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Chapter 14. Deliverance and Healing from the Occult, Witchcraft & Satanism Deliverance the occult, from witchcraft and from Satanism While I have zero personal experience in such areas deliverance and healing principles are the same for all problems whether resulting from false doctrines in the body of Christ, from false religions, from past abuse, from sin, or from involvement in the occult, and so on. At least this is the case when applying biblical principles, not psychiatry, medicine or other non-Christian approaches. What matters most is the area where deliverance is required -spiritual, social, material or physical. Some deliverance ministries have complicated and polluted biblical deliverance principles with rituals, constant “spiritual medications” such as binding and loosing demons, and so on. These have only brought more demonic attacks on individuals. Please read particularly chapters 2 to 4 on deliverance and healing in my other book, Major Christian Deliverance Principles: Keys for Self-deliverance and Ministry. These three chapters cover on key biblical principles on deliverance and healing that are also helpful to anyone seeking deliverance from the occult, witchcraft or Satanism. Some involvement in the occult may have been minor yet resulted in strange experiences and demonic attacks. If people that where deeply entrenched in occultism can be delivered and healed how much more a one time or casual encounter? What brought their deliverance and healing is nothing but their willingness to follow through the biblical principles God has given us. And he is no respecter of persons in showing his grace and love to those willing to receive it according to his Word. Please stick with God’s plan for your salvation and see what he’ll do in your life. Avoid deliverance ministries that try to bind and loose demons in their attempts of casting out demons. It is true that extreme involvement in the occult can result in demonic possession. Yet it’s also true that deliverance from demonic possession comes through accepting Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior. When Christ is invited one’s spirit (inner self) is reborn into a new nature that is under the ownership and possession of a new Spirit, the Holy Spirit. The deliverance from demon possession is instant. Healing from past possession is what can prove to be challenging for some. Because some individuals’ faculties remain open to seeing, hearing, and experiencing the activities of these spirit beings that we ordinarily are not designed to see their tormenting attempts can persist way after deliverance. If the new believer, who is now God’s child, is not wise he/she may believe the spirits still own or possess him. The fact is that they do not own or possess him. They no longer live inside him. Their attempts and fights to return may seem like demonic possession yet it is an aspect of demonic influence (not possession). It is from an external position. They are now operating from the outside, from an external position. This is an aspect of demonic influence, which everyone is liable to. The only difference is that the individual’s faculties remain open to seeing, hearing, and experiencing the activities. His prayer and appeal to God is to seek God to close his spiritual eyes and faculties from seeing, hearing and sensing these spirit beings. He’ll need to continue seeking the Lord’s deliverance and healing from not being able to see, hear and sense these spirit beings. When the Lord brings this victory it means that his faculties have been restored to the level we are ordinarily made of - not being able to see, hear nor sense evil spirits. This will not mean their demonic influence (not possession) attempts have ended. It will only mean their power to inflict underserved spiritual torment from their external influence has ended. They can no longer be seen, heard or sensed so they can make all the noise they wish but the individual is shielded from access into the spirit realm. If we all could ordinarily have access into the spirit realm it wouldn’t be a pleasant experience. If you’re not familiar with differences between demonic possession and demonic influence please read Chapter 5 - Demonic possession: The Exception for Direct Confrontation in my book on spiritual warfare, titled Major Spiritual Warfare Principles: Biblical Do’s and Don’ts of Warfare. In the same spiritual warfare book, Chapter 2, “Our Territory and Nature of Our Christian Authority,” explains what binding and loosing according to the Bible is, not according to some “deliverance ministries.” All this is emphasized so that you don’t have to run to ministries that bring more bondage instead of deliverance. They’re preoccupied with casting out demons that have already been evicted by the Holy Spirit. You may also find Jeff Harshbarger’s book, From Darkness to Light helpful. Harshbarger is a former Satanist now in Christ and is the director of Refuge Ministries International (website: RefugeMinistries.cc (Not .com)). By the way, there were no demons cast out of Harshbarger when he was delivered from Satanism. Being Christ-centered instead of demon-centered is the key to deliverance and healing. Where necessary demons can be cast out of people who’re not Christians, then lead them into salvation. My book on spiritual warfare has info on how and when it’s necessary to cast out demons. It’s in a chapter is titled, “Demonic Possession: The Exception for Direct Confrontation More content available in the Second Edition of the book: Click here to acquire it Breaking Spiritual Strongholds and Healing the Wounded Spirit:
i. INTRO: Breaking Spiritual Strongholds and Healing the Wounded Spirit
Chapter 1. Our Triune Nature: Spirit, Soul and Body
Chapter 2. Nature of Spiritual Strongholds: In the Mind, Emotions and Will
Chapter 3. The Nature of a Wounded Spirit, Crushed Spirit, or Broken Spirit
Chapter 4. Deception, the No. 1 Doorway for Spiritual Wounds
Chapter 5. The Other Three Sources of Spiritual Wounds and Strongholds
Chapter 6. Effects of a Wounded Spirit (Broken or Crushed Spirit)
Chapter 7. Personality’s Role in Influencing our Spiritual Health
Chapter 8. Healing the Wounded Spirit: The Christian Approach
Chapter 9. Healing the Wounded Spirit: With Secular Approaches
Chapter 10. The Enemy Within: Breaking Strongholds Hiding in Our Lives
Chapter 11. Maintaining a Healthy Spirit and Embracing God's "Plan B"
Chapter 12. Overcoming Guilt, Guilty Conscience and Self-Condemnation
Chapter 13. Deliverance from Demonic Experiences and Demonic Manifestations
Chapter 14. Deliverance and Healing from the Occult, Witchcraft & Satanism
Appendix 1. Cognitive Biases: How we Think Inside our Boxes
* Breaking Strongholds Book References
* Breaking Strongholds Book Index Breaking strongholds & healing wounded spirit book 1: Breaking Spiritual Strongholds and Healing the Wounded Spirit
©2008 Eric Gondwe
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