The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

been under the dominion Ct Satan an )
fallen low in the depths of sin has been
| Strengthened up by human, friends and
! encouraged to look within himself fo'
deliverance from the enemy of his soul.
| He is told to keep straight and be q
man. so often that he begins to believe
he can. And perhaps after a time he
thinks he is good enough to join the
| church, and join the church he does
| But at such deliverance the Devil laughs
| He knows he has a string tied to every
one who tries to do for himself what
| Jesus only is able to do. the poor Devil
driven soul must come to Jesus feet, just
as it is, if Jesus is to give ~deliverance.
And the friends of that demonized man
were wise in bringing him to Jesus with
all the horrible marks of sin upon him
The churches ought not to be shocked CT
s%candalized if such caseG come into their
midst. The missions in h slums OF oul
great cities furnish glorious examples
of how the drunken o%utcasts, the moral
lepers. stepped in sin and degradation
are gathered in and brought to Jesus,
where His power delivers them from the
Devil that possessed them. The Pacific
Garden mission in Chicago and the Jerry
McAuley mission in New York city have
over and over again demonstrated how
the demon-possessed have been brought
just as they were, in their maudlin, be-
sotted, dirty, foul, diseased condition
and beer healed by Jesus. Lift the man
out of the gutter and bring him to Jesus.
No matter how desperate the case. If you
can only bring the one suffering from
the dominion of Satan to the presence OF
Jesus, He will give deliverance.
A ND the reward OF the efforts OF
n those friends was the immediate
and complete deliverance of this man
from the demon which had possessed
him. Jesus did not send him away 70
his home again and tell him to feel
sorry for a few days for his condition.
God only knows how he had been
troubled about it for years. He healed
him at once. And hat is the way
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a soul come to Him and go away again
without the blessing. No agonizing;
no days of darkness and doubt; no
days spent in desperate struggle to try
to win Jesus over to willingness to
give the needed delivcrance. Poor
souls do go through such experiences
but it is not Jesus will that it should
be so. 1t is because human doubt de
lays the reception of the blessing
which Jesus is ready to give at once. II
those friends had gone to Jesus with
the request hat the following week at
a certain hour, after there had been a
certain amount of agoniZing and doubt
and darkness, He should heal this
man, | doubt whether he ever would
have been saved from his distressed
condition. But they came expecting
immediate relief, and they received the
blessing at once. To the thief on the
cross Jesus said: This Gay" To the
woman who touched the border of His
robe came immediate healing in an
swer to her faith. To all who came III
Him he offered an immediate blessing.
Friend, are you under bondage to
Satan? You are, unless Jesus has set
you free. And if Satan IS exercising
dominion over you, and you want de-
liverance, don't think for a minute
that it must be gradual G~eliverance;
that Jesus is not able to break at once
The power of the Devil and set you free.
He is able and He will do that very
thing for you if you will not doubt, but
only believe. Ask for and expect i'm
mediate blessing.