https://jakekail.com/deliverance-ministry/
Yeah, so the church I have been visiting seems to put a lot of attention to the power of demons and curses in the realm of breaking curses and delivering people from the influence of demons.
I personally do not see it as Biblical but I am making my heart humble for God to move in.
I addressed the curse issue in a created thread a few months ago.
But last Wednesday the church had the guest speaker Jake Kail who proclaims to be a minister of deliverance with the power of Christ.
He had a lady to speak about her testimony in the intro about her fear of death gripped her so badly that it became a deep fear and obsession. Well she visited one of Jake's ministry events, Jake prayed, spoke to her directly, she felt nauseous, leaned forward but couldn't bend back straight, and then she was set free from the oppression of fear.
So this is I believe just a modern fancy way of speaking about exorcisms.
What you thinking so far? Should I run? Stay? Am I acting in ignorance? Or should I take notice of my own discernment?
Of course, there is debate rather Christians are ever commanded to cast out demons and it is factual that demonic possession was only seen in unbelievers. As to know if someone is demon possessed, we only have the few cases in scriptures which seem to be quite easy to Jesus, the apostles or the Jewish exocists spot but not really told what as the reader what defines demon possession.
Regardless every possession was in a unbeliever.
But these ministers teach that these occur in believers and even though we are delivered in salvation we may not be fully delivered to live out all of God's promises or gifts.
Be careful what you pray for because I asked God to help me determine the truth on certain doctrines and now I am being bombarded with stuff like this. 😌
“What you thinking so far? Should I run? Stay? Am I acting in ignorance? Or should I take notice of my own discernment?”
I would suggest prayer and study about the matter scripture always tends to be able to help a believer of scriptures form and grasp concepts that become clear in scripture.
when we read thkngs like this it becomes a place to let become a worthwhile block to building a good understanding of our situation as born again spiritual people in a world full of flesh and wickedness, and the path to this set before us that we are called to believe and walk in as we grow in understanding and capacity and begin to walk by faith
so for instance
“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.”
Ephesians 6:11-12 KJV
“And
we know that we are of God,
and
the whole world lieth in wickedness.
And we know that
the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.
This is the true God, and eternal life.”
1 John 5:19-20 KJV
Just as we believe in a Holy Spirit we cannot actually see with our eyes there in the world , evil spirits the spiritual powers of heaven that rebelled with the devil are also In the world constantly corrupting mans mind and heart through temptations that lead to sin and death.
when Jesus was taken to heaven after he had overcome sin , Satan ( who tries to destroy him on earth first before he could save man ) pursued him and a war in heaven was fought. But asatan and his followers lost and we’re cast out and barred from heaven ( just as man was barred from Eden after sin) these angels now are in earth but they are spirits and can’t actually participate in the natural creation unless they work through a man or beast who are part of the natural creation themselves.
So events like
this sort of serve to open our eyes just a little bit if we believe it
“Then certain of the vagabond Jews,
exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
And there were
seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which
did so.
And
the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And
this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and
fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.”
Acts 19:13-17 KJV
this sort of shows us spirits do inhabit people and act through people. Many examples exist in the gospels of demon possession . What it is is those heavenly spirits that fell when Jesus entered heaven in the war trying to live through us just as we are to let Christ and the hilt spirit live through us
evil spirits want to be in a man or beast to actually be able to exist in the creation and actually do evil in the natural. But the Holy Spirit is what keeps believers in
Jesus and not “
the Jesus paul preached “
Paul Knew the true and only Jesus is why the spirit knew Paul , the seven men who were “ preaching the Jesus Paul preaches” were trying to not go to Jesus themself but using Paul’s name as intercessor between then and Jesus instead .
they knew paul , not the Jesus he knew and preached. Which
tbey all are subject to Jesus and his word
“And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him
two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
And,
behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many
swine feeding. So
the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”
Matthew 8:28-32 KJV
Note they wanted to exist in created form ( an active body ) even if it was in the form of swine.
I’m not saying I agree with what you are describing but just showing some examples that open the Eyes to many things we can’t know about unless we accept what’s being said in the scripture about it sort of the “ why the world
Is so wicked and so much evil happens to decent folks “ the spiritual war in heaven now resulted in corruption on earth of a spiritual nature and magnitude mankind being led astray by evil rather than saved by the holy spirit now also in the world through Christ Jesus
just to make the point spiritual possession and also spiritual warfare are real concepts biblically before and after the cross and are also taught in letters to the church and seen in acts also many times.
studying the scriptures offers a ton about evil spirits and tbier relstionship with mankind on earth