From: jtauber@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (James Tauber)
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Subject: Re: DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
Date: 12 Dec 1992 09:21:55 GMT
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World Leader (IK20050@MAINE.MAINE.EDU) wrote:
: Hi again!!! ;-)
: 
: I would like to know if any of you out there are involved
: in deliverance ministries. I am very interested in this, ie.,
: is it difficult, what is involved, etc.
: 
: Thanks for any info., it's greatly appreciated!!! :-)
: 
: God Bless,
: 
: Andie.

Demons are powerful but have little authority. David Boan explains the
difference : `A police officer has the authority to stop traffic but not
the power to do so.'

God gave humans a lot of authority (see Genesis 2) especially in their own
lives. God himself certainly doesn't violate our wills and demons CAN'T.
What can happen though, is we can give permission to a demon to things God
never wanted them to do. Examples:

* If we think a place is scary we give permission for demons to scare
	us in that place
* If we decide that lusting after someone is OK, we give demons permission
	to tempt us.
* If we open ourselves up to external spirits (through eastern-type meditation
	or seances, etc) we give demons permission to control us.

From experience, the following procedure is helpful:

* The victim (the one being attacked ) needs to repent of the decision
	they made to give permission to the demons. Repenting is not
	an emotional thing. It is just a decision. I always have the
	person say it out loud. This distinguishes repenting from just
	thinking about it.
* The person can then be loosed from the work of the demon. This is done
	by the authority Jesus has given to ALL believers. Never think
	that you need to be anyone special. Jesus has the power and has
	given you the authority. Often simply declaring `In the name of
	Jesus, I set you free from (the place/ the action/ the person)'
	is sufficient and I have seen so many people's lives transformed
	by this freedom that Jesus offers.

One very helpful thing that one can see from the scriptures is that demons
cannot read minds. They can make educated guesses to such an extent that they
trick people into thinking their minds are being read but this is nonsense.
If people believe their minds are being read they give permission for demons
to hassle them about it.

Some things to watch for:

* Most people's hassles are caused by them being double minded on an issue.
	Western thinking has conned us into the belief that you can hold
	two opposing ideas in your mind at once. This is WRONG! If you
	can't loose someone from something it's often helpful to try to find
	out if the person is double minded on the issue.

* Some people are a tangled web of decisions. I have spent on some occassion
	hours and hours trying to find out what decisions a person has made
	and decision after decision has to be repented of before the person
	it free to even realise they've made other decisions.

The sign to look for is if anyone is unfree about something. In Christ we
are completely free. If someone is scared of a person or place or is not 
free to do something, they need to be loosed of it. 	If someone is having
nightmares they need to be loosed of them. Always try to get to heart of the
decision made. Remember also, when dealing with someone who is actually
being controlled by a demon, your battle is against the demon and not the
person. The demon may try to stop you with all sorts of means. I've had 
people hit me, swear at me and vomit. ANother favourite is shaking the
person . Often such things can be stopped by shouting `In the name of Jesus
be quiet!'.

Jesus does it all, and while some people may find themselves delivering more
than others, any born-again follwer of Jesus Christ can call on the authority
given them by Him to set people free and chances are, you know a lot of a 
people who need that freedom now.

In His Majesty's Service

James Tauber (Yaakov ben-Avraham)
jtauber@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

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