Overcoming The
12 Evil Strong Men
Overcoming evil spirits & demolishing strongholds of satan
which fights against the soul of man
Summary
Demons
are pre-Adamic, and they are territorial. Most people and things that are in
barren, unproductive, unfruitful or infertile state are controlled or
influenced by demons. Principalities and powers rule and control the world of
obscenity, violence, chaos, and darkness.
Their
aim is to cause despair, depression, disorder, and darkness. They aim to steal,
kill, and destroy.
The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have Life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 KJV
The
devil is the adversary of mankind; he is antagonist against GOD, and against
His Kingdom. But, Jesus came that we may have Eternal Life. He is the only Good
Shepherd that lay down His life for the sheep (v.11).
You
have to destroy the demonic to build the Heavenly.
You
destroy them with worship and prayer.
To deliver a person that is possessed, obsessed,
under control, or influence of evil spirits, first, discern the strong man.
Jesus said you must bind the strong man.
If you don’t discern don’t bind!
“Or else how can one enter into a strong man's
house,
and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man?
and then he will spoil
his house.”
Matt 12:29 KJV
Most
people don’t like to talk about demons. Most preachers don’t preach about them.
Many Christians don’t discuss them. And sinners erase the dreadful topic from
their minds. It’s like a politician avoiding the subjects of drugs and crime,
thinking that somehow they will just go away.
But
Christ addressed the issue without fear, but with great authority. He talked
about how demons are eager to invade human life.
Jesus
said to the Pharisees:
When the unclean
spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and
findeth none.
Then he saith, I will
return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it
empty, swept,
and garnished.
Then goeth he, and
taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they
enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the
first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Matt 12:43-45 KJV
If
for any reason The Presence of The Holy Spirit leaves a Christian, a vacuum is
created and that is exactly what satan is looking for. Then his influence turns
to oppression.
The
devil’s plan of attack is this: every demon that has left will pay a return
visit to see if the opportunity is still available. And if it is given a chance
it will bring others with it. Such frightening situation can be avoided by
staying completely, totally filled with The Holy Spirit and never breaking your
covenant with God.
In
the case of the boy who suffered severely and often fell into the fire and
water in Matthew 17:15-16 more than a physical healing was needed. Christ said,
“Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him;
and the child was cured from that very hour” (vv.17-18).
What
are the ‘divine modus operandi’ in GOD’s Word for deliverance and protection
from demonic forces,
satanic
devices, and antics?
The spirit of jealousy is a “worldly spirit,” it
controls people who are carnal-minded.
To overcome the spirit of jealousy, we must be
identified with Christ Jesus and be united with Him.
Lying spirit is a religious spirit. It is a
superstitious spirit.
Only the Truth can
confront and overcome the lying spirit.
It is not just knowing
the Bible that sets us free; it is knowing and embracing Jesus Christ—the One
Who is The personification of Truth.
He said:
“… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.”
John 14:6 KJV
Familiar spirit is “the spirit of error.” It
manipulates people with false prophecy, false dreams and visions. It is a
‘spirit of mediocre’ (average).
To overcome the familiar spirit, and be totally free
from its grip, you must bear “the Testimony of Jesus.” The Testimony of Jesus
Christ is “The Spirit Of Prophecy.”
And I fell at his feet
to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the Testimony of Jesus: worship
God: for the Testimony of Jesus is The Spirit Of Prophecy.
Rev 19:10 KJV
Apostle John bore “the Testimony of Jesus” even
while banished and abandoned in the island of Patmos (see Rev.1:9; 1:2).
Every demon and the entire hordes of the kingdom of
darkness bows to The Name of Jesus Christ.
The eternal Father has freely bestowed on The Son;
The Name that is above every name, and so, in honor of The
Name Of Jesus Christ all beings in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth [the
world of the spiritual-dead] will fall on their knees. And every tongue
[frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
Glory of God The Father. (Philippians 2:9-11).
The spirit of perversion is “the spirit of lust and
covetousness.”
The spirit of perversion controls people with sexual
impurity and all who dishonor their bodies among themselves—abandoning them to
the degrading power of sin. It is a lustful spirit; ruling over men who lust
after women—and women who lust after men. Lust after women is a pervert spirit.
The spirit of perversion controls people who are
into homosexuality or prostitution.
The formula for winning the fight against the spirit
of perversion is in Proverbs 4:23-27
Above all else, guard
your heart,
for it is the
wellspring of life.
Put away perversity
from your mouth;
keep corrupt talk far
from your lips.
Let your eyes look
straight ahead,
fix your gaze directly
before you.
Make level paths for
your feet
and take only ways
that are firm.
Do not swerve to the
right or the left;
keep your foot from
evil (NIV).
The spirit of perversion strives to control the
heart of man; as whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart (see Matt.
15:18).
For out of the heart
come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false
testimony, slander (v. 19).
The Bible declares, salvation comes by confession.
For it is with your
heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you
confess and are saved.
Rom 10:10 NIV
And in chapter 10 verse 9, says:
That if you confess
with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
The aim of the spirit of heaviness is to bring
sadness, depression, grief, and sorrow—to quench the Joy of The Spirit in you.
The enemy knows that if you lose this Joy, you will not be able to access GOD’s
Throne of Grace, and if this occurs, you will not be able to receive new
revelations, and new anointing.
The remedy for relieve from the spirit of heaviness
is found in
Isaiah 61:1-3:
The Spirit of The Lord
God is upon me; because The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto
the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable
year of The Lord, and The Day of Vengeance of our God; to comfort all that
mourn;
To appoint unto them
that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the Oil of Joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of The Lord,
that He might be
glorified.
(KJV)
Praise drives away heaviness of heart. The Joy of
The Lord enables you to grow in His Grace. But, heaviness of heart breaks your
link with Heaven. It is extremely difficult for a sad heart to hear the Voice
of GOD.
Our Redeemer is called The Messiah, The Christ,
because He was anointed with the Oil of Joy (Gladness) above his fellows.
The spirit of fear fights against faith. Its aim is
to make you remain in unbelief or doubt as a result of your own fear.
Fear can be described as an unpleasant feeling of
anxiety or apprehension caused by the presence or anticipation of danger.
Fear is the opposite of faith.
Even the mighty becomes weak if they submit to fear.
When you fear, you cannot be strong (when you fear, then, you cannot use the
weapon in your arsenal). At that moment when you surrender to fear, you will be
unable to behold The GOD of Salvation.
Don't live in dread of what frightens the world!
Reference The LORD—He is the One you should fear. He is the One Who should make
you tremble. He will keep you safe.
Fear GOD!
Wait for The LORD and you will behold the Glory of
Adonai.
He says,
So do not fear, for I
am with you;
do not be dismayed,
for I am your God.
I will strengthen you
and help you;
I will uphold you with
My Righteous Right Hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
When we properly fear The LORD, all evil will be
afraid of us, because of The SPIRIT OF GOD in us.
The fear of The LORD is the beginning of wisdom
(Psa.111:10); and the beginning of knowledge of The Holy One (Prov.9:10; 1:7).
For God hath not given
us the spirit of fear; but of Power, and of Love, and of a sound mind.
2 Tim 1:7 KJV
The spirit of suicide is one of the devil’s most strategic
“condemnation machinery” against the human race. The devil is an assassin—going
to and fro the earth, seeking whom he may devour.
Suicide is gloomy; it is darkness, and one of the
strongest weapon and strategy of the enemy against the soul of man.
By fervent prayer with trust in GOD, The LORD Of
Hosts can pursue His enemies to their ultimate destruction (like Judas who
became a traitor and betrayed The Son of Man)—or by the same, give the Grace
for Salvation (like the thief that received the gift of Salvation on the cross).
The demon of rebellion is the representative of
satan—the master of rebellion himself.
To be totally free from the spirit of rebellion, we
must be sanctified by The Holy Spirit so that we can be obedient to Christ.
Then, we can be filled with The Spirit so that we can live a Spirit-filled
life.
The Church is the Bride of Christ, and when she
becomes completely submitted and obedient to Him, she will be fully secured and
made ready to punish every insubordination.
The Church has already been given the divine
authority to cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself
against the knowledge of GOD, but to effectively bring into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ, GOD’s people must be completely submitted
and obedient to CHRIST.
The religious spirit is “the spirit of idolatry.”
Prophet Ezekiel saw the image or the seat of idol of
this evil spirit:
And He put forth the
form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head; and The Spirit lifted me up between
the earth and the heavens and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to
the entrance of the door of the inner [court] which faces toward the north,
where was the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
Ezek 8:3, 5 AMP
The aim of this spirit is to seek for worship from
men—to keep GOD far off His “temple” and we are the temple of GOD.
‘The religious spirit,’ today, has bound many GOD’s
people in churches and places of fellowship. Many have idolized their church
leaders, and many outside the church are introduced to ‘hero-worship’. Too many
people hold to superstitious beliefs.
The religious spirit cannot operate where The Spirit
Of The LORD is. Where the true worshippers worship GOD, there The Spirit Of The
LORD is, and where The Spirit Of The LORD is there is Liberty.
Now The Lord is that
Spirit: and where The Spirit Of The Lord is, there is Liberty.
2 Cor. 3:17 KJV
Where The Holy Spirit is present there is Freedom. Where
He is absent, there is bondage.
Where He is present there is Light, but where He is
not present, there is darkness!
Worship GOD in spirit and Truth. Worship Him in your
innermost being—fully dependent on His Spirit, in Truth [in Reality-as He is
revealed in Scripture].
Where The Spirit Of The LORD is, Christ is
celebrated.
There, there is Liberty by The SPIRIT.
Any person who doesn't believe that Jesus is The
CHRIST, “The Anointed One,” is antichrist. Also, whosoever that does not
believe that Jesus Christ is The Son Of GOD, is antichrist—such a person is a
liar against the Truth.
Who is the liar? It is
the man who denies that Jesus is The Christ. Such a man is the antichrist — he
denies
The Father and The
Son.
No one who denies The
Son has The Father; whoever acknowledges The Son has The Father also.
1 John 2:22-23 NIV
“The spirit of the antichrist” does not agree that
Jesus came in the flesh.
Many deceivers, who do
not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the
world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
2 John 7-8 NIV
We are warned in II John to not receive people who
are disloyal to the teachings of Jesus. If anyone comes to you and does not
bring the doctrine of Christ, do not receive him [do not accept him, do not
welcome or admit him into your house] nor give him any encouragement.
Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both The Father and The Son.
If there come any unto
you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid
him God speed:
For he that biddeth
him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
2 John 9-11 KJV
Anybody who wishes such a one success, who
encourages him, wishing him a safe trip or successful endeavor is a partaker in
his evil doings.
“The spirit of the antichrist” already operates in
many of today’s churches.
Beware!
For they do not have The Father and The Son!
Condemnation of those who worship the beast and
receive his mark is recorded in Revelation 14:9-12. “The tribulation saints”
will endure it, and maintain their testimony of
Jesus—they will be faithful to Him, even in the face of torture and
death [the wrath of satan].
A third angel followed
them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image
and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of
the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His
wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy
angels and of The Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever.
There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or
for anyone who receives the mark of his name." This calls for patient endurance on the part
of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
NIV
So, this very "prophetic hour" GOD is
saying:
“…Come out of her, My
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues.
For her sins have
reached unto Heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”
Rev 18:4-5 KJV
When man sinned by disobeying GOD in “the Adamic
Covenant,” man then fell short of Glory, and death reigned from the time of
Adam; and became king over humanity (Rom 5:14). Death got the upper hand
through one man's wrongdoing. So Adam died in the same millennium of his birth.
Methuselah, the man that lived the longest years on the earth, also died in the
same millennium of his birth—at age 969 (see Gen 5:27).
Death became an appointment to humanity. Therefore,
man is destined to die, but once.
“…it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27 KJV).
The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy; he
strives to terminate and destroy a natural life—he desires to lead souls to
hell, that they be destroyed by “the second death.”
But, GOD has given eternal Life through His Son, to
all who grasp His abundant provision of Grace and His Righteousness,
setting-everything-right, through Him.
For if, by the
trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will
those who receive God's abundant provision of Grace and of the gift of
Righteousness reign in Life through the One Man, Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:17 NIV
There is no adjudging guilty of wrong for those who
are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but
after the dictates of The Spirit.
There is therefore now
no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after The Spirit.
For the Law of The
Spirit Of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:1-2 KJV
So, we are reconciled to GOD The Father through the
death of His Son—Jesus Christ; and we are saved through His Life. We have New
Life by His resurrection breath.
GOD’s Son is glorified through this Life which He
has given to us. He is The Resurrection And The Life.
After the White Throne Judgment, death and Hades
[the grave], and the unrighteous will be cast into “the lake of fire.”
Then I saw a great
white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his
presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened,
which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done
as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death
and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged
according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake
of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found
written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 20:11-15 NIV
The second heaven is the realm of stronghold of the
kingdom of darkness; which constitutes of principalities and powers.
“Principalities” are demons in charge of territories, nations, provinces, and
domains—as there sphere of influence, assigned to them by satan himself. They
are the nearest to satan—“the prince of the power of the air.”
Next to them are “powers” which hold satan’s seat of
power, and headquarters. They are demons with satanic authority, influence,
dominion, and control over people. Some of them like “principalities,” are
giant fallen-angels which are the devil’s ‘power bloc.’ Some of them are ‘world
rulers,’ having global influence on people and events.
Some of the devil’s demons are “spiritual
wickedness” operating in hell. They are placed in charge of “the gates of
hell.”
Jesus said:
And I say also unto
thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matt 16:18 KJV
When “The Day Of The LORD” comes, the time of GOD’s
wrath upon the earth-to punish satan’s armies in ‘heavenly places’ [the second
heaven] –principalities and powers, and spiritual wickedness in “the kingdom of
the air.” And such a time when The LORD Of Host will punish the kings on the
earth below.
In that day The Lord
will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be
shut up in prison and be punished after many days. The moon will be abashed,
the sun ashamed; for The Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
Isa 24:21-23 NIV
GOD does as He pleases with “the powers of heaven”
[fallen angels in the second heaven], and the people of the earth.
All the peoples of the
earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as He pleases
with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back
his hand or say to Him:
"What have You
done?"
Dan 4:35 NIV
Christ Jesus will destroy their dominion, authority
and power, and then He will hand over the kingdom of the world to The Father.
Then, GOD The Father will put everything under the feet of Jesus Christ—GOD The
Son (see I Cor. 15:24-25).
The Lord says to my
Lord:
"Sit at My right
hand
until I make Your
enemies
a footstool for Your
feet."
Ps 110:1 NIV
Already, Jesus Christ disarmed principalities and
powers, triumphing over them on the cross.
And having disarmed
the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over
them by the cross.
Col 2:15 NIV
By the cross He spoiled satan's power to accuse us
of sin, and The Holy Spirit openly displayed to the whole world Christ's
triumph at the cross where our sins were all taken away.
Principalities and powers are in submission to
Christ, just like angels are.
Who is gone into Heaven,
and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being
made subject unto Him.
1 Pet. 3:22 KJV
To maintain our position of victory over
principalities and powers, and over all spiritual wickedness [works of the
devil], we must grow powerful in union with THE LORD. We must grow in His
MIGHTY POWER. We become empowered through our union with HIM. And when this is
done, He gives us Heavenly armor to put on, and spiritual weapons for
warfare—when we use this Heavenly armor and weaponry which GOD provides, led by
THE SPIRIT, against the deceptive tactics of the devil, then, principalities
and rulers of darkness are displaced, and demons are dealt with.
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.
Wherefore take unto
you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with Truth, and having on the breastplate of Righteousness;
And your feet shod
with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace;
Above all, taking the
shield of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.
And take the helmet of
Salvation, and the Sword of The Spirit, which is The Word Of God:
Praying always with
all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Eph 6:10-18 KJV
To effectively wage war against the evil strong men,
and emerge victorious, we must put on the whole armor of GOD.
We also need to use the weapons of warfare:
For though we live in
the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are
not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to
demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets
itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to
make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of
disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
2 Cor 10:3-6 NIV
The
Lord wants to fill that empty void, after casting the devil out. That’s why He
sent The Comforter. He wants you to be filled with The Holy Spirit.
Right
now, The Spirit is on the earth. In fact He is waiting patiently for your
invitation.
Get
out of the valley of defeat and
Get
onto the mountain top of victory!