Demons Are Real

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Demons Are Real The word of the Lord tells us that the heart of man is deceitfully wicked: and who can understand? Man is always in pursuit of secret knowledge and they have turned to other entities other than the omnipotent Father of mercy and grace. The bible speaks about the other entities that fights against us and how we need to submit to the higher power resisting the devil and he will have to flee from us. Demons are real and is very much rampant in the affairs of men but the comforting word for the born again Christian is greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. We will have authority over demonic forces having our eyes fixed on God. Ephesians 4:12; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The Apostle Paul said, that “we wrestle not against flesh and blood.” The word wrestle means to throw or to swing. It is a contest between two opponents that continues until one hurls the other down and holds him down. We are not engaged in a human physical war; therefore we should not be found fighting our sisters and brothers. The word wrestle presents the idea of a personal foe- face to face and hand to hand conflict to the finish. It is a life and death struggle. Paul is not describing funfair event. He is referring to the kingdom of darkness, the spirit world that is well organized. We are contending with principalities, a highranking hierarchy of demonic authority but we must also be confident of who we are in Christ Jesus.

We should also remember that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and the saints of the living God are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. Power is investing with authority and the world rulers in revolt against God and limited to this darkness here on earth. Spiritual wickedness is the army of invisible evil spirit in high places or heavenly realms. The sphere of this conflict is in the heavenlies, where Christ dwells with his father, our Lord and God. The church must not be ignorant of spiritual warfare but must be aware that the church must have spiritual authority in the unseen or heavenly realms. It is lethal when there is a force or entity at work against us and we are ignorant of the fact. The word of the Lord says, in the book of Hosea 4:6; my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. The bible does not assume the existence of demons or evil spirits. From the beginning of times demons, devils or evil spirits existed and still exists. Demons or evil spirits are indestructible. The existence of evil spirits or devils pervades the bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The word demon itself is not found in the bible. What is found in the bible is reference to evil spirits or devils. Demons come from the Latin word “Daemon” meaning evil spirit and the Greek word is “Daemon” meaning a divinity. Demons are disembodied spirits which cannot be seen with the naked eyes or with the aide of a microscope. Demons are spiritually discerned. There are many people who do not believe that evil spirits exist and it is sad that many are destroyed, deceived and bound by these entities. Satan’s ploy or trick has been his successful delusion of mankind to refute or oppose the fact that he and his cohorts do

not exist. There are three sources of power common to human understanding: the divine power that proceeds from the omnipotence of God, the satanic power which comes from the devil, the fallen arch-angel and the human power or the power of man that is a neutral force that can de directed by the heavenly or demonic power. Demons or devils were very much rampant during Jesus earthly ministry. They are knowledgeable! They knew that their time was at hand; therefore they were uneasy wherever Jesus went. Evil spirits proclaimed who Jesus was and He cast out and silenced many. Evil spirits are knowledgeable but they are not omniscient. In the book of Matthew 8:29; the word of Lord states, and behold they cried out saying, what have we to do with thee Jesus thou son of God? Art thou come neither to torment us before the time. In the book of Luke 4:4; the word of the Lord tells us that devils came out of many, crying out, and saying, thou art Christ the son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. The girl with the spirit of divination knew who Paul and Silas were. In the book of Acts chapter 19:13-16; the evil spirits declared that Jesus they knew and Paul they knew but they questioned the sons of Sceva asking who they were. Evil spirits are powerful but not all powerful. (Acts 19:16; Mark chapter 5:1-18) Evil spirits or demons cause various vexation, suicide, and lunacy. Evil spirits can oppress, be jealous, tell fortunes, and they can imitate the departed dead. The spirit of oppression: the word of the Lord says, but the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

Evil spirits or demons cause error, deception, lying, witchcraft, heresies, false prophecies, wage war on saints, influence men and have believers in league with them, inflict physical maladies on those they possess. In the book of 1 Timothy 4:1-2; the word tells, us that the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirit, and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy; having the conscience seared with a hot iron. Beloved believe not every spirit, but try the spirit whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone into the world. We are of God, he that knoweth God heareth us: he that is not of God heareth not us: hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. The bible says, we are not to be ignorant of the devils wiles. It is time for the church to rise up and take authority in the name of Jesus. It is time for the church to put to death ignorance, doubt and fear and all the things that so easily beset us and take authority and the devil and his cohorts must flee. In psalm 60:12; the word of the Lord says, and we shall have the victory because it is he that trample down the enemy. The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church of the living God. This church is built upon the revelation Peter received, that Jesus is the Christ the son of the living God. This same Jesus by his spirit is abiding in you and I, therefore we can say with confidence, “greater is he that he that is in us than he that is in the world” The church must submit to God resisting the devil and he will have to flee. The church must come to the realization that Satan’s coven is growing rapidly, and it is doing so with power and unity. Although it seems as if the devil is prevailing against the church

of the living God, this is a lie from the pit of hell. The church is no doubt divided to the core but God is the midst of her, and she shall not be moved. We need cooperation and unity in the body of Christ. Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. The word of the lord tells us that the church must be in unity: till we all come in the unity of the faith. Psalm 133 says, Oh that God’s people will dwell together in unity. If the church will come together, then we need to take a good look at Satan and his ministering angels. During my research, I discovered that Satan and his workers have to be strong to survive in the coven. Weaklings do not survive in Satan’s coven. There is order in their service. Here is an illustration of unity and order in their gathering. 13 witches gather together in a circle to worship their master. They dressed identically in long white robes with attached cowl like hoods up over their heads. They each sat cross-legged on the highly polished wooden floor. Backs straight, arms folded across their breast. Staring with absolute concentration into the candles in front of them, these witches did not wear jewelry, or ornament of any sort. There was no movement by any of them except for their continuous low voiced chanting or humming as they offer their prayer to Satan. From the book “he came to set the captives free, Elaine a powerful witch delivered by Doctor Rebecca Brown through the power of God was told that if she wanted anything, all she needed to do was to light a candle and put every prayer requests underneath it. She was told that she could pray for another person’s upliftment or downfall”

They prayed for fame and power to destroy the church. One of the devil’s ploys is to destroy the prayer base of every church. Jesus said, my house is a house of prayer, and Satan does not delight in seeing God’s people praying. Prayer releases the explosive power of the Holy Ghost in the affairs of God’s people. All the recorded revival in the Old and New Testament was depended upon prayer. It seems to me that their prayers are being answered because the church of the living God is fragmented and every king of foul spirits are rampant in the body of Christ. Satan’s church is in unison, understanding, and order! We need unity, order and understanding in the body of Christ! We must not be ignorant of who we are and who we are up against. God is not the order of confusion! God is not at fault! The church is at fault! We have fallen short of the glory of God and we have given the enemy a foothold in our lives. We have opened different doors for him to walk and take up residence in our lives thus wreaking havoc in our affairs. The church needs the cord of love to binds everyone together!! The church must submit to God, resisting the devil and he will have to flee. The church must rise up and be the church, so the glory of God the father, the son and the Holy Ghost will be imminent in the body. When God glory overshadows the church the prince of the air and his cohorts, witches and witches will not be able to resist the awesome presence pf the almighty God. You must come to the realization that wizard and witches, chants or utter evil incantations against the body of Christ. Their utterances are very effective and therefore, the prayer base in most churches is destroyed. Flesh and blood is fighting against flesh and blood, pastors against congregation and congregation against pastors.

There is gossiping, malice, lies, fraction, witchcraft, sexual immorality, physical maladies, grave misfortunate, financial problems, accidents, lethargy and great distraction. It seems as if the devil is winning, and we are often heard quoting this scripture the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church of the living God. Let us not fool ourselves; the gates of hell will prevail if we are found sleeping. Arise sleepers in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazereth; they that are of day cannot sleep. There is spirit of Zambia spirit that has overshadowed many individuals! You just cannot help but sleep but you must rise up and take authority in the name of Jesus. Know when you are tired and sleep but when you are not rise and loose yourself and bind these entities in the name of Jesus. The church must be found praying without ceasing. Pastors, lay ministers and the congregation must be found praying. It is church chief business to supplicate, pray, intercede and give thanks for it is the will of God in Christ Jesus. It is time to pray fervently and persistently until the glory of God radiates in our midst. The enemy must be resisted and he must back off and flee in the name of Jesus. God will give his angels charge over us lest we dash our foot against a stone. Psalm 91 says, we will trample the lion and the adder, the young lion we will trample under our feet. It is perilous time we are living in; let us come together in unity and prayer. Be he alert and vigilant for the adversary is like a roaring lion seeking he who may devour. John 10:10; says, he comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus was manifested to destroy the work of the devil. Prayer and fasting are two weapons to destroy, tear down, and smash to pieces the strong hold of the devil. The bible says that some of these things come not

but through prayer and fasting. Fasting will break the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burden and break the fetters. There is also power and authority in the name of Jesus to resist the devil. There is no other name by which man can be saved. The church is complete in Jesus Christ who is the head of all principality, and powers of darkness. Evil spirits, principalities, rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places must bow and be rendered ineffective in the presence of the omnipotent God. In the book of Philippians chapter 2; the word of Lord declares that every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. According to the scriptures, Jesus is raised from the dead and he is Lord. We are possessed with power and authority over scorpions and serpents and all the powers of Satan. We are to dress in our spiritual armor from the crown of our heads to the soul of our feet. You are aware what the armor is in the book of Ephesians chapter 6. We need the spirit of discernment in the body of Christ! The word discerns means to distinguish clearly, to behold as separate. Discerning of spirit is the ability the Holy Spirit gives to some Christian to discern between those speak by the spirit of God and those who are moved by false spirits. The discerning of spirits shows which gifts of the Holy Spirit are operating in a service. Some Christians are able to distinguish how God is working and how the evil spirits are working. It is imperative that we allow the gift to operate so that the body of Christ can gain power and authority over demonic spirits. The phrase discerning of spirits occurs in 1 Corinthians 12:19; to another is given the working of miracles, to another prophesy; to another discerning of spirits. WE can rest assured that we are victors in Christ Jesus

because of what Jesus wrought on the cross- we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus blood- his incorruptible blood was poured out on the altar for our sins. Leviticus chapter 17:11; says, the life of the flesh is in the blood. The holy saving blood of Jesus is an expression of our faith in prayer when we plead the blood of Jesus. Pleading the blood is not scriptural but it is accepted in Zion as we are commanding Jesus to assist us in all of our situations in his power glory and authority. The song writer wrote his blood is on my soul, I rest securely in his love, and his blood is on my soul. Jesus blood is all over the church and its keeping the church alive! Jesus is keeping us alive! If the blood of one year old lamb prevented the death angel from destroying the first born of the children of Israel, what about the saving blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth? There is protection in the blood of Jesus! Let us apply the blood by faith to our hearts. We must not be troubled; we must lay hold of the word of God like Jesus did and defeated the devil. Jesus said, it is written and we must say it too. Greater is he that is in me, than he that is the world. Let us lift up our feeble hands in the name of Jesus and take up the sword of the Holy Spirit against the devil and his cohorts in the name of Jesus Christ. The word is alive and active! It is sharp and will cut down, destroy, root up and pull down every strongholds of the devil. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; says, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations and everything that exalted itself against the knowledge of Christ and bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

God’s word is infallible, and eternal! His word stand firm in the heavens! There is remarkable dominion in the bible. May God’s people have a relish for his word? Let it not depart from your mouth! Let it dwell in the midst of your hearts for is life unto them that find it and health unto your flesh. Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you in all wisdom so that in the time of trouble the Holy Spirit will take up and a standard when the enemy comes as a flood. There is victory in the name of Jesus.

Prayer: God, thank you that we are aware of the fact that there are entities that fight against your people but you have made provision for us. You sent Jesus to destroy the works of the evil so that we may be victorious in our Christian walk. Thank you that we have the word to say with great confidence it is written.

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