TOLERATING DEMONS?
Memorise: Neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:27
Read: Acts 16:16-18,16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel
possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters
much gain by soothsaying:
MESSAGE!much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are
the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 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.One of the signs affirming that you have received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour is the ability to cast out demons. This grace is not the exclusive preserve of a few Christians who are branded “deliverance ministers”; rather, it should be commonplace among all Christians (Mark 16:17-18). However, you need to know that you cannot cast out demons while living in sin; they will expose your secret deeds. There is the story of a minister who attempted to cast out a demon from a fellow, and the demon spoke out saying: “Are you the one commanding me to go? You who committed fornication with so and so
In our Bible reading, there was this young lady with the spirit of divination who appointed herself as the Public Relations Officer of Paul and his team, while at the same time working for her evil masters. She did this for a while, until Paul was grieved in the spirit and commanded the evil spirit to come out of her, and it did. From this account, you should learn that as long as you are ready to tolerate demons, they will continue to harass you. The trouble you allow to stay with you may take you along with it. In some churches, spirits of divination are in operation and they are tolerated. In fact, some pastors don’t know the difference between a spirit of divination and the spirit of prophecy that comes from God. In such churches, the devil reigns, and he manipulates people freely. Many believers today are far from the place where God wants them to be, because the forces of darkness are fighting to hinder their joy, they throw up their hands in resignation to fate, expecting God to do something about it, but God expects them to command those forces working against them to loose their grip and take their leave in the Name of Jesus. Are you doing this today?
Action Point:
If you notice demonic manipulation in any area of your life, command the spirits responsible to loose their grip and take their leave in Jesus Name.
Bible in one year: Exodus 4-5, 4 And Moses answered and
said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for
they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto
thee.
Romans 4 4 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 And the Lord said unto him, What is
that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the
ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put
forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and
caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto
thee.
6 And the Lord said furthermore unto
him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and
when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put
his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it
was turned again as his other flesh.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee,
neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the
voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also
these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the
water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou
takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath
made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach
thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by
the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against
Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can
speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth
thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth:
and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye
shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall
be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him
instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou
shalt do signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and
said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And the Lord said unto Moses in
Midian, Go, return into Egypt :
for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an
ass, and he returned to the land
of Egypt : and Moses took
the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When
thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before
Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he
shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my
son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me:
and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to
kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin
of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou
to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art,
because of the circumcision.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into
the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and
kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and
all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the
elders of the children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children
of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their
heads and worshipped.
5 And afterward Moses and
Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith theLord God of Israel, Let my
people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his
voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let
Israel go.
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let
us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto
the Lord our God; lest he fall
upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses
and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are
many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as
heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore,
ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may
labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not
give you straw.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of
your work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land
of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried
unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to
us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine
own people.
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let
us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.
18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be
given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they
were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your
bricks of your daily task.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh:
21 And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and
judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so
evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath
done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Romans 4 4 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to
glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it
was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace,
but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man,
unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or
upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might
be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the
circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father
Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made
void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is
no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the
end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the
law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us
all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many
nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and
calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the
father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed
be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body
now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sarah's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but
was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was
able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was
imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe
on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for
our justification.
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