WHO NEEDS DELIVERANCE?

Does a Christian really need deliverance? Yes, every Christian needs deliverance. Realize that deliverance is not meant for unbelievers but for believers. 

When Lazarus came back to life, those limitations were a great puzzle to him because they were not there before he died. But Jesus said, “Loose him, let him go.” 

In John 11:34-44 Jesus said, “Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent Me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”

In the same way, there are a lot of things happening in your life today that you do not have any idea of how they came upon you. Even the doctors cannot help you. They can’t because your problem is not physical but spiritual and as such it can only be handled spiritually. 

And you say, “LORD, I am Born Again; I have totally surrendered my life to you. But why is it that I cannot enjoy total prosperity?” 

But today beloved, you’ll sing a new song! That sickness in your life, the debt, that failure, that negative situation in your life does not glorify God, but it’s an opportunity for God to be glorified. In your situation, God will be glorified today. 

Here are some examples of the fact that every Christian needs deliverance:

1. 1. Realize that a believer can receive another spirit (2 Cor. 11:3-4).

2 Corinthians 11:3-5 says, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”

1. 2. A believer can depart from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1-3).

1 Timothy 4:1-3 says, “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;

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

1. 3. Healing [deliverance] is children’s bread (Mk. 7:25-30).

Mark 7:25-30 says, “For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.”

1. 4. The daughter of Abraham that had a hunchback was a believer (Lk. 13:11-17).

Luke 13:11-17 says, “And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.”

1. 5. Ananias and Sapphira that lied to the Holy Ghost were believers (Acts 5:3-4).

In Acts 5:3-4 Peter said, “Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4 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.”

1. 6. The Galatians that were bewitched by spirits were believers (Gal. 3:1).

Galatians 3:1 says, “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”

1. 7. Judas that betrayed Jesus Christ was a believer (Lk. 22:3).

Luke 22:3 says, “Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.”

1. 8. Simon was a believer (Acts 8:20-24).

In Acts 8:20-24 Peter said unto him, “Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.”

1. 9. The man in the Synagogue was a believer (Mk.1:23-27). 
2. 10. Afflictions in the brethren. It is Satan that causes afflictions (1 Pet. 5:8-9).
3. 11. Jesus called Peter Satan (Mk. 8:33).
4. 12. Believer’s son (Mk. 9:17-29).
5. 13. The spirit of fever is a demon (Lk. 4:38-39).
6. 14. Gave heed to the things Christ said (Acts 8:5-7, 13).
7. 15. Sickness is the oppression of Satan (Acts 10:38).
8. 16. A believer in Corinth was delivered to Christ (1 Cor. 5:1-5).
9. 17. Satan got the advantage of a believer (2 Cor. 2:10-11).
10. 18. Paul had a messenger of Satan in his flesh (2 Cor. 12:7-9).
11. 19. Satan can influence a believer (Eph. 2:1-3).
12. 20. Anger gives place to the devil (Eph. 4:26-27).
13. 21. Hymeneaus and Alexander were believers (1 Tim. 1:18-20).
14. 22. Recover out of the snares of the devil (2 Tim. 2:24-26).
15. 23. The root of bitterness is a spirit (Heb. 12:15-16). 
16. 24. The devil can flee from you (Jam. 4:6-8).
17. 25. Jesus cast out demons in Synagogues (Mk. 1:39-41).

Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the Pulpit! 

Your friend, I. I. MADUBUNYI (Head Pastor) 20.11.2019