILDREN? God wants a holy nation, so they can give Him praise and worship. This generation is going

to bring forth the remnant of people called the Man Child (Rev 12:5), and they will rule with a rod of iron with Jesus Christ throughout time and eternity. The 100-fold, or bride, will sit on the throne with Jesus in natural Jerusalem throughout time and eternity.

GOD TRYS HIS PEOPLE Psalms 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

THE 100-FOLD CHRISTIAN SERVES UNTIL THE END Luke 22:27-30 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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THE OVERCOMERS WILL SIT WITH JESUS ON A THRONE Revelation 3:21-22 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

WHEN SHOULD A CHILD OF GOD COME FOR DELIVERANCE? Not all God’s children have a strong man or a strong demon. Most of His people will be delivered by entering into praise and worship in the House of the Lord. They are delivered by submitting to God, then resisting the demon spirits. Those spirits must flee, as we submit to God.

When a strong man or strong demon has control, the condition is serious. Therefore, you run toward God, and come in by appointment. The evil strong man will be bound, and his goods spoiled. Jesus is the One who casts out demons. The Lord wants obedient Christians which can be used in this special ministry.

Luke 11:20-22 (Jesus said:) But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

IS DELIVERANCE PROMISED FOR GOD'S PEOPLE? Deliverance is promised for all God's people. The Lord wants His people delivered from all the works of the flesh, so they can live a very holy life. All Christians have to be delivered in order to be a Deliverer.

Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up

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thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

WHERE CAN A CHILD OF GOD GO TO FIND DELIVERANCE? A child of God must go to a HOUSE OF GOD where there is a deliverance anointing. It is the anointing that breaks the yoke, in order that a person can be delivered. You will not find this kind of anointing in every Church. Nor will you find it in a House of God that does not believe in deliverance.

God has a mountain called Mount Zion. This is a spiritual mountain made up of all God's people.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the Truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

WAY PEOPLE

THE 30-FOLD CHRISTIANS have eternal life by the shed blood of Jesus, and they are content at the base of Mount Zion. They do not want to climb mount Zion. These great Christians are happy where they are.

TRUTH PEOPLE

THE 60-FOLD CHRISTIANS have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, speaking in the language of God. These are teachers, and they search the Scriptures daily, to see if these things are true. These strong Christians are the SOUL-WINNING ARMY OF GOD. These Christians look up, and see Jesus at the top of Mount Zion, and they start climbing to Jesus. Satan trips them, and they stop climbing the mountain. They only go half way up the mountain, and stop.

LIFE PEOPLE

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the Christians who give their entire life to Jesus. They see Jesus at the top of Mount Zion, and they climb to the top. They enter into Jesus to be His bride for all eternity. These four- star Generals give all they have, and they have accepted Paul the apostle as their mentor, and they are just like him. All these 100-fold Christians are deliverers of people who are held in prison by Satan. These strong Christians direct the 60-fold Christian army into the war against Satan and all his army.

This great army will put Satan, the fallen angels, and the unsaved, who did not accept Jesus as their Saviour, into the lake of fire for all eternity.

JESUS IS AS THE RAIN IN THE FIRST MONTH Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

FOLLOW ON TO KNOW THE LORD Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

JESUS SHOWERS DOWN LIKE RAIN ON TEACHABLE PEOPLE Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

A CHILD OF GOD MUST BE INVOLVED IN A CHURCH WHERE THERE IS THIS ANOINTING If God's children, who have been justified or born again, come into a House of God to be delivered, it is much easier to deliver them, because they have been in worship and the

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anointing is resting upon them that breaks the yoke. The one handling the deliverance must pray the person through to a full experience of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Christians pray the person all the way through to God, and see that they speak in a fluent language. Then they pray deliverance.

MUST A PERSON BE COUNSELED BEFORE HE COMES IN FOR DELIVERANCE? The candidate for deliverance must be counseled. The person should know exactly from what he needs to be delivered. When he begins to tell of his childhood days, you will know precisely what spirit is tormenting him once you have been trained in the ministry of deliverance. Enroll for training. Practice makes perfect. Enroll to be on a deliverance team, and God, Himself, will train you. This is very important. Do not suggest or say God shows you what demons are in someone. Demon spirits will manifest what you suggest, because they are all liars. The person will confess, and it is written in God's Word that confession is unto deliverance. Do not tell them what they have. Let them tell you what they have. Confessing is God's way.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

DELIVERANCE OF THE BODY Deliverance of the body is being healed of all our diseases. God wants the bodies of His people to be in perfect health, so they can fulfill the ministry He has given them. God has given each of us the ministry of reconciliation, which is bringing the lost back into fellowship with the Father.

Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

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DELIVERANCE OF THE SPIRIT Demon spirits try to control the human spirit of all God's children. If demon spirits can use man's own spirit, then the works of the flesh become very active, and man will sin against God. These demon spirits must be cast out of the person, so the human spirit can be free.

John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Mark 1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

THIS IS THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM Mark 16:15-18 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM HAS TO BE PREACHED BEFORE JESUS CAN RETURN AS KING OF KINGS

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

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WILL YOU PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM? JESUS WANTS THE WHOLE MAN SAVED: SOUL, SPIRIT, BODY

1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD Mark 16:15 (1) Save the soul 1. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16-17 (2) Save the spirit 2. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.

Mark 16:18 (3) Save the body 3. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. This is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, and this is the DELIVERANCE MESSAGE that is to be preached through all the nations. Then Jesus Christ will return. God is raising up a remnant that will pay the price and go outside the wall of religion bearing the reproach of the Lord. The reproach is the POWER OF GOD, speaking in tongues.

Hebrews 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

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ARE THERE CHURCHES THAT HAVE THIS DELIVERANCE ANOINTING? Deliverance is in the world today. More and more Churches are reaching out for this anointing to be within their Churches. As evil increases, the Churches must become more powerful. Satan is taking the people by the thousands, so the Church must rise up to become powerful deliverers. In order to have deliverance within a Church, the Church must receive knowledge of this Truth. Because of lack of knowledge, the people perish.

Compassion for tormented people must be with the team ministries who work in this holy calling in the Church. The pastors of the Churches who are really anointed will move into this area of ministry.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

WHAT DOES TEAM MINISTRIES MEAN? All those, who see the same Truth and are willing to be trained in a certain area of Truth, become team ministries. God's people must be open to what God has, and what He wants to do with them. A team speaks the same thing, believes the same thing, and has unity in ministering the same way.

All local Churches must have this ministry. They must have deliverance teams to minister to God's tormented people who are crying out for help. Unity brings power. If you cannot get along with the leaders and the team, then you must leave, or you will destroy the anointing for deliverance.

Psalms 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

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ONCE TRAINED IN DELIVERANCE, WHAT MUST ONE DO?  Submit to the one who is in leadership over the deliverance teams, and have compassion on the people who need deliverance.

 Be willing to serve every time you are called upon, because when you are Called, you are needed. God really needs YOU.

 Be able to be corrected by those over you without getting your feelings hurt. Be sure you are delivered enough yourself, so the Lord can send weaker people to you.

 When you are assigned a specific job, finish the work, and learn to be dependable.

 You must be an example of one who has matured in knowledge of the supernatural things of God, so you can strengthen the ones to whom you are ministering.

 You must be educated in deliverance enough to be obedient to the Commandments of the Lord.

 You must be obedient in the two major areas the Lord commands a Christian to be:

LOVE THE HOUSE OF GOD I Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Psalms 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalms 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the

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house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

GIVE YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO THE LORD

MELCHIZEDEK Genesis 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Jesus (who was Melchizedek) came to Abraham after He had taken the tithe of all Israel, and held His hand out. Abraham gave to Him the entire tithe.

JACOB Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Jacob said this is GOD’S HOUSE. He knew that the tithe belonged to God, and he gave it freely.

ALL ISRAEL Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

All the children of Israel gave their tithe to the house of God. They understood that knowledge was their salvation.

ALL THE TITHE Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and

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prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE!

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