Demonic Activity Vs The Power Of God (eBook)

CHAPTER ONE

Understanding the Army of Satan

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  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.

(King James Version, Ephesians 6:10-12)

Wiles: devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants

Principality: 1. a state ruled by a prince 2. (in traditional Christian angelology) the fifth highest order of the nine fold celestial hierarchy

Power: the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events

Ruler: a person exercising government or dominion

Spiritual: relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things

Wickedness: the quality of being evil or morally wrong

If we are going to talk about spiritual warfare, we must separate the flesh from Spirit now! In my introduction, I stated most churches don’t exercise these teachings due to a lack of faith in God. You would be surprised how many churches have closed their doors to my form of ministry. Due to my interaction with confronting demonic activity head-on, I’m praying if leaders know they are not capable of leading God’s people to full deliverance, that they would begin to remove the name “deliverance” from the titles of their ministries. It has become a misleading spiritual promotion gone wrong.

Before we go deep into Ephesians, we must realize that the power of God is real. Do not be misled by the emotional shenanigans we have viewed time and time again via social media. I have seen so many people make a mockery out of true deliverance that it sickens my spirit. It is causing troubled men and women who need desperate change to give up hope on the real delivering power of God. Deliverance isn’t going to happen in our high times of false spiritual dance-offs held in the front of our churches. These kinds of moves only leave you emotionally high. My experience with drugs qualifies me to state that all highs eventually wear off. True deliverance can ignite in high moments of prayer and worship.

I have been in many different services throughout my many years in ministry. The one consistent thing is if you seek to know if an evil spirit is hiding in your midst, just begin to push the people to pray and worship intensely. Worship creates a whole different atmosphere than “praise break moments.” On a side note, has anyone stopped to pay attention to the musician’s corner lately? It has become the worldliest bunch of mess that I’ve seen in my life! Most of them have No Standard, No Commitment, No Relationship, and No Deliverance. In most instances, none of them have the Holy Ghost. Evil spirits can hide and mask themselves well behind a crowd. Most churches have become emotionally excited by people who are driven to dance to the rhythm of a musician’s corner. When you call for harmony and transparency, these are the ingredients for true worship.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

(John 4:23-24)

Evil spirits cannot hide amid unified worship. True worship demands a sincere posture of repentance before an all-seeing God. When we are genuinely in a place of Spirit and truth, everything about whom you are and what you stand for is exposed before God for spiritual diagnosis. This is the place in which evil must separate from holiness. We can dance, shake, and shiver all night long, but I guarantee you it will not produce the spiritual outcome that comes from 20 minutes of true uninterrupted worship. I have witnessed many breakthroughs in the Spirit in moments like these. We must go back to demanding the true evidence of godly deliverance. There should be some purging at times, while at other times, you will hear screams, yells, crying out, and sometimes actions incited by angry emotions. You must understand that Satan and his full regime are very territorial when it comes to keeping men and women bound to his control.

Let’s look at Ephesians 6:11: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Wiles are devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants. Satan seeks to control men and women through devious schemes. Try to remember that you are dealing with a spiritual being that could convince a third of Heaven to give up their place in glory for false hopes. For this reason, we find ourselves trying to convince many people that they are headed in the wrong direction, but for some reason, they can’t believe a word we are saying.

Demons strategize how they are going to infiltrate an individual. Have you ever seen someone who can’t think for themselves? You’ll always find them doing what all the wrong people tell them only to watch them eventually slide down a path to catastrophic destruction. This is because evilness always seeks out the weak. A strong-willed person refuses to be controlled, especially if they have any insight that they are about to be taken advantage of. The Bible calls it wiles of the devil; he is manipulating leaders to persuade followers in a devious manner to abort true deliverance. I will state for a fact if God could deliver a wretched man such as me, surely He can deliver every type of individual on this earth.

The Bible says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…” This statement comes directly after warning us of the wiles of the devil. There are actions that we will experience through individuals who know not what they do. I did a teaching one time and stated that just as God appoints His Spirit to release anointing upon His people, surely Satan has earmarked individuals to do the same thing. When you’re truly walking in a deliverance anointing, attacks will come at you fleshly, but a spirit will drive them. A demon doesn’t have an appointment with death once it’s finished occupying individuals; it merely searches for another home/person that will invite (yes, INVITE) him in.

Ephesians 6:11 says, “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand…” This particular armour comes with many different spiritual attributes: Shield of Faith, Breastplate of Righteousness, Sword of the Word of God, Helmet of Salvation, Belt of Truth, and the Shoes of the Gospel. Look not so much at the armour, but rather what the armour protects in the Spirit. Breastplate of Righteousness (the heart). In our natural lives, if our heart stops beating, we will surely die. So, if in our spiritual lives our heart becomes filled with darkness, what do you think will happen to our spirits? The Helmet of Salvation (the mind).

Once again, in our natural lives, the mind is the central station for controlling our complete body. If the brain dies, the body becomes useless. If we use the same analogy in the Spirit, once our minds become overtaken with the sin of this world, our bodies become slaves to what we have consumed in our minds. The Belt of Truth (your stance in God). To “gird up” is to tighten up or prepare oneself for military attacks. It merely means to ready yourself for any kind of confrontation that is to come. We can even go as far as to say that the Belt of Truth can protect one from sexual temptations and sins. One of the greatest battles in ministry is LUST! If our stance is always on guard for whatever the devil is going to try next, it will become next to impossible to cause us to fall. Shoes of the Gospel (ordering your footsteps). Many of us find ourselves in all the wrong places at all the wrong times. This is because we are not allowing God to lead us in the proper direction, we are supposed to be headed in.

One major problem with this generation is it’s overtaken with too many followers of what’s trending for the moment. Most of the time, God is trying to pull us in the opposite direction of destruction! For some strange reason, these modern-day churches seem to follow the trends of the world rather than the patterns set by the commandments of God. I dislike even having to say what I’m about to speak; however, if I were you, I wouldn’t put too much trust into these popular preachers this season. Have you ever asked yourself where the true miracles and healings of God have gone? I can answer that question for you. They still exist, but without deliverance the miracle of healing can’t be manifested.

I asked God to anoint me to enable His power to lay hands on the sick, lame, blind, and mentally challenged, and they recover. His answer was, “Master casting out demons, and all these things will be added unto you!” Honestly, I almost wanted to quit and go back to the state of bringing forth powerful words that kept the people excited. Then the Holy Ghost...