Oral Roberts - How to Resist the Devil and His Demons

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Copyright 1989

by Oral Roberts

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"The devil made me do it. "

*o yo, re-e-ber that line .ro- the television

sho/ several years ago #t bea-e a pop,lar

epression and -ade the devil a ho,sehold /ord!

'et in the -idst o. the 34o5e3 -any people see-ed

to thin5 that the devil hi-sel. /as 4,st a 4o5e7that

he isnt real! #n .at not too long ago # reeived a

letter .ro- a -an /ho said 3Oral Roberts /hy do

yo, tal5 abo,t the devil as i. he /ere real and able to

have in.l,ene on peoples lives3

# tal5 abo,t the devil being real bea,se he is real!

Aording to the $ord o. od and aording to

eperienes #ve had that are too n,-ero,s to tell in

this s-all boo5 # /ant to ass,re yo, today that the

devil is very -,h alive!

:e not only eists b,t he has the ability to

in.l,ene and deeive all h,-an beings /ho hoose

to .ollo/ hi-! :e has great po/er altho,gh it is b,t

a .ration o. the po/er belonging to od!

+any people see- to thin5 o. the devil as al-ost

a artoon;harater idea o. a -an dressed in a red

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/hih is not tr,e! &he devil is not a artoon

harater! :e is real! :is tal5 is a lie !!! his t,ne isal/ays the sa-e rebellio,s one against od !!! his

p,rpose is al/ays the sa-e =death and destr,tion>

!!! and his po/er is b,t an ill,sion o. the real po/er

o. the :oly "pirit!

At the sa-e ti-e the devils very p,rpose is to

try to eert great in.l,ene !!! always ending insomething negative or destructive !!! over h,-an

beings! :e stal5s the earth as a lion =notie he is not

a lion he 4,st tries to at li5e one> see5ing /ho- he

-ay devo,r! :e oppresses !!! depresses !!! i-presses

people to per.or- evil ats !!! and in some cases,

possesses people o-pletely so that their /ills ares,b4eted totally to the devil!

$hile /e /ho plae o,r tr,st in ?es,s Christ

have no reason to .ear the devil /e -,st al/ays be

a/are that the devil eists and he is o,r n,-ber;one

ene-y every day that /e live on this earth!

# do not /ant to 3sare3 yo, in tal5ing abo,t thedevil and his de-ons b,t # /ant yo, to be

.ore/arned and .orear-ed against the-! #n the

.ollo/ing pages yo,ll .ind so-e o. the @,estions

that people as5 -e the -ost .re@,ently abo,t the

devil and his de-ons and -y ans/ers based on the

$ord o. od the :oly Bible!


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&he Bible teahes that de-ons are 3.allen

angels!3 &hey .ell along /ith ,i.er the bea,ti.,larhangel o. heaven /ho rebelled against od and

/as ast o,t o. heaven to beo-e 3the god o. this

/orld3 =2 Corinthians !

'How art thou fallen from heaven, O

Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou

cut down to the ground, which didst

weaen the nations! or thou hast said in

thine heart, will ascend into heaven, #

will e$alt my throne a%ove the stars of

&od... will ascend a%ove the heights of

the clouds will %e lie the most High.

(et thou shalt %e %rought down to hell, to

the sides of the )it. They that see thee

shall narrowly loo u)on thee, and

consider thee, saying, s this the man that

made the earth to trem%le, that did shae

ingdoms That made the world as a

wilderness, and destroyed the cities

thereof, that o)ened not the house of his

)risoners*" =#saiah 1.

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&here /ere one three great arhangels in

heaven ,i.er +ihael and abriel! (ah o. the-r,led one third o. the angels o. heaven! ,i.er is the

only one /ho bea-e .illed /ith pride and so,ght to

elevate hi-sel. above od! :e is the only one /ho

transgressed the la/ o. od and /as ast o,t o.

heaven! One third o. the angels o. heaven .ollo/ed

,i.er in his rebellion and /ere also ast o,t o.heaven =Revelation 12D;9>! &hey bea-e "atans

ar-y o. de-ons! #n one plae in the Bible they are

alled the 3devils angels3 =+atthe/ 2! $e are

also told 3:ell is prepared .or the devil and his

angels!3

&he Bible also says that these .allen angels areno/ 3reserved in everlasting hains Eor pitsF ,nder

dar5ness3 =?,de 6>! %ote that the hains that bind

the- are not ones .orged o. steel b,t they are hains

o. darness! &he light in /hih these angels /al5ed

/hile they /ere in heaven has been ta5en .ro-

the-! &hey have lost their spirit,al ill,-ination andthey are devoid o. godly /isdo-!

$itho,t godly 5no/ledge and balane they have

beo-e perverted!!! -iserable !!! psyhopathi !!!

abnor-al personalities! &heir total la5 o. spirit,al

goodness 5eeps the- in dar5ness /here they are not

apable o. 5no/ing the tr,th and this dar5ness isbondage .or the-! "ine they annot 5no/ tr,th

they are apable o. 5no/ing only lies and deeption

and th,s they an only spea5 lies and deeption!

&hey are tor-ented by these 3hains o. dar5ness3

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that hold the- aptive and as a res,lt their p,rpose

is to in.lit tor-ent =?ohn 1010a>!"atan and his de-ons ontin,e to be in rebellion

against od! &hat is a very i-portant point .or yo,

to re-e-ber! "atan and his ohorts are still at /ar

against the hosts o. heaven and the saints o. od!

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$hen ,i.ers angels .ell .ro- heaven they also

lost their elestial bodies and they bea-e 3spirits!3&hey no/ see5 so-e type o. h,-an or other

physial e-bodi-ent in an atte-pt to regain their

.or-er glory! $hen a de-on enters a h,-an being

he is able to trans.er so-e o. his strange behavior

and epress so-e o. his evil personality thro,gh the

person he has entered! &hat is /hy in -y opinionde-ons parti,larly see5 h,-an e-bodi-ent! +an

has the greatest po/ers o. epression thro,gh /hih

de-oni spirits an display their o/n evil l,sts and

desires to stri5e ba5 at od! A person /ho beo-es

the de-ons instr,-ent to .ight against od and :is

/or5 on the earth is a 3pa/n3 o. the devil! Andalong /ith the de-on he is separated .ro- his only

"o,re o. help salvation and deliverane7?es,s

Christ!

%ever .orget that "atan and his de-ons /ere in

heaven /ith od be.ore they /ere ast o,t! &hey

/ere there be.ore -an /as reated! &hey heard od/hen :e .irst spo5e abo,t reating -an5ind! &hey

5no/ a great deal abo,t ho/ -an is -ade and -any

o. the other seret o,nsels o. od! Based on this

5no/ledge "atan harassed and te-pted the .irst

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-an and /o-an to disobey od in the garden o.

(den! :e has ontin,ed to harass -an5ind thro,ghthe ages trying to destroy -an by getting hi- to 4oin

his rebellion against od!

+y personal belie. is that so-eho/ /hen Ada-

and (ve sinned and all o. -an5ind /as in.l,ened

an openness in the h,-an spirit /as reated that

de-on spirits 5no/ abo,t! &hey probe .or entraneto that opening in the /ay /ater probes .or a /ea5

spot or a ra5 in a /all! &he de-ons o-e at a -an

or /o-an or even a yo,ng person at their /ea5est

spot7so-eti-es in an area /here there is

,non.essed sin or in an area /here there is a

nat,ral bent to/ard a parti,lar 5ind o. sin! And/hen the de-on spirits .ind entrane thro,gh that

opening they begin to /easel their /ay in and to

tor-ent or try to ontrol! &he -ain point .or yo, to

re-e-ber is that the devil and de-ons 5no/ a great

deal -ore abo,t yo, than yo, -ay thin5 they 5no/!

B,t yo, have po/er over "atan and his de-ons to5eep the- o,t! 3'e are o. od little hildren and

have overo-e the- Espirits o. AntihristF bea,se

greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the

/orld3 =1 ?ohn +an is

ods priHe !!! ods desire !!! ods beloved! &he

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i-portant thing is to stay on ods side!

By going a.ter -an the devil is going a.ter theapple o. ods eye7the treas,re the -ost val,ed

3pearl o. great prie3 in ods eyesI &he devil only

/ants a -an or /o-an bea,se &od wants that man

or woman more so! &he devil isnt -otivated by love

.or a -an or /o-an as od is! %o the devil doesnt

love people he ,ses the-! :e ,ses people to stri5eba5 at od and /ith the p,rpose 3to steal 5ill and

destroy3 =?ohn 1010>!

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%o not in o,r o/n li-ited h,-an po/er! &he

Bible says that /e are -ade 3a little lower than the

angels3 =:ebre/s 2D>! "atan and his de-on

3angels3 5no/ the /ea5nesses o. -an and ho/ to

play on those /ea5nesses in a /ay that -en and

/o-en in their o/n strength /ill have di..i,lty

resisting their te-ptations =4,st as Ada- and (ve>!

"atan and his de-ons 5no/ ho/ to -as5 their

evilness and to -a5e /rong appear to be right and

right appear to be /rong! &hey are very ,nning in

their lies and deeit!

?es,s Christ thro,gh :is death on the ross and

res,rretion robbed "atan o. his greatest po/er the

.inality o. death! #n plae o. death ?es,s o..ers li.e

and that more a%undantly=?ohn 1010>I ?es,s o..ers

both 3eternal li.e3 /ith :i- in heaven and an

3ab,ndant li.e3 here on earth .or those /ho believe

in :i- and .ollo/ :i-! B,t ,ntil ?es,s Christ

ret,rns to the earth od has allo/ed "atan to

ontin,e to have the po/er to tem)t-en and /o-en

and to in.l,ene those /ho yield to his te-ptations!

od /ill not override the .ree /ill :e gave to -an

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/hen :e reated hi-! "o /hile od alls ,s to 3li.e

7and that -ore ab,ndantly3 the devil also has theability to all ,s to rebellion and death!

%o/here does the Bible -a5e light o. "atans

po/er !!! and neither sho,ld yo, or #!

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Absol,tely notI $hen yo, give yo,r li.e to ?es,s

Christ :e gives yo, the po/er to overo-e "atanand his de-ons! &he Bible says that 3having spoiled

prinipalities and po/ers he E?es,sF -ade a sho/ o.

the- openly tri,-phing over the-!!!3 =Colossians

21>!

#. yo, are a so,ndly onverted born;again

Christian /ho is living .or ?es,s yo, are not ,nderthe do-inion o. "atan! "till as long as yo, are in

this /orld7/hih by and large is in a lost and

,nregenerate state over /hih "atan r,les7it is

i-portant that yo, re-e-ber that yo, are in the

-iddle o. /hat the Bible desribes as a 3/restling

-ath3 /ith the devil and his de-ons! ="ee(phesians 61112!> "atan /ill not onede de.eat to

yo, /itho,t yo,r resisting hi- so he /ill .lee! ="ee

?a-es &he good ne/s o. the gospel is that

through?es,s /e 5no/ /e an de.eat "atan!

$hen /e believe in ?es,s and repent o. o,r sins

and aept ?es,s as the ord and "avior o. o,r lives/e are .illed /ith :is :oly "pirit! ="ee Ats 2G8!>

&he Bible re.ers to the :oly "pirit as o,r 3divine

o,nselor3 /ho is in ,s! $e also have the Bible

itsel. to sho/ ,s the nat,re o. od and the /ill o.

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od .or o,r lives! &he Bible also tells ,s very learly

abo,t the devils nat,re his p,rposes and his tatis!"o read and st,dy yo,r Bible! Kno/ the $ord o.

odI

&here.ore7and this is very i-portant .or yo, to

,nderstand7as a Christian yo, have been given

insight into the very nat,re and plans o. the ene-y!

And i. yo, an 5no/ /ho the ene-y is and /hat heis ,p to !!! thats very o.ten the t,rning point o. any

battleI

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#n ?es,s o/n /ords /e 5no/ that the devil is 3a

thie. a -,rderer and a destroyer3 =?ohn 1010>! #n

+alahi G11 the devil is alled 3the devo,rer!3

&hro,gho,t the $ord o. od "atan is given vario,s

na-es and titles! :e is re.erred to -ore than 1D

ti-esI :ere are 4,st a .e/ o. the things the $ord o.

od alls the devil

"atan

=-eaning 3opponent3>!!!!!!!!!!!!! Revelation 129

BeelHeb,b

=-eaning 3lord o. the .lies3 /hih re.ers to

total orr,ption>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +atthe/ 102

*ragon

=-eaning 3having 5een

sight3>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Revelation 12G;12

"erpent

=-eaning 3veno-o,s3>!!!!!!!!2 Corinthians 11G

&he te-pter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +atthe/


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o. the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (phesians 21;G

A,ser o. the brethren=or believers in ?es,s>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Revelation 1210

&he .ather o. lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?ohn 8


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o,r side and he is not ne,tral to/ard ,s! :e is o,r

s/orn ene-y o,t to do ,s har- and ensnare ,s inany /ay he an! lti-ately he see5s to destroy ,s!

"atan is onstantly on a 3death -ission!3

'3e careful4watch out for attacs from

5atan, your great enemy. He )rowls

around lie a hungry, roaring lion,

looing for some victim to tear a)art" =1

Peter 8&B>!

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&he devil te-pts ,s at the point o. one great

desire that all h,-an beings have to so-e degree or

other the )ower to %e your own god! All other

te-ptations lead ,p to that one overriding

te-ptation!

&he devil te-pts ,s to ignore od !!! to say that

the things o. od dont -atter !!! to avoid assoiation

/ith people /ho believe in od !!! to ridi,le and

perse,te those /ho atte-pt to .ollo/ od !!! and

.inally to say that ods /ay is /rong and o,r /ay is

right! &hose are the te-ptations /e -,st .ae and

by the po/er o. od they are the te-ptations /e

-,st resist /ith all o,r -ight!

A 5ey /ord in desribing the devils tatis

to/ard ,s is the /ord)ower!

%ot long ago # along /ith -illions o. other

people in this nation /athed a pri-e;ti-e

do,-entary speial on television in /hih a /ell;

5no/n investigative reporter atte-pted to ,nover

"atans ,ndergro,nd and the dread.,l praties o.

satanis-7praties /hih in their .inal .or- o.ten

lead to br,tal biHarre -,rders and deaths! As #

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listened to those being intervie/ed on the progra- #

notied a very spei.i pattern e-erging .or the-otivation behind their involve-ent /ith the devil!

wanted )ower,3 they all said !!! the satani po/er

o. having absol,te ontrol over their o/n lives and

over the lives o. other people aro,nd the-!

lti-ately they so,ght the po/er to deter-ine /ho

/o,ld live and die and they lived to destroy othersin order to sho/ their allegiane to the devil!

"atan al/ays pro-ises po/er! Po/er to be in

ontrol o. yo,r o/n destiny! Po/er over others!

Po/er to obtain things! B,t the po/er that the devil

pro-ises is al/ays po/er -eant to ,s,rp the po/er

o. od! And his pro-ise is al/ays a .alse pro-ise o.po/er bea,se in the end those /ho .ollo/ "atan

eert only 3te-porary po/er!3 &heir po/er is

event,ally stripped .ro- the- and the destr,tion

they eperiene is al/ays .ar greater than the evil

they have in.lited on others! &he only tr,e

everlasting po/er belongs to od and od alone!

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+ore po/er.,l than /e as h,-an beings 'es!

+ore po/er.,l than /e as h,-an beings #%K(*

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&he Bible teahes ,s that /hen /e are te-pted

by "atan /e are to resist him in the 6ame of 7esus

and that /hen /e do he /ill .lee .ro- ,s! ="ee

?a-es #n other /ords /hen /e are .aed /ith

te-ptations .ro- the devil /e -,st stand ,p on the

inside and all the devil .or /hat he is a liar and a

thief and a destroyer! And /e then -,st o--andhi- in ?es,s %a-e to leave ,s alone bea,se /e

are ods propertyI $e say 3*evil #- ods

property and in the %a-e o. ?es,s # tell yo, to go

right no/I3

$hen ?es,s /al5ed this earth as a -an he .aed

the sa-e battle that /e .ae against "atan and hisde-ons! :e ,sed only three reso,res to protet

hi-sel. against the devil and to overo-e te-ptation

and sin! &hose three reso,res /ere =1> :is .aith in

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od =2> :is obediene to od and =G> ,sing the

$ord o. od! 'o, and # have aess to these sa-ereso,resI #t is ,p to ,s to 3p,t on the .,ll ar-or o.

od3 as Pa,l instr,ts ,s to do in (phesians 6 and

then to 3.ight the good .ight o. .aith3 tr,sting od

to bring ,s thro,gh o,r battle /ith "atan

vitorio,sly! And od /ill do itI

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+y personal belie. is that there are so-e h,-an

beings /ho are 3tor-ented3 by evil spirits thro,gh

no onsio,s .a,lt o. their o/n b,t as a res,lt o. the

,rse that is ,pon this earth and the .at that /e are

living in a /orld that generally spea5ing is /itho,t

od! # -ean by this so-e people are tor-ented /ho

have not consciouslygiven the-selves over to sin

that is regular and ha%itual in so-e area o. their

li.e and they have not been involved in so-e /ay in

o,lt praties!)or ea-ple in these ases a person -ay have

had a 3,rse3 or a 3spell3 plaed on the- by

so-eone /ho is involved in /ithra.t or so-e

other area o. the o,lt! Perhaps a person has had a

-e-ber o. their .a-ily involved in the o,lt in the

past7even a generation or t/o ba57and they needto pray and as5 the ord to brea5 that .a-ilial

onnetion /ith evil! Or it -ay be that a so,ndly

onverted born;again Christian has been 3stepping

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on the devils toes3 by the i-pat they are having .or

Christ in their .a-ily their plae o. /or5 or in so-eother area o. a strong /itness .or Christ!

$hat # a- spea5ing abo,t no/ is harass-ent by

the devil! &his harass-ent -ay be eperiened as

tor-ent or as o))ression! #t -ay be eperiened as

a de)ressionthat is spirit,al in origin! =Other ases

o. depression are o.ten physially based and anso-eti-es be helped by a physiian!> &hese are

3atta5s o. the ene-y3 against a person Christians

inl,ded!

Cases o. de-oni )ossession ho/ever are

di..erent! #n ases o. )ossession a de-on at,ally

enters a person and ontrols hi- or her o-pletely! #believe in those ases the person has generally -ade

a hoie or a deision at so-e point in their li.e that

has led the- into a do/n/ard progression ,ntil they

event,ally get to the point /here they turn over their

will to the devil.#n other /ords they /ill.,lly #J(

their /ill to "atan! #t is at that point that "atan an3possess3 the- and ontrol the- o-pletely!

O.ten people .irst get involved in the ativities o.

the o,lt /itho,t realiHing that vario,s ativities are

spirit,ally dangero,s! &hey thin5 they are 4,st

having .,n or 3eperi-enting3 /ith so-ething

har-less! &he res,lts are 4,st as real ho/ever as i.they 5ne/ in advane /hat they /ere doing! ='o,

-ay not 5no/ the la/ o. gravity b,t i. yo, /al5 o..

the edge o. a li.. the onse@,enes o. that la/ /ill

ta5e hold o. yo,r li.eI>

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*("CR#B(" A" *A%(RO"&he /ord occultliterally -eans 3to over ,p to

5eep so-ething as a seret ,nrevealed po/er!3 &he

ativities o. the o,lt are all ai-ed at ,novering

so-ething abo,t the past present or .,t,re that od

in :is divine /isdo- has not hosen to reveal to ,s!&hey are 3seret things3 that are not yet revealed and

the Bible -a5es it very lear that 3the seret things

belong to the ord3 =*e,terono-y 2929>!

#n other /ords /e are to tr,st od to reveal to ,s

/hat /e need to 5no/ /hen /e need to 5no/ it! $e

are not to see5 to 5no/ .ro- "atan those thingsabo,t o,r li.e or so-eone elses li.e that are a-ong

the seret o,nsels o. od!

&he Bible spells o,t dangero,s o,lt praties

very spei.ially

"Let no one %e found among you who

sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire,

Eengages in h,-an sari.ieF, 8who )ractices

divination Epredits the .,t,reF

or sorcery E,ses po/er gained s,pernat,rally

.ro- de-oni spiritsF

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inter)rets omens E,ses signs s,h as star and

planet on.ig,rations on /hih horosopes arebased to .oretell .,t,re events or ho/ a persons

li.e sho,ld be ond,tedF

engages in witchcraft E/orships the devil or

any .or- o. evil inl,ding the 3.alse praise

-,si3 o. -any hard;ro5 gro,psF

or casts s)ells Eprono,nes evil ,rses orhees on people or in so-e /ay atte-pts to a,se

har- or to ontrol another persons ationsF

or who is a medium or s)iritist or who

consults the dead Eanyone /ho ond,ts seanes

7or other -eetings7to onverse /ith evil spirits

i-personating those /ho have died or /hop,rports to be the 3-o,thpiee3 .or any

s,pernat,ral spirit other than the :oly "pirit o.

od o.ten desribing the-selves today as

3hannelers3 or 3transhannelers3F. 9nyone who

does these things is detesta%le to the Lord"

=*e,terono-y 181011 %#J>!'o, -ay say 3Oral Roberts are yo, telling -e

that .ollo/ing -y horosope every day or listening

to hard;ro5 -,si is /rong3 #- not telling yo, on

the a,thority o. -y o/n opinion that its /rong to

live yo,r li.e aording to the horosope in yo,r

daily ne/spaper or to in.ill yo,r -ind /ith the-essages on -any hard;ro5 -,si alb,-s!!! the

$ord o. od is telling yo,I &he $ord o. od tells

,s again and again that /e are to live o,r lives

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"O(' B' &:( $OR* O) O*! A horosope

or any other o,lt pratie is not only a very poors,bstit,te .or the $ord o. od b,t its 3detestable3

to the ord /hen /e p,t o,r tr,st in these o,lt

ativities!

$hen /e engage in these praties /e are in

e..et saying to od 3# dont tr,st 'o, to be od in

-y li.e! # dont tr,st 'o, to reveal to -e /hat # needto 5no/ in -y li.e! # dont tr,st 'o, to have the

po/er and 5no/ledge to protet -e .ro- evil and to

g,ide -e in the paths that are pleasing to 'o,! #

dont tr,st 'o, /ith -y li.e od and #- going to

p,t -y tr,st in so-ething or so-eone else! #-

going to ta5e -atters into -y o/n hands!3 &hatbrings ,s ba5 to that /ord po/er! $hen a person

engages in o,lt praties they are trying to ,s,rp

the po/er o. ods 5no/ledge .or the-selves! &hey

are -a5ing the-selves o,t to be their o/n gods!

#- s,re /ell never 5no/ the great n,-bers o.

people /ho have o-e ,nder de-oni in.l,enethro,gh their ,riosity and grad,al involve-ent in

the o,lt praties spelled o,t in the Bible7

/ithra.t going to .ort,ne;tellers pratiing

astrology and so .orth! $hat begins innoently -ay

have li.e;or;death onse@,enes!

et -e give yo, an ea-ple .ro- -y o/nhealing -inistry!

*,ring one o. o,r great healing r,sades #

ond,ted ,nder the 10000;seat 3tent athedral3 in

the 190s # eno,ntered a /o-an /ho had one

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been a -issionary to A.ria .or -any years! $hile

in A.ria she had been eposed to /ith dotors andtheir pratie o. /ithra.t and she had grad,ally

allo/ed her nat,ral ,riosity abo,t these things to

ta5e over ,ntil she bea-e .asinated /ith the- and

to so-e degree bea-e involved /ith /hat the

/ith dotors /ere doing!

O. o,rse # didnt 5no/ any o. that /hen she/as bro,ght to -y r,sade! # didnt 5no/ that she

had reently been bro,ght ba5 to the nited "tates

in s,h a ondition that no one o,ld ontain her!

:er -ind /o,ld o-e and go! Physially at ti-es

she had s,perh,-an strength! And /hen her pastor

bro,ght her to -y r,sade .or prayer she had to behained to one o. the tent poles d,ring the servie

bea,se o. her violent o,tb,rsts!

As # /as led to/ard this /o-an to pray .or her #

@,i5ly realiHed that so-ething /as dread.,lly

/rong7that de-ons /ere either in her or they /ere

all aro,nd her tor-enting her and trying to 5eep -e.ro- to,hing her! "o-eho/ the de-ons 5ne/ that

the -o-ent # /as able to lay -y right hand on the

/o-ans head # /o,ld be able7thro,gh the po/er

o. od7to disern their presene their n,-ber and

their type!

# -oved to/ard the /o-an to try to lay -y handon her head b,t every ti-e #d p,t -y hand o,t

to/ard her she /o,ld ,se her great strength to

shove it a/ay! #t /as as i. the devil /ere saying

3*ont let hi- get his right hand on yo,!3 &hen #

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began to try to o,t/it the devil by -oving -y hands

in di..erent diretions as # reahed to/ard her! B,tshe blo5ed -y reah by p,tting both o. her ar-s in

bet/een -ine! And the net thing # 5ne/ she had

ta5en hold o. -y lothes ripped -y oat open7

/hih had been b,ttoned7and had li.ted -e ,p and

had literally al-ost sla--ed -e to the gro,ndI

%o/ # /eighed 18 po,nds and this /as anor-al;siHed /o-an! And # tell yo, # have never

been -ishandled /ith s,h physial strength in -y

li.eI #t /as strength beyond anything h,-an # 5ne/

abo,t! #n .at it /as s,perh,-an and de-oni!

As # got ,p # .o,nd -ysel. standing be.ore her

.ae to .ae! &he ord has al/ays 5ept -e .ro-having any .ear o. de-ons so # /as not a.raid! B,t #

5ne/ that # /as dealing /ith a parti,lar 5ind o.

de-on that /as very po/er.,l! )inally # /as able to

get -y right hand on her .orehead and # diserned

i--ediately that it /as /ithra.t de-ons that # /as

dealing /ith! # diserned the n,-ber o. the- andbegan to all the- o,t o. her!

"he too5 -y hands and tried to p,ll -y hand o..

her .orehead! B,t by that ti-e the sa-e hands that

had 4,st -o-ents be.ore pi5ed -e ,p and al-ost

sla--ed -y body to the gro,nd o,ld not no/ even

p,ll -y hand o.. her head! Right then # 5ne/ thatthe "pirit o. od /as in harge o. the sit,ationI And

the ro/d 5ne/ it too! # -ean that plae got so @,iet

yo, o,ld al-ost hear a pin drop!

# began to all those de-on spirits o,t o. that

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/o-an in the a,thority o. the %a-e o. ?es,s! &hey

began o-ing o,t o. her and yo, o,ld hear the-al-ost tear her body as i. they /ere trying to rip her

li-b .ro- li-b as they a-e o,t! )inally all the

de-ons had le.t her and i--ediately she began to

at di..erently! "he loo5ed aro,nd to see /here she

/as as i. she had 4,st o-e .ro- a di..erent /orld!

:er .ae lighted ,p and she ried 3&han5 odI3/ith al-ost a sho,t! By her ations # 5ne/ that she

had been o-pletely set .ree by the po/er o. od

and # .orbade the de-ons in ?es,s %a-e to ret,rn

to her ever again!

&hen # began to tal5 to her and she told -e ho/

as a -issionary in A.ria she had observed the /or5o. the /ith dotors! )irst she bea-e curious! &hen

she began to get near the- and to nowthe-! And

then afascinationtoo5 hold o. her abo,t the strange

things that the /ith dotors /o,ld do and as her

.asination gre/ she bea-e ,na/are o. ho/ the

/ith dotors /ere deeiving her and o-ingagainst her spirit,ally ,ntil the .,ll .ore o.

/ithra.t /as ,pon her and de-on spirits began to

ontrol her li.e!

%ote the progression she .ollo/ed! "he /as

curious! :er ,riosity led her to familiarity and

association! And then fascination ande$)erimentation. )riend yo, annot play /ith the

devilI

#. yo, have already been involved in any aspet

o. the o,lt7/hether o,t o. ,riosity as this

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/o-an7or o,t o. ignorane to the tr,th abo,t the

o,lt or o,t o. /ill.,l rebellion against od #strongly advise yo, right no/ to reno,ne that

involve-ent and to vo/ to yo,rsel. and to od that

yo, /ill never t,rn to those things again as a so,re

o. po/er or in.or-ation b,t instead yo, /ill t,rn to

?es,s Christ and tr,st :i- /ith yo,r li.e!

ets pray right no/! "ay this prayer o,t lo,d

3*ear od # reno,ne any and all

involve-ent # have had /ith "atan and the

o,lt and # as5 'o, to .orgive -e! # /ant

?es,s to be -y personal "avior and ord!

)ro- this day .or/ard # /ill loo5 to 'o,

only .or g,idane and diretion in -y li.e!# /ill st,dy 'o,r $ord the :oly Bible! #

/ill get into .ello/ship /ith people /ho

love and /orship the ord ?es,s! :elp -e

od to -ove .or/ard in -y li.e /ith .aith

and to p,t o,t o. -y -ind -y heart and

-y li.e any re-e-brane o. theseativities! # tr,st 'o, to set -e .reeI A-en

and a-en!3

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10! :O$ CA% 'O &( #)

"O+(O%( 'O K%O$ #"

%*(R &:( *#R(C&

#%)(%C( O) *(+O%" !!! OR+A'B( (J(% *(+O%;

PO""(""(*

et -e say .irst o. all that # personally believe

that the tr,e ases o. de-on )ossession7/heresatani spirits literally ind/ell a h,-an being and

have absol,te ontrol over ertain areas o. that

persons ations or behavior7are etre-ely rare!

And the average persons hanes o. ever

eno,ntering a person /ho is tr,ly de-on;possessed

are e@,ally rare!"o its very i-portant not to overstate the ase

/hen dealing /ith a sit,ation /here yo, believe that

so-eone is ,nder the diret in.l,ene o. de-ons!

#n -ost ases # believe /e are dealing /ith a

person /ho is de-onially o))ressed =rather than

possessed> or demoni:ed as so-e people pre.er toall it7that is harassed .ro- .ores outside their

being!

&he i-portant thing to re-e-ber in the

disern-ent o. de-oni in.l,enes or ativity is that

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de-ons are o.ten involved in the e$cesses or of the

e$tremes of human %ehavior as they try to maetheir victim %ecome what they are. &hat person then

/ill ehibit behavior that goes %eyond the norm o.

/hat /e generally 5no/ as sin and h,-an .ail,re!

et -e give yo, so-e ea-ples o. /hat # -ean!

)or instane i. a person is being harassed or

in.l,ened by a lying s)irit =or de-on> they /illbegin lying to s,h a point and in s,h an etre-e

/ay that they annot 5no/ the tr,th and there.ore

they annot tell the tr,th7even in sit,ations /here

it /o,ld see- easy and nat,ral to do so!

%o/ #- not tal5ing abo,t so-eone /ho tells a

lie no/ and then b,t /ho also tells the tr,th7/hih/o,ld inl,de a -a4ority o. people or 4,st abo,t

everyone! #- tal5ing abo,t so-eone /ho appears

inapable o. telling the tr,th or /ho -ay not even

reogniHe the di..erene bet/een a lie and the tr,th

!!! so-eone /ho- a dotor -ight all a pathologial

liar! #. yo, 5no/ so-eone li5e that and theirbehavior has been that /ay .or a period o. ti-e #

believe its possible that that person is ,nder severe

de-oni atta5!

Again this is /here # say that /e sho,ld be very

are.,l in o,r esti-ation o. /hat /e prono,ne the

so,re to be behind a persons behavior! 'o, need tobe parti,larly a,tio,s in /hat yo, tell other people

abo,t the sit,ation or in /hat yo, say to the person

hi-sel.! # a- a very strong believer in the .at that

not all o. the -eanness r,elty or ,gliness in

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h,-an behavior o-es abo,t .ro- the diret

in.l,ene o. de-on spirits! # have personally 5no/n-any people in -y li.e /ho are 4,st plain -ean or

/ho are r,el o. their o/n aord! &hey si-ply

hoose to be that /ay!

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11! $:A& #" &:(

*#))(R(%C( B(&$((%

*(+O%#C OPPR(""#O% A%*

"#%# believe that ,p to a point anyformo. sin that

o-es o,t thro,gh h,-an behavior springs .ro- the

conditiono. sin into /hih all -en are born in this

.allen /orld! &heres a di..erene bet/een an 3at o.

sin3 and the 3ondition o. being a sinner!3(very -an /o-an and hild is born /ith the

3ondition o. sin3 in their lives! &he Bible says that

3all have sinned and o-e short o. the glory o.

od3 =Ro-ans G2G>! &hat 3ondition o. sin3 is

so-ething the :oly "pirit a,ses ,s to thin5 abo,t

and to on.ront in o,r lives! 'o, see it is odsdesire that /e reogniHe o,r sin.,l nat,re !!! then

repent o. it =/hih -eans to -a5e ,p o,r -inds and

/ills that /e /ant a hange in o,r lives> !!! then as5

od to ta5e a/ay that sin nat,re !!! and .inally to

aept the nat,re o. :is "on ?es,s Christ in its

plae! &hat is /hat is alled onversion or being3born again!3 O,r spirit,al nat,re is literally 3born

ane/3 as i. /e are starting all over!

%o/ i. a h,-an being is not ontin,ally .illed ,p

/ith the "pirit o. od and ontin,ally s,b4eting his

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or her /ill to ods /ill and allo/ing od to restrain

and retrain that sin part o. their nat,re then they /ill.all ba5 into the nat,ral -ans 3sin nat,re3 every

ti-e they are on.ronted by the devils te-ptations!

et -e say a /ord abo,t the devil as the

3te-pter3 /hih is /hat he is alled in +atthe/

hapter

irst, the tem)ter comes at us with a twisted,war)ed version of the ;ord of &od.:e -is@,otes

hal.;@,otes and perverts the pro-ises and

o--and-ents o. od .or his o/n p,rposes! :e

even tried to do that in te-pting ?es,sI =Read all o.

+atthe/

5econd, the tem)ter comes at us with a twisted,war)ed version of who we are.:ell tell yo, every

bad thing he an to try to destroy yo,r sel.;i-age

and 5eep yo, .ro- being all that yo, an be and all

that od desires yo, to be! And .,rther-ore hell try

to get yo, to believe that od -ade yo, that /ay!

)or ea-ple this is the 5ind o. line the te-pter.eeds a person and ,s,ally right a.ter so-ething

good has happened to the-

3$ell yo,re on top no/ b,t yo,re going to

lose it all!

3'o, dont deserve this!

3'o,re not really that good!3#n .at yo,re nothing speial at all!

3Other people dont see yo, the /ay yo, really

are!

3'o, 5no/ ho/ yo, are!

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3'o,re really nothing! And 4,st /ait yo,ll end

,p /ith nothing!3od never -eant yo, to be anything and :e

doesnt /ant yo, to have anything!

3'o,re a big Hero in ods eyes ! ! ! 3

!!! and so the te-pters lies go p,lling yo,

.arther and .arther do/n ,ntil yo, have to

loo5 ,p to see botto-! &he te-pter al/ayso-es to te-pt yo, to believe so-ething

that is %&R( abo,t yo,rsel. and abo,t

others!

&he $ord o. od on the other hand does 4,st

the opposite! ?es,s says

3Rise ,pI 'o, an -a5e itI3od didnt -a5e yo, to be a .ail,re or a Hero!

:e reated yo, to be so-ebody!

3#n .at :e reated yo, to be :is hild!

3od loves yo, and :e loves yo, so -,h :e

sent ?es,s to die on a ross .or yo,r sins so

that /hen yo, repent yo, -ight be .orgivenand .illed /ith :is :oly "pirit and live /ith

:i- .oreverI

3:e has the ab,ndane o. heaven available to

po,r o,t on yo, and :e desires .or yo, to

live an ab,ndant li.e and to be prospero,s in

every area o. yo,r li.e!3'o,re i-portant to od! :e /ants yo, to be

/hole and strong7in body -ind spirit

e-otions .a-ily and .riends .inanes!

3od /ants to bless yo, and :e /ants yo, to

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B( a blessing to othersI ! ! !3

!!! and thats the &R&: o. ods $ord! &hatsthe good ne/s abo,t od and abo,t yo, that the

te-pter never /ants yo, to hear or believeI

&he te-pter not only perverts the $ord o. od

and perverts the tr,th abo,t yo, b,t !!!

Third, the tem)ter comes as an "angel of light"=2

Corinthians 111!$hat /e see on the &J progra-s abo,t satanis-

is /hat # all the insideo. "atan7the ,gliness the

evil the abs,rd! &hats not the /ay "atan ,s,ally

o-es at ,s! :e ,s,ally /ears the loa5 o.

so-ething bea,ti.,l and entiing!

# learned early on as a Christian that the devil is,s,ally behind those things /hih appear to be

bea,ti.,l and eiting in the beginning b,t /hih

,lti-ately t,rn o,t to be ,gly and evil! )or ea-ple

it o.ten loo5s gla-oro,s or eiting /hen /e see

so-eone on &J or in -ovies or so-eone in real li.e

/ho ta5es a .e/ drin5s to 3,n/ind3 soially! B,t/hen yo, see a drin5er /ho has grad,ally slipped

into the degrading heartbrea5ing depths o.

aloholis- yo, an see that it /as the devil at /or5

all the ti-e! :e al/ays tries to over ,p his real sel.

so yo, /ill aept /hat he is o..ering yo,! And

/hen yo, partiipate in that thing7that sin7andontin,e to .ollo/ it to its onl,sion no -atter

/hat type o. sin it is then the ,gliness e-erges and

death is ,lti-ately the res,lt!

)riend the devil never sho/s his tr,e .ae ,p

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.ront! :e o-es in disg,ise in a -as@,erade

pretending to be an 3angel o. light3 /hen hes reallya pa5 o. lies death and destr,tion!

inally, the tem)ter comes at us often, and

usually when our defenses are down or when we

least e$)ect him.

&hats /hy it is so i-portant to have a

relationship /ith od that operates on a daily basis!"aying a prayer to od is not 4,st a one;ti-e thing!

oing to h,rh on ",ndays isnt eno,gh! Being a

Christian is so-ething that re@,ires o,r *A#'

o--it-ent o,r *A#' ativity and e..ort o,r

*A#' onern!

&he te-pter o.ten o-es at ,s again and again asi. hes ha--ering a/ay at ,s in hopes /e /ill brea5!

Again it is al/ays in the .or- o. a #( abo,t /ho

yo, are or abo,t /ho od is!

$hen a ho-ose,al -an or /o-an says 3# /as

born this /ay3 or so-eone /ho is a thie. says 3#

ant ontrol -ysel.3 or a -arried -an /ho is a/o-aniHer says 3#- 4,st -ade this /ay3 to a

point # believe they are right! They were%orn with

the seed of sin in their heart...4,st li5e every other

h,-an being! B,t the tendeny that /e all have

to/ard sin is6OTan e,se to live /ith that thing

r,nning ra-pant in o,r lives! $e an do so-ethingabo,t that tendeny to/ard /rong! # 5no/ /e an

bea,se od tells ,s in :is $ord that /e an and

bea,se o. -y o/n personal eperiene as a yo,ng

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# /as born /ith a tendeny that a,sed -e to do

things in ertain areas o. -y li.e that /ere /rongand against od! As a yo,ng -an # o,ld not loo5

,pon a /o-an /itho,t l,sting a.ter her! #t too5 od

to hange that /rong desire in -e! Oral Roberts

o,ld not hange it b,t &od thro,gh Oral Roberts

could change it!And /hen # aepted ?es,s Christ

as -y ord and "avior at the age o. 1D od too5that thing o,t o. -e! :e leaned ,p -y tho,ghts and

-y desires to /here today # an honestly tell yo,

that # have never desired a /o-an other than -y

darling /i.e (velyn in o,r -ore than 0 years o.

-arriage! %o/ thats a -iraleI &hats Oral Roberts

allo/ing od to trans.or- -y heart and -y -ind ona daily basis!

All o. ,s 3-iss the -ar53 or -a5e the /rong

hoies at ti-es! =&hats /hat 3sin3 -eans7to -iss

the -ar5!> od ,nderstands o,r str,ggle /ith sin

and :e is there to .orgive ,s and to give ,s :is grae

to overo-e te-ptation when we turn to Him! B,t/e -,st never pres,-e ,pon ods grae and t,rn to

sin as a li.estyle! &hat /o,ld be a very .oolish and

dangero,s proposition bea,se sin that is not

re)ented of and that %ecomes ha%itual in our lives

leaves the door wide o)en to direct demonic

influence and harassment.et -e repeat that "in that /e dont ad-it to od

and /hih beo-es habit,al /ill.,l and a /ay o.

li.e OP(%" &:( *OOR to de-oni in.l,ene! #t

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12! #" "#CK%("" &:( $ORK

O) *(+O%"

%ot all si5ness in a parti,lar individ,al has a

spirit,al root b,t si5ness maybe spirit,al in origin!?es,s indiated in ,5e 1G that one /o-an /ho

a-e to :i- had a s)irit of infirmitythat had a,sed

her to be bent over .or 18 years totally ,nable to li.t

hersel. ,pright! &he A-pli.ied Jersion o. the Bible

alls it 3an in.ir-ity a,sed by a spirit Ea de-on o.

si5nessF3 =verse 11>! %o/ not all bent7over peoplehave a spirit o. in.ir-ity b,t ?es,s diserned that

this )articular woman did.And :e dealt /ith the

spirit and ast it o,t so that the /o-an /as able to

stand ,p straight again! ?es,s delivered her 3/ho-

"atan had bo,nd3 .ro- the in.l,ene o. the de-on!

#n -any other instanes /here ?es,s healed thesi5 /e have no indiation that the person had a

3spirit!3

&here.ore /hile # believe that sicness in

general is an o))ression of the devil against

manind, obvio,sly not all si5ness in parti,lar

individ,als is a,sed by the diret in.l,ene o.de-on spirits!

et -e elaborate brie.ly on this point!

&he Bible teahes ,s that ?es,s a-e to 3heal

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10G8!> ?es,s healing /or5 against si5ness and

disease /as at,ally a battle against the devil!"i5ness then is part o. the devils 3sa5 o.

oppressions3 that he arries aro,nd as are poverty

tragi ir,-stanes nat,ral atastrophes and -any

other things all o. /hih are -eant to .,l.ill the

devils p,rpose o. 3robbing destroying or 5illing!3

="ee ?ohn 1010!> "i5ness and disease are one o.the +(&:O*" "atan ,ses in his atte-pt to destroy

,s and to t,rn ,s a/ay .ro- od!

# personally believe there is a very de.inite lin5

bet/een aner and "atan hi-sel. /ho is alled

BeelHeb,b in +atthe/ 102!3eel:e%u%-eans 3lord

o. the .lies3 and this ter- re.ers to the orr,ptionand deay o.ten assoiated /ith .lies as they s/ar-

over a arass! Caner li5e no other /idespread

disease # 5no/ o. today orr,pts and orrodes the

body o. a -an or /o-an! Caner an be vie/ed as

o,t;o.;ontrol 3rebellio,s ells3 that ravage other

ells invading the- and destroying the-! &his is a-irror o. "atans o/n rebellio,s a-paign against

the hosts o. heaven and the people o. od on this

earth!

%o/ /hile # believe strongly that aner is lin5ed

diretly to "atan and is a vile oppression o. the devil

# do %O& believe that a person /ho has aner isneessarily .illed /ith the devil! %ot at allI &hat

person is being o))ressedby the devil /ho is ,sing

aner to in.lit great agony o.ten robbing the

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strengthL destroying the persons physial body and

,lti-ately 5illing that person! &he person /ithaner is 3,nder atta53 .ro- the ene-y and -,st be

prayed .or in preisely those ter-s!

"i5ness is a /or5 or an o))ressiono. the devil!

And /hen si5ness stri5es /e -,st reogniHe that

the devil is on the atta5 and /e -,st all ,pon

every -eans o. regaining health that /e 5no/! Aperson /ho is si5 needs to ta5e advantage o. allo.

ods healing -ethods and get the best o. -edial

are the best o. prayer the best o. love and a good

li-ate and n,trition and any other .ore that an

/or5 to bring abo,t healing inl,ding the $ord o.

od! 3:aving done all 3the Apostle Pa,l tells ,s in(phesians 61G7-eaning /e leave nothing ,ndone

that /e 5no/ to do7/e then stand against the

ene-y and tr,st od to do all that :e an do!

#n so-e ases ho/ever and # -ight add in

RAR( ases a .ore is at /or5 /ithin a person that

BOCK" any and all atte-pts at healing! %o/ #-not re.erring to a persons i--,ne syste- that -ay

.ail to /or5 properly or to any other physial

.,ntion o. the body! #- re.erring to so-ething

s)iritualthat has a grip on the healing proesses! #-

tal5ing abo,t a spirit,al .ore that si-ply /ill not

allo/ the body to /or5 as od intended .or it to/or5!

&hose are situations that -ay very /ell be

de-onially inspired or in.l,ened! And i. that is the

ase the si5ness /ill need to be dealt /ith .ro- a


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spirit,al angle be.ore the person being atta5ed /ill

.ind any relie. .ro- their ondition!#n the boo5 o. +ar5 ?es,s delivered a yo,ng

-an .ro- a de-on that /as a,sing hi- to thro/

hi-sel. to the gro,nd in onv,lsions or seiH,res

-,h li5e /hat /e /o,ld all epilepsy today! ="ee

+ar5 91D;G0!> %ote as yo, read that passage o.

"ript,re that these /ere not ordinary seiH,res! &he.ather o. the a..lited -an reported that in -any

instanes the boy /as ast into 3.ire3 or 3/ater3

/hen he eperiened a seiH,re! As abnor-al as a

onv,lsion -ight be in and o. itsel. so-ething

beyond even a 3nor-al3 onv,lsion /as happening

in this parti,lar ase!Based on that passage o. "ript,re and on -y

o/n eperiene o. praying .or the si5 .or -ore than


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reat,re o. al-ost total abnor-ality!

&hose parti,lar 5ind o. onv,lsive de-ons arethe strongest o. all de-ons that # ever personally

.aed in -y -inistry! And there /as a str,ggle

be.ore that hild o,ld be o-pletely delivered by

the a,thority o. the "pirit o. od inside o. -e that

/as greater than the de-ons po/er! B,t one he

/as delivered that little boy bea-e a nor-al hildagain and never one had another proble- /ith

onv,lsions .or all the years # 5ne/ o. hi-

a.ter/ard!

# believe that there are also -any types o.

de-ons that ehibit eaggerated .or-s o. sin.,l

behavior! )or ea-ple # believe that there arestealing demons. People /ho o-e ,nder their

in.l,ene steal com)ulsivelyand say they ant help

/hat they are doing! &hey o.ten say that so-ething

-a5es the- steal!

&oday all yo, need to do is pi5 ,p a ne/spaper

to 5no/ that there are murdering demons anddemons of sadism or cruelty. #ts beo-e

o--onplae to hear so-eone say 3"o-ething

inside -e told -e to 5ill that person! # dont 5no/

/hy # did it!3 And o.ten those 5inds o. -,rders have

a very strong ele-ent o. sadisti r,elty in the-

/here a person /asnt 4,st 5illed b,t their body /asviolated or -,tilated in an al-ost inh,-an /ay!

&he story o. egion in the .i.th hapter o. +ar5

sho/s ,s that there are also demons of self to ,t

hi-sel. /ith sharp ro5s ,ntil he /o,ld bleed nearly

to death! And in addition to those de-ons there

/ere other de-ons /ho tor-ented egion a,sing

hi- to leave his .a-ily and his o--,nity to /ear

no lothing and to live li5e a -ad-an a-ong theto-bs!

Can yo, see /hat # -ean abo,t o.ten .inding

de-ons in the abnor-alities and the eesses o.

h,-an behavior &he Bible tells ,s that this -an

/as ,tting his o/n .lesh and in.liting terrible pain

on his o/n body! #s that a nor-al thing to do toyo,rsel. O. o,rse notI (very nat,ral .ore inside

o. ,s tells ,s to r,n .ro- pain and to try and get

a/ay .ro- anyone /ho tries to h,rt ,s physially!

B,t egion /as in.liting pain on hi-sel.! :e .o,nd

pleas,re in ,tting hi-sel.! Or rather # sho,ld say

that the demons inside of Legion.o,nd pleas,re in it!egion /as li5e a -ad-an! :is d/elling /as

a-ong the dead rather than a-ong the living! :e

had s,perh,-an strength so that no -an /as able to

s,bd,e hi- or to ontrol hi- long eno,gh to help

hi- in any /ay! #t too5 the s,pernat,ral po/er o.

od to bring deliverane to egion! #t too5 ?es,sChrist o--anding the de-ons to o-e o,t o. hi-

to set hi- .ree and to restore hi- to his right -ind

and to his .a-ily and his o--,nity!

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s)irit! #t an be a de-on o. i--orality or a de-on

o. ,nnat,ral se,al desire7anything dealing /iththe perverting o. -ans nat,ral se,al desire that /as

p,t inside o. hi- by od and that is bea,ti.,l and

/onder.,l /hen it is epressed in the ontet o.

-arriage in /hih od -eant .or it to be epressed!

'o, need only to loo5 aro,nd yo, in this o,ntry to

see ho/ the in.l,ene o. these de-ons is r,nningra-pant today thro,gh se,al pro-is,ity

ho-ose,ality pornography and the se,al

-olestation o. hildren7o.ten even by a hilds o/n

parent or other tr,sted .riend or loved one! &hat

ertainly isnt a nor-al epression o. love .or a

hildI#- s,re there are -any other 5inds o. de-ons

other than the ones # have -entioned here and they

-ay -ani.est the-selves in any n,-ber o. /ays

thro,gh h,-an behavior depending on ho/ great

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1G! :O$ ":O* # *(A

$#&: A P(R"O% $:O #"

*(+O%;PO""(""(* OR

*(+O%;OPPR(""(*)irst be very ertain that the behavior o. the

person is at,ally being in.l,ened by de-ons!

"atan is a reat,re o. -aster.,l deeption and

anyone /ho is being in.l,ened or ontrolled by hi-

/ill -a5e serio,s e..orts to deeive yo, as /ell!"eond dont thin5 that 4,st by loo5ing at

so-eone or by tal5ing to the- or by as,ally

st,dying their behavior yo, /ill 5no/ i. that person

is being o))ressed =or strongly in.l,ened> by

de-on spirits /hether that oppression is so-e/hat

light or very heavy or /hether the person is at,allypossessed by de-ons! &he Bible tells ,s learly that

spirit,al -atters -,st be s)iritually discerned =1

Corinthians 21! &o disern so-ething in the

nat,ral -eans to pereive it /ith yo,r physial

senses! B,t to disern so-ething spirit,ally -eans

that yo, pereive the tr,th o. a sit,ation /ithso-ething that goes beyond yo,r nat,ral senses and

that is through your s)irit %eing lined u) with the

Holy 5)irit so He can discern through you.

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and sho/ed -e the depth o. peoples needs :e told

-e that :e /o,ld give -e the po/er to disernde-ons in a very diret and obvio,s /ay! :e told

-e that as # laid -y hands on those /ho a-e be.ore

-e .or prayer7as literally -ore than one -illion

people have thro,gh the years7the po/er o. od

/o,ld o-e ,pon -e and if there /ere de-ons

present # /o,ld be able to detet those de-ons inthree spei.i /ays

1> by the l,-ino,s sna5eli5e @,ality o. s,h a

persons eyes

2> by the stenh o. their breath that /as ,nli5e

any h,-an stenh one /o,ld nor-ally eno,nter

andG> by the presene o. od o-ing into -y right

hand as # laid -y hand ,pon that person7or as #

/as near that person!

$hether od anointed only Oral Roberts and no

one else to disern de-ons in this -anner # do not

5no/! Perhaps so! od 5ne/ the n,-bers o. people/ith de-ons /ho /o,ld o-e to -y -inistry .or

deliverane7parti,larly in the early years o. the

r,sade prayer lines7and perhaps :e gave -e a

/ay /here # o,ld disern /hat # /as dealing /ith

a,rately and @,i5ly! B,t /hat # do 5no/ is that

any tr,e born;again hild o. od has a ertaina-o,nt o. spirit,al disern-ent o. their o/n! And

the Bible see-s to indiate that the -ore /e gro/

and -at,re in the ord and ,se the disern-ent /e

do have the -ore disern-ent od gives ,s and the

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sharper o,r ability beo-es to disern good .ro-

evil! ="ee :ebre/s 1&here is also a de.inite 3gi.t3 that the :oly "pirit

gives to -en and /o-en to disern evil spirits! "t!

Pa,l alls this the gi.t o. 3diserning o. spirits3 in 1

Corinthians 1210! &his gi.t is -ani.ested thro,gh

ertain believers by the :oly "pirit as :e /ills .or

the e$)ress )ur)ose o. diserning and asting o,tspirits or de-ons! =&his gi.t operates in a /ay

si-ilar to the 3gi.t o. .aith3 in that all Christians

have a -eas,re o. .aith aording to Ro-ans 12G

yet od so-eti-es gives a speial gift of faith at

ertain ti-es so a person is able to believe od .or

things greater than ,s,al and to see the-ao-plished!>

O.ten people /ho eperiene the gi.t o.

diserning o. spirits operating in their lives ingreat

-eas,re are people /ho are involved in deliverance

ministries! And its -y opinion that people /ho deal

in deliverane on a reg,lar basis !!! those /ho haveboth honed the po/er o. disern-ent given to all

Christians and /ho have 3stirred ,p3 the gift o.

disern-ent operating thro,gh the :oly "pirit in

their lives !!! are ,s,ally the ones better e@,ipped to

bring abo,t an at,al deliverane .ro- de-on

spirits! Ordinarily they are the ones -ost on.identin /hat to do in sit,ations /here de-ons are

present! At least that has been -y eperiene!

#ts al/ays i-portant to re-e-ber that diserning

or asting o,t de-on spirits is a deadly serio,s

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-atter! #ts not so-ething that Christians sho,ld ever

play /ith or trivialiHe in any /ay! )or /hen a de-onspirit has been ast o,t o. its h,-an host the Bible

says that it ret,rns to that sa-e person to see5

reentry and brings /ith it 3seven other spirits -ore

/i5ed than hi-sel.!3 ="ee ,5e 112 And i.

that person has tr,ly given his li.e to Christ and has

been .illed ,p /ith the "pirit o. od so that thede-ons annot .ind reentry then they /ill see5

entry in other persons /ho -ay be present at the

ti-e and in so-e /ay be v,lnerable to the-!

Anyone /ho is not deadly serio,s abo,t the

sit,ation /ho is not overed /ith the blood o. ?es,s

and /ho is in disobediene to od in their o/n li.eo,ld very possibly .ind the-selves to be the

de-ons net target .or habitation!

# /ill al/ays re-e-ber one parti,lar r,sade

servie in /hih # spent ti-e delivering a -an /ho

had de-ons and /ho had o-e be.ore -e in the

prayer line! Bea,se # ,nderstood the serio,sness o.the sit,ation /hen de-ons /ere present and abo,t to

be ast o,t o. so-eone in the presene o. -any

other people # al/ays as5ed those in the ro/d to

get into an attit,de o. .aith be.ore od! As #

-inistered deliverane /hile on the plat.or- #

as5ed the people to lay their hands on the hair in.ront o. the- as a)oint of contact.or releasing their

.aith and 4oining their .aith /ith -ine .or a -irale!

"o ertain /as # that this /as o. the ,t-ost

i-portane .or their o/n sa.ety that # also told the-

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# o,ld not be responsible .or /hat -ight happen to

the- i. they did not .ollo/ -y instr,tion! And #/as al/ays grate.,l .or their o-pliane and

,nderstanding!

# began to pray in the %a-e o. ?es,s and to ast

every evil spirit o,t o. the -an in .ront o. -e and as

he /as set .ree a great heer /ent ,p .ro- the

ro/d! &hey 5ne/ that the de-ons had le.t theperson! ",ddenly a /o-an a-e r,nning do/n the

aisle to/ard -e shrie5ing at the top o. her l,ngs as

i. she /ere r,nning .or her li.e! (arlier in the servie

# had notied this /o-an and in -y spirit # /as

a/are that she had had a very as,al al-ost

-o5ing attit,de abo,t everything in the -eeting!"he very obvio,sly /as in an attit,de o. ,nbelie.

and did not ,nderstand the serio,sness o. /hat /as

happening in the servie! As she ran to/ard -e she

srea-ed 3&heyre in -eI &heyre in -eI :elp -e

Brother RobertsI3

As she stood be.ore -e # p,t -y hand on her andin ?es,s %a-e ast the de-ons o,t7aording to

her o/n /ord o. testi-ony the sa-e de-ons that #

had 4,st ast o,t o. the -an -o-ents be.ore! As

soon as she /as delivered she as5ed to reeive ?es,s

Christ as her personal ord and "avior and # led her

in the sinners prayer as she /as .illed ,p /ith the"pirit o. od!

On another oasion so-ething happened that

/as very si-ilar # believe7tho,gh /e /ere never

able to 5no/ .or s,re bea,se the person involved

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le.t the servie be.ore /e o,ld tal5 to hi-! # had

4,st ast a de-on o,t o. so-eone in the prayer line!O.ten /hen de-ons o-e o,t they shrie5 and

srea- as they o-e o,t bea,se they dont /ant to

be ast o,t! &hey are o-ing o,t only bea,se they

are o--anded to do so by the a,thority o. Christ

/hih they reogniHe and -,st obey!

$hen a de-on is ast o,t o. their h,-an host itis as i. so-eone bigger and stronger than yo, had

invaded yo,r ho-e and then yo, had pi5ed the-

,p and physially dragged the- o,t the .ront door!

Can yo, i-agine they /o,ld /illingly go /itho,t a

str,ggle O. o,rse notI &hats eatly /hat /as

going on in -y r,sade servie as these de-ons/ere ast o,t! 'o, o,ldnt see the- o. o,rse b,t

yo, o,ld hear the- -oving o,t thro,gh the ro/d

srea-ing the /hole ti-e! ",ddenly /e heard a

so,nd li5e the ra5 o. a ri.le going o..! &hen a -an

standing near the edge o. the tent srea-ed and ran

a/ay .ro- the tent be.ore /e o,ld .ind o,t /hathad happened to hi-! +y o/n .eeling in -y spirit

tho,gh abo,t /hat had happened to hi- /as this

$hen the de-ons tried to reenter the person # had

ast the- o,t o. and o,ld .ind no point o. reentry

they i--ediately began loo5ing .or a ne/ host in

/hih to ta5e ,p residene! And they too5 o,t a.ter/hoever in the ro/d /o,ld provide the- /ith an

open door .or habitation! &he -an standing near the

edge o. the tent /as evidently ,n,s,ally ynial

abo,t /hat /as going on in the servie! And the


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de-ons 5no/ing that obvio,sly /ere dra/n to hi-

as a potentially per.et d/elling plae in /hih toset ,p their ne/ and hope.,lly ,ndist,rbed evil

abode!

"o yo, see # learned long ago in -y -inistry

that yo, sho,ld never ever let yo,r g,ard do/n

/hen dealing /ith de-ons! &he only thing that

de-ons /ill reogniHe as being -ore po/er.,l thanthey are is so-eone /ith that 5ind o. spirit,al

anointing o. od on their li.e! #t ta5es that anointing

o. od to bring abo,t a tr,e deliverane and to 5eep

all those involved proteted ,ntil the de-ons are

o-pletely banished and ,nable to do .,rther

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1

*(A#% $#&: :(AJ'*(+O%#C OPPR(""#O% !!! OR

+A' %((* &O :AJ( A

*(+O% "P#R#& CA"& O& O)

&:(+#. yo, are onerned that so-eone in yo,r .a-ily

or so-eone else yo, love -ay be ,nder heavy

satani oppression or possibly even possession to

so-e degree and yo, are a born;again Christian o.

so-e -at,rity # /o,ld s,ggest that the first thingyou do is to mae that )erson a very serious matter

of intercessory )rayer.

As5 od .or spirit,al disern-ent in the -atter

so that yo, -ay have a learer ,nderstanding o. the

tr,e so,re o. the persons behavior! #. yo, 5no/ o.

another person or t/o /ho o,ld interede along/ith yo, and add their spirit,al disern-ent o. the

proble- together /ith yo,rs7providing that they

/ill 5eep the -atter on.idential and not ,se it as a

so,re o. gossip to pass along to their .riends7#

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/o,ld reo--end having the- 4oin /ith yo,!

&hen i. yo, have not already done so by thispoint begin to try and r,le o,t other things that

o,ld very possibly be a so,re o. a,se .or the

persons proble-! :ave the person go thro,gh a

thoro,gh -edial ea-ination i. they have not done

so reently! "o-eti-es a physial proble- or

o-bination o. proble-s -ay be the so,re o.,n,s,al behavior! =)or instane it has 4,st reently

o-e to light that so-e /o-en are so adversely

a..eted by hor-onal hanges in their bodies at

ertain ti-es o. their -onthly yle that their entire

personality an hange .or days at a ti-e! #n so-e

etre-e ases they have been 5no/n to beo-eab,sive or physially violent even to the point o.

o--itting -,rder as a res,lt! "o-eti-es .a-ily

-e-bers hardly reogniHe their loved one bea,se

there is s,h a hange in behavior and personality!

B,t one the ondition is diagnosed -edially it

see-s to be o-pletely treatable and the /o-an isagain able to res,-e ontrol o. her li.e! &his 5ind o.

behavior an /or5 in -en .ro- other a,ses /hih

are also not de-on possession!>

#. yo, s,spet there -ay be an ele-ent o.

e-otional or -ental illness in yo,r loved ones

ondition eno,rage the- to see so-eone /hodeals in that area7either a psyhologist

psyhiatrist or so-e other pro.essional o,nselor o.

so-e type parti,larly i. yo, an .ind s,h a

o-petent epert /ho is a born;again believer! #n

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reent years /e have 4,st beg,n to learn that ertain

vital he-ials an so-eti-es be de.iient in theh,-an brain a,sing people to ehibit abnor-al or

even violent behavior! #. thats the ase /ith yo,r

loved one that o,ld be the reason they are ating as

they are! And ,nder the treat-ent o. a

5no/ledgeable aring health pro.essional /ho

5no/s ho/ to presribe the right 5ind o. -ediationyo,r loved one -ay .ind the very -irale he or she

needs to be restored! #. its not a -atter o. a he-ial

de.iieny in the brain it -ay be that yo,r loved one

has si-ply beo-e entrenhed in a 5ind o. sel.;

destr,tive behavior that over a period o. ti-e an

be -odi.ied thro,gh psyhologial o,nseling ortherapy!

#. at all possible # strongly reo--end that yo,

ta5e yo,r loved one to a Christian physiian or

o,nselor so that as they are being treated -edially

or e-otionally the physiian or o,nselor -ay bring

the po/er o. od to bear on the sit,ation!'o, an be ass,red that od has a -an or

/o-an o. od /ho is involved in a deliverane

-inistry and /ho is /illing to deal /ith yo,r loved

one in parti,lar! ?es,s is still in the -inistry o.

asting o,t de-ons by the prayer o. .aith or the

o--and o. .aith!#. yo, dont 5no/ o. s,h a person perhaps yo,r

pastor /ill 5no/ o. so-eone or a Christian

psyhiatrist or psyhologist! *o not lose hope or

o,rage!

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1! :O$ CA% 'O PRO&(C&

'OR"() AA#%"& &:(

)ORC(" O) *ARK%("" !!! A%*

#% PARCAR *(+O%" !!!&:A& &R' &O CO+( AA#%"&

'O

# believe that the -ost i-portant thing yo, an do

is to aept ?es,s Christ as yo,r personal "avior andord .or :e alone is the +aster over de-ons and to

the best o. yo,r ability resist the devil as he o-es at

yo, to te-pt yo, to sin!

Read ods $ord on a reg,lar basis and learn to

hide ods pro-ises in yo,r heart! +e-oriHe 5ey

verses and have the- ready at all ti-es to ,se as as/ord o. the "pirit!

Keep yo,r eyes on ?es,s :e is yo,r "o,re o.

deliverane!

&ell others abo,t /hat Christ has done .or yo,!

&esti.y o. :is goodness as o.ten as yo, have the

opport,nity! Re-e-ber in Revelation 1211 /e aretold /e overo-e the ene-y 3by the blood o. the

a-b and by the /ord o. Eo,rF testi-ony!3

"tay in a repentant attit,de onerning yo,r

shorto-ings as the $ord o. od and the :oly

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"pirit bring the- be.ore yo,! "tay lean and p,re

be.ore the ord!Re-e-ber the $ord o. od in 2 &i-othy 112

/hen yo, need ass,rane o. ods 35eeping3 po/er

" ... for now whom have %elieved,

and am )ersuaded that he is a%le to ee)

that which have committed unto him

against that day. "

ive in an attit,de o. prayer never tr,sting yo,r

li.e to yo,rsel.! As Pa,l did 3Pray in the "pirit and

/ith the ,nderstanding3 =1 Corinthians 1! "ee

(phesians 618 ?,de 20!

One thing # annot e-phasiHe too -,hL andthats assoiating /ith believers o. li5e .aith and

,nderstanding and being ,nder the -inistry o. a

"pirit;.illed h,rh and "pirit;.illed -inisters /ho

,nderstand these things!

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$# 'O (& +( (A*

'O #% A PRA'(R R#:&

%O$

"o o.ten # pray a si-ple prayer li5e the one #

/ant to lead yo, in right no/! )or altho,gh # a- an

evangelist o. the gospel # a- a h,-an being 4,st

li5e yo,! # have /ea5nesses li5e yo,! &here are

ti-es /hen # .eel so te-pted o. the devil that i. #

dont stop and pray right then !!! i. # dont stop and

on.ess -y shorto-ings and -y .a,lts that # a-

str,ggling /ith at that -o-ent # 5no/ "atan and his

de-ons are see5ing to enter and ta5e ontrol o. -y

li.e 4,st as they are all other od;alled -inisters!

And .riend #- deter-ined that # /ont let hi-

do that! #- deter-ined that no one b,t ?es,s Christ

/ill have ontrol o. Oral Roberts -ind /ill and

e-otions! "o # o.ten pray a prayer so-ething li5e

the .ollo/ing!

$ill yo, let -e pray this si-ple prayer /ith yo,

today $ill yo, say it o,t lo,d a.ter -e as yo, read

it #. yo, /ill dont thin5 that 4,st repeating /ords

/ill /or5 bea,se it /ont /or5 i. thats all yo,re

doing! Pray it o,t o. yo,r belly o,t o. the depths o.

yo,r being o,t o. that plae /here yo, .eel yo,r

deepest .eelings !!! /here yo, 5no/ that yo, 5no/

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that yo, 5no/ that so-ething is either /rong or it is

right!#. yo,ll do that then pray these /ords o,t lo,d

no/

3Oh od # need 'o, today! #- no

-ath .or the devil! # annot stand against

a de-on /ithin -y o/n sel. or -y o/n

po/er! B,t /ith Christ in -e # have :i-

/ho is greater than the devil /ho is

greater than any and all de-ons! Christ

alone has the po/er to -aster -e and to

beo-e -y only +aster!

3od in heaven +ost :igh od.orgive -e o. -y shorto-ings o. -y

sins! # invite 'o, to .ill -y heart! +a5e

-e a ne/ reat,re! )ill -e /ith 'o,r

:oly "pirit! :elp -e to release -y prayer

lang,age and to pray in the "pirit /ith

,nderstanding! :elp -e to love -y Bibleto st,dy -y Bible to believe -y Bible to

live o,t -y Bible every day!

3:elp -e to testi.y o. 'o,r goodness

in -y li.e! :elp -e to sh,n the very

appearane o. evil the very appearane o.sin to be lean in -y tho,ghts and to

bring those tho,ghts into aptivity to od

at all ti-es!

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3By -y o/n hoie and /ith all o. -y

heart # deter-ine to serve -y od to beods hild and to be a /itness o. :is

goodness and grae .orever and ever! #n

the %a-e o. ?es,s # stand on 'o,r $ord

# tr,st in ?es,s shed blood and :is

res,rretion .ro- the dead! # praise and

-agni.y the %a-e o. ?es,s -y ord and-y "avior! A-en and a-en!3

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&("+O%#(" O) O*"

*(#J(R#% PO$(R

+y son Rihard reently aired several o. his daily

television progra-s in /hih he and his g,ests7o./hih # /as one7dis,ssed the s,b4et o. de-ons!

At the end o. the progra- deliverane /as

-inistered to all those /ho .elt they needed it! As a

res,lt o. those progra-s7and others /e have aired

7/e have reeived testi-onies .ro- people /ho

had been set .ree .ro- so-e .or- o. satanioppression!

# /ant to share three o. these re-ar5able

testi-onies /ith yo, in this boo5 to eno,rage yo,r

.aith .or a -irale! One testi-ony is /hat # /o,ld

all an e$treme caseo. a yo,ng teenage girl /ho had

o-e ,nder satani bondage .ro- her involve-ento. several years in at,al "atan /orship! Another

testi-ony involved a /o-an /ho /as ,nder heavy

de-oni oppression .ro- /hat # /o,ld say is a very

common a,se7past e-otional h,rts that she had

never tr,ly given to od to heal !!! /hile the third is

a yo,ng -an /ho had given his li.e over toho-ose,ality and the o,lt and /ho /as in a

plae /here -any people are /itho,t the po/er o.

od /or5ing in their lives a slave to te-ptation and

l,st!

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# hose these three testi-onies so yo, o,ld see

that no )ro%lem is too 3& or too 5=9LL for &od.$hatever proble- yo,re .aing in yo,r li.e right

no/ ho/ever yo, .eel the devil has yo, in his

snare re-e-ber ?("" an set yo, .ree and i.

?("" sets yo, .ree then 3ye shall be .ree indeed3

=?ohn 8G6>I

Teenage Satan Worshipers Find

Deliverance and Salvation Through

ChristOn :allo/een day -y boy.riend and # /al5ed

into o,r ho,se andRichard Ro%erts Live/as on the

air! Rihard and his g,est /ere tal5ing abo,t the

dangers o. being involved in the o,lt! +y

boy.riend snapped 3&,rn that garbage o..I3 B,t .or

so-e reason # didnt do it! #nstead /e sat do/n and

/athed the rest o. the progra-! And that day o,r

lives /ere trans.or-ed!

# a- 16 years old and # have /orshiped the devil

sine # /as 10! +y boy.riends parents are "atan

/orshipers and he has been raised in it all o. his li.e!

B,t a.ter /athing Rihards progra- /e didnt

/ant anything -ore to do /ith /orshiping the devil!

# i--ediately thre/ a/ay -y satani bible and

-y ,pside;do/n ross and lost all desire to beinvolved in any -ore satani rit,als! &hen # alled

the OR Prayer &o/er! # reno,ned all satani

involve-ent as the prayer partner prayed /ith -e

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and # aepted ?es,s Christ as -y personal "avior

and ord! # even released -y heavenly prayerlang,age as # /as .illed /ith the :oly "pirit o. od!

Hallelu>ahI

#- so than5.,l that the devils are o,t o. -y li.e

no/ and that # belong to ?es,s! Please pray .or -e as

# 5no/ -y li.e -ight be in danger .ro- sharing -y

testi-ony abo,t ?es,s! B,t # /ant everyone to 5no/that ?es,s an set yo, .ree .ro- anything !!! even the

devils snare!

Woman Tormented ! Past "urts Sa!s#

$%ive Those "urts to &esus'$

# /as e-otionally ab,sed as a hild! &hose h,rtsb,ilt ,p .ro- the ti-e # /as abo,t nine years old

and as an ad,lt # /as still arrying sars .ro- the-!

ater in li.e # had aepted the ord and # tho,ght

everything in -y li.e /as -ade /hole! B,t very

o.ten # /o,ld .ind -ysel. rying in the nightti-e

and # /ondered /hy the terrible .eelings .ro- theab,se # had s,..ered as a hild /o,ld 5eep o-ing

ba5! Birthdays /ere parti,larly di..i,lt ti-es

/hen # al/ays -ade -y .a-ily as -iserable as #

/as! 'et # never assoiated -y tro,bled spirit /ith

the possibility o. de-oni oppression ,ntil # /athed

Richard Ro%erts Liveone day!%ear the end o. the progra- Rihard said that he

sa/ in his spirit that od /as going to deliver

so-eone /ho had been /earing so-e 5ind o. a

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-as5 or trying to over ,p so-ething pain.,l in

their li.e! &hen he loo5ed right into the a-era andprayed 3#n ?es,s %a-e # brea5 the devils po/er

over yo,r li.e! 'o, are being set .ree %O$I3

$hen Rihard spo5e that /ord # 5ne/ it /as .or

-e! )or years # had hidden and denied -y e-otional

sars /itho,t letting ?es,s really heal the-! od

/as saying to -e thro,gh Rihard that de-ons hadbeen tor-enting -e in that area # had 5ept hidden !!!

and that no/ :e /as going to heal -e and set -e

.ree!

(ver sine that day # have been o-pletely set

.reeI +y h,sband /as a-aHed /hen -y birthday

a-e aro,nd 4,st a .e/ days later! )or the .irst ti-ein o,r -arriage it /as a peae.,l and bea,ti.,l day!

+any people have e-otional sars they are

hiding and overing ,p li5e # /as and de-on spirits

are ,sing that to tor-ent the- as they did -e! All #

an tell yo, is to give those h,rts to ?es,s and :e

/ill set yo, .ree!

(oung )an Set Free From the *onds o+

"omosexualit! and the ,ccult)or nine years # lived li.e in the .ast lane as a

ho-ose,al going to all the gay bars and

bathho,ses in +ia-i! # 5ne/ /hat # /as doing /as/rong b,t # /as lost in a /orld o. perversionL the

l,st /ithin -e bea-e overpo/ering!

&he ,nresolved g,ilt that # ontin,ally arried

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/ith -e a,sed -e to despise -ysel. and #

atte-pted s,iide several ti-es!# hadnt al/ays been a ho-ose,al! #n .at # had

been -arried one and # had done -y best to -a5e

the -arriage /or5! B,t /hen all -y e..orts .ailed

ti-e a.ter ti-e # bea-e v,lnerable and # allo/ed

"atan to -a5e the ho-ose,al li.estyle see- li5e the

easier path to ta5e!RealiHing there /as an e-ptiness in -y li.e #

began to searh .or ans/ers in /ithra.t -ind

ontrol tarot ards and so;alled 3spirit,al

advisers37b,t nothing /or5ed!

$hen the -an # had been living /ith died #

.inally deided to give od a try! (very /ee5day #began to /ath Richard Ro%erts Live and on

",ndays # /athed$)ect a =iracle.&hen one day

at the end o. Rihards progra- # prayed /ith

Rihard and aepted ?es,s Christ as -y ord and

"avior! &hat day # /as .inally able to thro/ a/ay all

-y o,lt -aterials pornographi -agaHines and-e-bership ards to the gay bars # .re@,ented!

$here everything else had .ailed to set -e .ree .ro-

the bondage # /as in od /as vitorio,s! # a-

living proo. that ?es,s Christ is aliveI

%o/ #- living -y li.e .or ?es,s bea,se ?es,s is

-y li.e !!! -y hope -y strength and -y salvation!#- a di..erent -an and everybody noties it! od

has bro,ght a /onder.,l Christian yo,ng /o-an

into -y li.e and /e plan to be -arried soon! #ve

4oined a h,rh thats on .ire .or the ord and # sing

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in the hoir! # arry a Bible and #- not asha-ed to

tell the /orld that od has set -e .reeI

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A )#%A $OR* &O 'O

&O*A'!!!

)riend -y son Rihard and # onsider it a high

privilege to be able to pray .or yo,! $hen yo, /riteto ,s yo, an be ass,red that /e /ill hold yo,r need

7/hatever it is7be.ore o,r )ather in heaven and

pray /ith the .,ll po/er o. o,r .aith believing

tr,sting od to give yo, the -irale yo, need today!

&here is no distane in the po/er o. prayer! od is

the sa-e yesterday today and .orever! $hat :e hasdone .or others :e an do .or yo,I )eel .ree to /rite

,s today and say 3Oral and Rihard bo-bard

heaven .or -e!3 As yo, -ail yo,r letter release yo,r

.aith !!! and /ell be in agree-ent /ith yo, that

5omething &ood s &oing to Ha))en to (ou!

;rite0Oral or Richard Ro%erts,

Tulsa, Ola. ?@#?#.

n Aanada0

Toronto, Ontario =@B 1&1.

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