LIST OF
SCRIPTURE TO READ BEFORE OR DURING DELIVERANCE
Job 1:6-13; 2:3-13,
Isa. 14:12-17, Ezek. 28:12-19,
Dan. 4:34-36;
10:12-14, Matt. 17:14-18, Matt. 28:18-20,
Luke 4:1-13;
10:18-20, Luke 13:15-16, John 8:42-45,
Acts 5:3-4, II Cor.
4:3-6, II Cor. 11:1-4,
Eph. 4:25-27;
6:10-20, Col. 1:11-14, Col. 2:13-15,
I Thes. 2:17-20,
Heb. 2:14-15, James 4:7-10,
I Pet. 5:8-9, I John
3:7-9; 4:4-6, Rev. 12:7-12,
Rev. 13:5-15; 20:10,
SCRIPTURE
ABOUT SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS - OLD TESTAMENT -
BEFORE THE COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Before The
Re-creation Of Genesis 1:2 (Isa. 24:1; Jer. 4:23-26)
Ezekiel 28:11-19,
Isa. 14:4-20, Job 38:4-7,
From The
Garden Of Eden To The Flood
Genesis 3:1-15, II
Cor. 11:3, I Tim. 2:14,
I John 2:15-17, Gen.
4:1-16, Heb. 11:4,
I John 3:11-12, Jude
6; 11, Gen. 6:1-8,
Matt. 24:37-39, Luke
17:26-27, Eph. 4:9,
I Pet. 3:18-20, I
Pet. 4:6, II Pet. 2:4-5,
From The
Flood To The Exodus
Gen. 10:8-10, Gen.
11:1-9, Gen. 10:25,
Gen. 19, Luke
17:28-30, II Pet. 2:6-8,
Jude 7, Job 1:1;
2:10, James 5:11,
Ex. 7:10-12, 19-22,
Ex. 8:1-7; 16-19, Ex. 9:11,
Psalms 78:43-51,
Isa. 19:1-3, II Tim. 3:8,
From The
Exodus To The Death Of Saul
Ex. 32, Acts
7:38-43, Numbers 13:33,
Gen. 6:4; 14:5;
15:20, Deut. 2:10-11;20-24, Deut. 3:11-13,
Joshua 12:4, 15;
13:12, Joshua 17:15; 18:16, II Sam. 5:18-22,
II Sam. 21:16-22;
23:13, I Chron. 11:15; 14:9, I Chron. 20:4-8,
Isa. 14:8; 17:5,
Isa. 26:14, 19, Job 26:5,
Psalm 88:10, Prov.
2:18; 9:18, Prov. 21:16,
Num. 13:22, 28, 33,
Deut. 1:28, Deut. 2:10-11, 21; 9:2,
Joshua 11:21-22,
Joshua 14:12, 15, Joshua 15:13-14; 21:11,
Judges 1:20, I Sam.
17, Gen. 14:5-6; 36:20-21, 29,
Deut. 2:10-12, 22,
Gen. 14:5, Deut. 2:20, 23,
Joshua 18:23, Deut.
7:1-5, Deut. 20:16-18,
Num. 22-24, Joshua
13:22, Joshua 24:9-10,
Micah 6:5, II Peter
2:15-16, Jude 11,
Rev. 2:14, Judges 9,
I Sam. 9:15-17; 10:1-13,
I Sam. 15, I Sam.
16:13-23, I Sam. 18:10-22; 19:9-24,
I Sam. 22'16-19, I
Sam. 28:3-20, I Chron. 10,
During The
Reign Of David And The Divided Kingdom
II Sam. 24, I Chron.
21:1-28, Psalm 109:6-15,
Acts 1:15-20, I
Kings 22:1-28, II Chron. 18,
Teaching On
Demonology In The Prophetic Books
Isa. 24:17-23, Isa.
26:13-19; 27:1, Isa. 30:30-33; 61:1,
Luke 4:18, Eph. 4:8,
Dan. 10:12-14, 20-21,
Zech. 3,
Daniel's
Description Of Satan's Kingdom Under The Antichrist
Dan. 2:31-45, Dan.
Chapter 7 & 8, Dan. 9:20-27,
Dan. 11:21; 12:13,
Additional
Teaching On Demonology In The Old Testament
Ex. 12:23, Psalm
78:49, Job 4:18; 15:15,
Gen. 35:1-4, Psalm
96:5, Amos 5:25-27,
Some Demons
Or Evil Spirits That Are Named In The Old Testament
Deut. 32:16-17,
Psalms 106:34-39, Lev. 17:6-7,
II Kings 23:8, II
Chron. 11:15, Is. 13:21; 34:14,
Num. 5:14, 30, Hosea
4:12; 5:4, Zech. 13:1-5,
Evil
Supernaturalism As Practiced In The Old Testament
Ex. 22:18, Lev.
19:26, 31, Lev. 20:1-6, 27,
Deut. 18:9-22, Micah
5:12-15, Nahum 3:4,
Mal. 3:5, Gen.
31:19, 30, 34, II Kings 9:22; 17:14-18,
II Kings 21:1-7, 11,
II Chron. 33:1-9, Is. 65:3-7,
Jer. 19:4-6, Ezk.
8:6-18, II Kings 23:4-24,
Is. 29:4; 47:9-15,
Gen. 41:8, 24, Dan. 1:20; 2:2,10,27-28,
Dan. 4:6-9;
5:7,11,15, Gen. 30:27; 44:4-5, I Sam. 6:1-5,
Is. 44:25, Jer.
14:14; 27:9-11, Jer. 29:8-9,
Ez. 12:24;
13:1-9,23, Ez. 21:21-23,29, Ez. 22:28,
Micah 3:6-7,11,
Zech. 10:2, Deut. 18:11,
Psalm 106:28-29,
Isa. 8:19-20; 19:3,
Note: In this study
all references to the following words have been
checked and used if related to the subject: (angel,
charmer, dead, devil, divination, enchantment,
familiar, giants, leviathan, magic, necromancy, Satan,
serpent, spirit, witch, wizard). Also every reference
to Anakim, Avim, Emim, Horim, Nephilim, Rephaim,
Zamzummim.
THE GOSPELS
- DURING THE EARTHLY LIFE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Satan's Direct Attacks Against The Lord Jesus Christ
Matt. 4:1-11, Mark
1:13, Luke 4:2-13,
Matt. 16:22-23, Mark
8:33,
Satan
Possesses Judas And Desires To Have Peter
John 6:64,70-71,
Luke 22:3-6,21-23, John 13:21-30,
John 17:12, II Thes.
2:3, Luke 22:31-34,
The Lord
Jesus And John The Baptist Were Accused Of Having A
Demon, Etc.
Matt. 11:18, Luke
7:33, John 7:20; 8:48-49,52,
John 10:20-21, Mark
3:28-30, Matt. 9:34; 12:24,
Mark 3:22, Luke
11:15, Matt. 10:25,
II Kings 1:1-6,16,
Some People
Are Described As Children Of The Devil, Etc.
Matt. 3:7, Luke 3:7,
Matt. 12:34; 23:33,
Matt. 23:15;
13:24-30, John 8:41,44,
Specific
Accounts Of Demonic Deliverance By Jesus Christ
Mark 1:23-28, Luke
4:33-37, Matt. 8:14-15,
Mark 1:29-31, Luke
4:38-39, Matt. 8:28-34,
Mark 5:2-20, Luke
8:27-39, Matt. 9:32-33,
Matt. 12:22-23, Luke
11:14, Matt. 15:21-28,
Mark 7:24-30, Matt.
17:14-21, Mark 9:14-29,
Luke 9:37-43;
13:11-17, Mark 16:9, Luke 8:2-3,
Additional
References To The Authority Of Jesus Christ Over
Demons, Etc.
Matt. 8:16-17, Mark
1:32-34, Luke 4:40-41,
Matt. 4:24, Mark
1:39; 3:7-12, Luke 6:17-19; 13:32,
Matt. 8:24-27, Mark
4:37-41, Luke 8:23-25,
Eph. 2:2, Matt.
11:2-6, Luke 7:18-23,
The
Instruction Of Jesus Christ Concerning The Casting
Out Of Demons
Matt. 12:25-29, Mark
3:23-27, Luke 11:17-22,
Matt. 10:1,8;
18:18-20, Mark 3:13-15; 6:7, Luke 9:1,
Mark 6:13, Luke
10:17-20, Mark 9:39-40,
Luke 9:49-50, Mark
16:17,
Additional
Important Teaching Concerning Satan And His
Followers
Matt. 6:13, Luke
11:4, John 17:15,
Matt. 12:43-45, Luke
11:24-26, Matt. 13:4,19,
Mark 4:4,15, Luke
8:5,12, John 10:1-16,
Matt. 6:23, Luke
1:79; 11:35, Luke 22:53,
John 1:5; 3:19;
8:12, John 12:35,46; 12:31, John 14:30; 16:11,
The
Prophetic Statements In The Gospels Regarding Satan
And His Followers
Matt. 7:21-23, Matt.
24:4-5,23-26, Mark 13:5; 6:21-23,
Luke 21:8, John
5:43, Matt. 25:41; 8:29,
Note: In this study
of the New Testament all references to the following
words have been checked and used it they were related
to the subject: (angel, antichrist, Beelzebub, Belial,
darkness, devil, demon, dragon, lion, Satan, serpent,
sorcery, spirit, tempter.
The Name And Titles
Of Satan In The Bible - In the New Testament he is
called: the accuser of the brethren, the adversary,
the authority of darkness, Beelzebub, Belial, the
devil, the great red dragon, the enemy, the god of
this age, a liar, the father of lies, a roaring lion,
a murderer, the ruler of the authorities of the air,
the ruler of this world, the serpent, Satan, the
tempter, a thief and the wicked one. He also has these
additional names in the Old Testament: Leviathan,
Lucifer, the King of Babylon and the King of Tyre.
ACTS TO
REVELATION - AFTER THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST
Satan's Attacks Against Paul and His Authority
Concerning Satan
II Cor. 12:7-10, I
Thes. 2:18, II Tim. 4:17,
I Cor. 5:1-5, I Tim.
1:18-20,
Satan's
Attacks Against Certain Groups of People
I Cor. 7:5, I Tim.
5:11-15, I John 2:13-14,
I Tim. 3:1-7, II
Tim. 2:24-26, II Cor. 2:10-11;,
II Cor. 11:3-4,
Satan Uses
Men and Women and Angels for His Evil Purposes
Acts 5:1-11; 8:9-24,
Acts 13:6-12, Rev. 2:20-25,
II Cor. 11:13-15,
Gal. 1:6-9; 3:1, Rev. 2:2-6,15,
Rev. 2:9-10; 3:9,
Satan's
Control and Rule Over the World and Age
Acts 26:14-18, II
Cor. 4:3-4, Eph. 2:1-3,
I Thes. 3:5, I Tim.
6:9, Heb. 2:17-18,
I Tim. 6:9, Heb.
4:14-16, James 1:13-15,
I John 3:7-12, I
John 5:18-19, Rev. 2:13,
Believers
are Warned About Satan's World System
Rom. 12:1-2, Gal.
1:3-4; 4:3, Col. 2:8-10,20,
James 1:17; 4:1-4,
II Pet. 1:3-4,20, I John 5:4-5,
John 16:33, I John
2:15-17,
Darkness and
Light - an Important Related Subject
Rom. 2:17-20; 13:12,
I Cor. 4:5, II Cor. 4:6,
II Cor. 6:14-18,
Eph. 5:6-14;, Eph. 4:17-19,
I Thes. 5:4-5, I
Pet. 2:9, I John 1:5-7; 2:8-11,
Examples in
the Book of Acts of Deliverance From Spiritual
Bondage
Acts 10:36-38; 5:16,
Acts 8:6-8; 16:16-24, Acts 19:11-13,20,
Jesus Christ
has Made Victory Over Satan Possible
Rom. 8:31-39, Eph.
1:20-23; 3:8-12, I Pet. 3:22,
Col. 2:13-15, II
Thes. 3:1-3, I John 5:18,
Col. 1:13-16, Heb.
2:14-15,
Instructions
to Believers on How They May Obtain Victory Over
Satan
Eph. 4:17, Rom.
6:16, Eph. 6:10-18,
II Cor. 10:4-5,
James 4:17, I Pet. 5:8-9,
I John 4:1-6,
Various
Types of Spirits are Mentioned in Paul's Letters
Rom. 8:15, I Cor.
2:12, 2 Tim. 1:7,
Rom. 11:7-8, I Cor.
12:10,
Miscellaneous
Additional Teaching on Demonology
Acts 17:18; 23:7-9,
I Cor. 10:16-22, I Cor. 8:1-6,
James 2:19; 3:14-15,
I Tim. 3:11, II Tim. 3:3,
Titus 2:3,
Prophetic
Teaching in the Letters on Demonology and the
Antichrist
Rom. 16:20, I Cor.
6:1-3, I Tim. 4:1-3,
II Pet. 2:1-22, Jude
1:3, 25, I John 2:18-22,
II John 7, II Thes.
2:1-12, John 17:12,
Acts 1:25, II Thes.
2:3, Rev. 11:7; 17:8,
The Rise of
Satan's Trinity in the Last Years of This Age
Rev. Chap. 9, 12
& 13, Joel 2:1-11, Rev. 11:17,
Gen. 37:9-10, Rev.
14:8-12; 15:2,
The Final,
Ultimate Defeat of Satan and His Followers
Rev. 16:1-2,10-11,
Rev. 16:13-14, Rev. Chap. 7,
Rev. 18:2; 19:19-20,
Rev. 20:1-10,
Note: For additional
information on the rise of the antichrist, his
kingdom, activities and downfall, read Daniel 2:40-45;
7:7-28; 8:8-14, 19-26; 9:25-27; 11:21-12-13.
GENERAL
Satan's origin, afflicts body and mind,
interferes with prayers and plans, murderer and liar,
deceiver and accuser of Christians, Christ defeated,
his power controlled by God, we resist him, Christ
resisted by the Word and his doom.
There is a
tremendous amount of Scripture that tells about Satan
and his forces of evil. The Bible says more about
Satan than Heaven so that you can overcome Satan and
make it to Heaven!
SATAN,
FALLEN ANGELS AND DEMONS -
There is one Satan - one individual not omniscient,
omnipresent or omnipotent like God.
There are millions
of fallen angels. Rev. 5:11 calculates at least
101,000,000 total angels. Rev. 12:4 calculates at
least 33,700,000 fallen angels.
There are billions
of demons. We only work with Christians and find they
have many demons. If the world has billions of people
and Christians have many demons, then there must be
billions and billions of demons.
Demons probably came
from a Pre-Adamic Race but there is no scriptural
reference that can be found to prove this statement.
Satan is in charge
(Chief of Staff). The fallen angels are his officers.
The demons are his foot soldiers.
We cast about 10,000
demons out of one man over a nine-month period. The
demons freely talked and gave us information about
their rank and number. One demon said that a person
could have tens of thousands of demons.
THE CHAIN OF
COMMAND IN THE DEMONIC REALM (EXCERPTS)
Demons are very conscious of authority and
adhere slavishly to the "chain of command" and the
line of authority structure. There are Chief Kings and
Chief Princes and under them are kings and princes who
rule over various geographical and spiritual areas.
There are kingdoms, principalities, dominions and
powers which are administered by kings and princes.
For example, each
state in the United states is ruled over by a prince.
Some examples: Louisiana - Southern Curses.
The control of a
geographical area seems to rest on the success of a
prince in controlling the majority of the persons
within that place, but it also has to do with the
ferocity and power of that prince.
A general is in
charge of a legion (6,000) while a prince will control
a number of legions. A ruler or captain commands a
cohort ( 600), and there can be chief captains and
chief rulers with still more authority. A centurion
controls 100 demons and if he controls less than a
hundred demons he is called a strongman. Any demon in
authority will direct how many, and when and where
pain spirits are to attack, and how sustained the
attack is to be. These pain spirits are called Imps by
those in charge.
Because of the rigid
authority structure, a wise move in dealing with
spirits is to bind all the spirits, especially the
ruling ones, and the ones of violence, fighting and
murder.
THE SATANIC
COSMOS (EXCERPTS)
Derek Prince writes, "Today, by divine
providence, the veils of convention and carnality are
once again being drawn aside, and the church of Jesus
Christ is being confronted by the same manifest
opposition of demon power that confronted the church
of the New Testament. In these circumstances, the
church must once again explore the resources of
authority and power made available to her through the
truth of the Scripture, the anointing of the Holy
Spirit, and the Name and the Blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ."
In the Scriptures,
both holy and unholy spirit beings are designated as
angels (Rev. 12:7). As Dr. Chafer says, "In power,
prominence and importance, Satan appears in the Bible
second only to the Trinity".
Second only,
therefore, to knowing the triune God and the value of
His redeeming grace is knowing the truth about the
enemy of God, who as a roaring lion walketh about
seeking whom he may devour (I Pet. 5:8).
Frances Manuel gives
us this useful summation: "We do not have clear and
plain teaching regarding the demons themselves. Demons
in vast numbers constitute a part of Satan's hierarchy
and fight in his army. They are spiritual beings
without bodies of their own, hence they seek
embodiment; they have supernatural power and strength.
They are not omniscient, but are creatures of cunning
intellect, and given to deceits and wiles. They are
unclean, corrupt, and bent on destruction and ruin.
They degrade the bodies they invade and possess,
whether of animals or men. They tremble at the Word of
God and have to bow to the authority of Jesus Christ
whether exerted directly by Him or by those to whom He
has delegated the authority to subject them."
Mrs. Penn-Lewis
defines the satanic forces described in Eph. 6:12 as:
"Principalities - force and dominion dealing with
nations and governments; Powers - having authority and
power of action in all the spheres open to them; World
Rulers - governing the darkness and blindness of the
world at large; Wicked Spirits - in heavenly places -
the forces being directed in and upon the Church of
Jesus Christ in wiles, fiery darts, onslaught, and
every conceivable deception about doctrine which they
are capable of planning".
She continues: "All
'teaching' originating from deceiving spirits weaken
the authority of the Scriptures; distort the teaching
in the Scriptures; add to the Scriptures the thoughts
of men; or put the Scriptures entirely aside...The
test of all thought and belief therefore is its
harmony with the written Scriptures in its full body
of truth, and the attitude to the cross, and sin".
Dr. Chafer points
out the "demon influence, like their activity, is
prompted by two motives; both to hinder the purpose of
God for humanity, and to extend the authority of
Satan. They therefore, at the command of their king,
willingly cooperate in all his God-dishonoring
undertakings. This influence is exercised both to
mislead the unsaved and to wage an increasing war
against the believer". (Eph. 6:12)
When you were born
as a human being, you became the object of extreme
hatred and jealousy from the Archangel Lucifer and his
hosts, for it was on human beings (not angels) that
God elected to display His grace, love and mercy
unexcelled.
When he saw what God
was doing in placing this puny creature in charge of
his former domain, the Devil immediately began to
design a plan to plant rebellion in the man, thus to
depose him from the position of over-lordship God had
given men.
When grace was
extended to the man and woman in the Garden of Eden
through the provision of substitutionary blood, the
promise was made that some day God would send the
Saviour to be the Lamb of God.
After being
outmaneuvered by God, and failing with Adam and Eve,
Satan took note that God had said that the Saviour
would come through the seed of the woman.
The super angel
continued to invade the affairs of men and by the time
of Noah, he had managed, by supernatural power to
infiltrate the human race with angelic creatures who
somehow took the bodies of humans (to father monstrous
hybrid offspring, half demon and half human, Gen.
6:2).
At last, when the
entire race had been tainted by the demonic strain,
except for Noah and his family, God again struck the
devil a mighty blow and had Noah prepare an ark.
Noah proved to be
the glorious exception in an earth filled with
violence and he found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Satan struck next by
creating incest in Noah's family, and by fermenting
and stirring in the affairs of the descendents of
Noah.
Satan continued to
work ceaselessly to drag men and women away from the
place of blessing to idolatry.
The descendents of
Abraham, chosen by God to carry out his promises, were
sent into Egypt to sojourn during a famine, but like
so many, they went to sojourn and stayed on and
settled down, instead of returning to the land of
promise.
The result was the
galling slavery of Egyptian bondage which gripped them
and was to last for centuries.
On Mount Sinai, God
gave them a perfect set of laws, but even while Moses
was in communion with God on the mountain, Satan
worked mightily.
After much purging
and forty more years of agonizing preparation, God got
His slow people ready for the victorious march into
the promised land.
As Dr. Chafer
observes, "Evidently demons have always been active in
the world from the dawn of human history; but as the
occasion may arise, they become more active at one
time than at another. When the Son of God came to
earth, took a human body and was manifested in the
flesh, the very Creator and God against whom the
demons had originally rebelled, there was a violent
and powerful upsurge of demonic manifestations and
power over all the world. It was almost as if the
unseen world, in torment and resentment at the
presence of the Godman, went into fresh spasms of
rebellion and fury".
When the coming of
the promised Messiah was near, there was a mighty
Satanic upheaval.
When the time for
Jesus' birth drew near, Satan struck again, moving
Caesar to order a census (which was never completed).
The enemy next
arranged that every inn and room in the village be
filled, leaving no room for the weary couple.
Satan never gives
up.
Herod's fury knew no
bounds when he discovered how he had been tricked.
There were
continuous attacks on Jesus during His days of
ministry.
When Jesus came to
the end, the super-attempt to forestall God's plan was
tried.
On the cross He hung
in agony and blood.
At the tomb, it
seemed that Satan had finally triumphed but Praise
God! early on the first day of the week, all was
changed completely, for time and eternity. The Son of
God came out of that tomb, the keys of hell and death
dangling at His belt (Rev.1:18). This was total
victory!
THE BATTLE
TODAY (EXCERPTS)
Satan and his forces continue today in their
steadfast opposition against the overwhelming evidence
that they will surely lose the battle. Dr. Chafer
declares that Satan "is the living contender against
the believer in the realms of spiritual life and
activity as well as in the area of flesh and blood".
Satan and his fallen
angels are sharply limited in power compared with God,
for they are mere finite creatures who can do nothing
outside the permissive will of God.
Robert Peterson
points out that, "The master passion of Satan for
worship leads him to gain worship by whatever method
brings the best results. He gains the worship of
millions of intelligent people through counterfeit
systems of truth, persuading them that he does not
exist; or that he holds no dread for the educated and
informed, who either belittle his influence or dismiss
it as humbug. The superstitious on the other hand, are
held in bondage by fear, a fear the Western world
cannot understand because it defies explanation". As
Mrs. George Needham observes:"...The root...of
idolatry is demonology. All its stupidity and
senseless ceremony are but addenda to the main facts.
The senses are gratified, the passions unloosed the
conscience deluded-but chief over all, Satan is
worshipped.
The demons, and all
their dupes, reject the Bible.
That morning I had
preached on the triumph which is in the very name of
Jesus in every area. A prophecy had followed
confirming this truth.
There can be very
little doubt that the demons do have a highly
organized empire of evil, Peterson writes out of
direct observation as a missionary in Borneo. "I
myself have heard through the lips of possessed
persons two demons arguing over disputed territory. It
seems that the demons are given boundaries over which
they are not allowed to pass. Again I have heard
demons trying to assert authority over other demons.
If the one trying to usurp authority is lower in rank
than the other one, there is apt to be violence. On
the other hand, if the demon is high in rank, other
demons must submit to his higher authority".
"With those who are
immersed in idolatry, Satan gains his end through
fear, but with those, who, having the Bible, should be
acquainted with the Devil's devices, his most
effective work is that of deluding men into believing
that all this talk of demonic activity is mere
superstition and unscientific nonsense, so fulfilling
Satan's description as the one ...who deceiveth the
whole world (Rev. 12:9)".
Michael Harper
flashes the alert that, "Behind the facade of
religious life there is a spiritual battle raging.
There seem to be many who are not fully aware of this
warfare. From time to time there is a dramatic
collision between the power of the Spirit and that of
Satan. Success for the Christian will depend in a
large measure on recognizing the work of the devil and
knowing how to defeat and expel him from every
situation..." "So it is today, there is a fierce
conflict and there are those who do not wish to pass
this way. But we cannot avoid the battle - for if we
do not fight the enemy, he will still come at us..."
This conflict began
long before the birth of Jesus and reached its height
during His ministry.
Early in this
century, Mrs. Penn-Lewis noted, "It is....clear in
Bible history that the manifestation of the power of
God at Pentecost, and through the Apostles, meant
again an aggressive attitude to the powers of
darkness. Therefore, the growth and maturity of the
Church of Christ at the end of the dispensation will
mean the same recognition, and the same attitude
toward the Satanic hosts of the prince of the power of
the air; with the same co-witness of the Holy Spirit
to the authority of the Name of Jesus, as in the early
Church. In brief,
that the Church of Christ will reach its high water
mark, when...it knows how to 'bind the strong man' by
prayer; 'command' the spirits of evil in the Name of
Christ, and deliver men and women from their power."
Harper writes these
encouraging words: "These wicked beings can suggest
evil, but cannot coerce the will of another creature.
They may spread snares and devices to ruin the
children of God, but cannot compel any other being to
comply with their designs, nor can they employ God's
creation other than as He decrees. They have never
been able to defeat God, and actually God uses them as
instruments to correct the erring saints" (Luke
22:31-32; I Cor. 5:5; I Tim. 1:20). Someone has
remarked that Satan is like a monkey wrench which the
Lord uses to tighten up loose nuts! Be of good cheer
saints of God! Satan is severely limited and all his
bluster and bluff about 'all power' is sham. Our God
is still on the throne and He rules! Hallelujah!
NAMES OF
SATAN AND HIS DEMONS TO BE CAST OUT IN THE NAME OF
JESUS