>> COMING UP NEXT ON 00:00:00.73\00:00:09.06 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS--" >> HOW MANY OF YOU WANT 00:00:09.90\00:00:13.03 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BELIEVE HE'S A REAL PERSON THAT 00:00:13.03\00:00:15.40 WILL MOVE INTO YOUR HEARTS? 00:00:15.40\00:00:16.53 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT THERE'S ONLY 00:00:16.53\00:00:18.06 ONE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, YOU ARE DEMON-HARASSED 00:00:18.06\00:00:20.96 OR DEMON-POSSESSED. 00:00:20.96\00:00:22.96 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:00:26.13\00:00:29.43 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:00:29.43\00:00:32.23 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:00:32.23\00:00:35.33 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:00:35.33\00:00:38.30 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:00:38.30\00:00:40.73 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:00:40.73\00:00:44.96 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:00:44.96\00:00:47.00 "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES. 00:00:47.00\00:00:51.73 >> WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, DID YOU EVER HAVE FEAR OF THE DARK OR 00:00:53.70\00:01:02.20 SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CRAWLING AROUND UNDER YOUR BED 00:01:02.20\00:01:05.93 OR CREEPING UP THE HALL? 00:01:05.93\00:01:07.96 COME ON NOW. 00:01:07.96\00:01:09.93 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ANYWHERE YOU GO IN THE WORLD AND JUST ABOUT 00:01:09.93\00:01:12.90 ANYBODY'S LIFE AT SOME POINT THERE ARE THESE MINIONS OF 00:01:12.90\00:01:17.20 DARKNESS THAT SCARE US. 00:01:17.20\00:01:21.80 THE BIBLE HAS ANOTHER NAME FOR THEM, THEY'RE KNOWN AS DEMONS, 00:01:21.80\00:01:27.80 DEVILS OR EVIL SPIRITS. 00:01:27.80\00:01:31.16 AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH THE WORD OF GOD HAS TO SAY 00:01:31.16\00:01:36.53 ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, "HOW TO DEFEAT DEMONS, DEVILS 00:01:36.53\00:01:41.36 AND EVIL SPIRITS." 00:01:41.36\00:01:42.76 AND THERE ARE EVEN THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS THAT 00:01:42.76\00:01:45.66 SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS 00:01:45.66\00:01:50.43 OR DEMONS. 00:01:50.43\00:01:51.46 THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THEM ANYMORE THAN THEY BELIEVE 00:01:51.46\00:01:53.20 IN BOOGEYMEN. 00:01:53.20\00:01:56.23 BUT YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL IF YOU SAY YOU'RE A BIBLE CHRISTIAN 00:01:56.23\00:01:59.66 BECAUSE JESUS BELIEVED IN 'EM AND HE DEALT WITH THEM 00:01:59.66\00:02:05.76 AND HE TALKS ABOUT THEM. 00:02:05.76\00:02:08.13 AND YOU AND I ARE GIVEN A WORK TO DO IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE 00:02:08.13\00:02:12.60 EVIL SPIRITS. 00:02:12.60\00:02:14.10 WE HAVE A DIVINE MANDATE FROM THE LORD IN HOW WE OUGHT TO 00:02:14.10\00:02:19.46 RELATE WITH THESE FORCES OF EVIL. 00:02:19.46\00:02:22.40 MARK 16:17, JESUS IS ABOUT TO ASCEND TO HEAVEN. 00:02:22.40\00:02:28.63 PART OF HIS GREAT COMMISSION, FINAL UTTERANCE. 00:02:28.63\00:02:32.13 "AND THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE WHO BELIEVE." 00:02:32.13\00:02:35.53 IT DOESN'T SAY THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THE APOSTLES, 00:02:35.53\00:02:39.36 IT SAYS THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 00:02:39.36\00:02:41.90 BY THE WAY, ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE ALL OF US WHO ARE SAVED? 00:02:41.90\00:02:46.90 "THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 00:02:46.90\00:02:49.33 IN MY NAME, THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS." 00:02:49.33\00:02:51.80 IT'S INTERESTING HE WOULD MENTION THAT FIRST. 00:02:51.80\00:02:55.33 "IN MY NAME THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS." 00:02:55.33\00:02:58.13 THEN HE GOES ON THEY'LL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES AND 00:02:58.13\00:02:59.96 THERE'S OTHER SIGNS. 00:02:59.96\00:03:01.00 BUT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS MAY 00:03:01.00\00:03:06.86 BE SHOULD HAVE A FIRST PRIORITY AMONG CHRISTIANS. 00:03:06.86\00:03:11.30 IT'S SOMETHING THE BIBLE DEALS WITH. 00:03:11.30\00:03:13.60 IT'S NOT A PLEASANT BUSINESS AND SO YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT SURE 00:03:13.60\00:03:17.70 WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 00:03:17.70\00:03:19.63 AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT THE SUBJECT OF DEVILS AND EVIL 00:03:19.63\00:03:23.13 SPIRITS HAS BEEN EXPLOITED AND SOME PREACHERS HAVE USED IT TO 00:03:23.13\00:03:26.30 FEAR MONGER AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE AND MANIPULATE PEOPLE 00:03:26.30\00:03:29.76 AND SOMETIMES IT'S SPOOKY. 00:03:29.76\00:03:31.73 WHENEVER YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S BEING DELIVERED FROM EVIL 00:03:31.73\00:03:34.30 SPIRITS, WE PICTURE SOMEBODY WHO'S WRITHING ON THE GROUND, 00:03:34.30\00:03:39.73 THEIR BACK ARCHED OR THEY'RE SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND THEY'RE 00:03:39.73\00:03:44.03 WHIPPING THEIR HEADS BACK AND FORTH SO FAST, THEIR HAIR CRACKS 00:03:44.03\00:03:46.86 LIKE A WHIP AND THEIR HEAD TURNS AROUND ON THEIR SHOULDERS 00:03:46.86\00:03:50.03 360 DEGREES. 00:03:50.03\00:03:54.36 WE GOT THESE PICTURES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS 00:03:54.36\00:03:57.03 AND POSSESSION THAT SCARE US. 00:03:57.03\00:03:59.40 IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE TO JUST SAY, OH REALLY IN 00:03:59.40\00:04:03.06 THE BIBLE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT DEMON POSSESSION, IT WAS JUST 00:04:03.06\00:04:05.66 ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING DEPRESSED OR MENTALLY DISTURBED. 00:04:05.66\00:04:11.40 IT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:04:11.40\00:04:14.06 THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. 00:04:14.06\00:04:18.46 "WHERE DO DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS COME FROM?" 00:04:18.46\00:04:22.30 YOU KNOW INTERESTING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ANGELS HAVE SORT 00:04:22.30\00:04:24.60 OF MADE A COMEBACK. 00:04:24.60\00:04:26.66 YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT ANGELS AND READ ABOUT ANGELS AND EVERYONE 00:04:26.66\00:04:29.56 THINKS ANGELS ARE GREAT. 00:04:29.56\00:04:31.00 PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE CRYSTALS OF ANGELS AND THEY GOT LITTLE ANGEL 00:04:31.00\00:04:33.06 SIGNS AND ANGEL WINGS AND YOU SAY ANGELS AND PEOPLE 00:04:33.06\00:04:36.03 JUST GO "OOH." 00:04:36.03\00:04:37.06 YOU KNOW IT'S WONDERFUL BUT THEY FORGET THAT ABOUT A THIRD 00:04:37.06\00:04:39.56 OF THOSE ANGELS ARE EVIL BUT THEY CAN APPEAR GOOD. 00:04:39.56\00:04:47.16 IT STANDS TO REASON TO ME, IT SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 11 THAT 00:04:47.16\00:04:50.96 SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT SO IT 00:04:50.96\00:04:55.23 SHOULD NOT SURPRISE US IF HIS ANGELS CAN ALSO BE TRANSFORMED 00:04:55.23\00:04:59.43 INTO ANGELS OF LIGHT, EVIL ANGELS THAT CAN APPEAR 00:04:59.43\00:05:02.33 AS GOOD ANGELS. 00:05:02.33\00:05:04.56 GOD DID NOT MAKE DEVILS, GOD MADE BEAUTIFUL ANGELS THAT FELL. 00:05:04.56\00:05:09.76 YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH 14, SATAN, WHO STARTED OUT AS 00:05:09.76\00:05:12.36 A PERFECT ANGEL, FELL. 00:05:12.36\00:05:14.93 HE WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. 00:05:14.93\00:05:16.36 ISAIAH 14:12, "HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, 00:05:16.36\00:05:20.36 SON OF THE MORNING!" 00:05:20.36\00:05:22.83 HE WAS A LIGHT BEARER. 00:05:22.83\00:05:25.06 AND YOU CAN READ THEN IN REVELATION 12:7, 00:05:25.06\00:05:28.43 "AND WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN. 00:05:28.43\00:05:30.10 MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT WITH THE DRAGON AND THE DRAGON 00:05:30.10\00:05:35.13 AND HIS ANGELS." 00:05:35.13\00:05:37.73 CHRIST HAS HIS ANGELS AND THE DRAGON HAS HIS ANGELS; 00:05:37.73\00:05:43.53 FOUGHT BUT THEY DID NOT PREVAIL. 00:05:43.53\00:05:45.56 GOOD NEWS, GOD AND HIS ANGELS ARE STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL 00:05:45.56\00:05:49.50 AND HIS ANGELS. 00:05:49.50\00:05:51.56 "THEY DID NOT PREVAIL NOR WAS THERE PLACE FOR THEM 00:05:51.56\00:05:54.40 IN HEAVEN ANY LONGER." 00:05:54.40\00:05:56.50 BAD NEWS. 00:05:56.50\00:05:57.66 THEY'RE NOT IN HEAVEN ANYMORE, WHERE ARE THEY? 00:05:57.66\00:06:00.53 "WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME 00:06:00.53\00:06:03.13 DOWN UNTO YOU HAVING GREAT WRATH." 00:06:03.13\00:06:04.90 I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 00:06:04.90\00:06:07.43 AND IT SAYS, "THEIR PLACE WAS NOT FOUND IN HEAVEN SO 00:06:07.43\00:06:10.30 THAT GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD CALLED THE 00:06:10.30\00:06:14.30 DEVIL AND SATAN WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD, HE WAS CAST TO 00:06:14.30\00:06:18.36 THE EARTH AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM." 00:06:18.36\00:06:23.83 NOW THERE'S A STORY IN THE BIBLE I'D LIKE TO DIRECT 00:06:23.83\00:06:25.86 YOUR ATTENTION TO. 00:06:25.86\00:06:27.00 YOU'RE GONNA FIND THIS IN MARK 1 AND IT WILL BEGIN WITH VERSE 21. 00:06:27.00\00:06:33.13 IF I WERE TO ASK YOU, WHAT IS THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS, 00:06:33.13\00:06:35.76 WHAT'S THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS? 00:06:35.76\00:06:38.16 WATER INTO WINE, WATER INTO WINE, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:38.16\00:06:41.30 THAT'S IF YOU'RE READING THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, BUT THAT'S 00:06:41.30\00:06:45.00 NOT THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 00:06:45.00\00:06:49.53 THE GOSPEL OF MARK SAYS THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS WAS 00:06:49.53\00:06:53.13 DELIVERING SOMEONE FROM AN EVIL SPIRIT. 00:06:53.13\00:06:57.06 NOW JOHN, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT MIRACLES, HE WAS THINKING 00:06:57.06\00:07:00.73 ABOUT SOMETHING WHERE YOU SUPERNATURALLY TRANSFORM 00:07:00.73\00:07:03.83 SOMETHING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW MAYBE HIS 00:07:03.83\00:07:06.80 DEFINITION WAS DIFFERENT. 00:07:06.80\00:07:08.06 AND BASED ON THAT DEFINITION TURNING WATER TO WINE, THAT'S 00:07:08.06\00:07:10.40 IN INANIMATE THINGS OUT HERE AND SPIRITUAL BATTLE, HE MAY NOT 00:07:10.40\00:07:13.76 HAVE QUALIFIED IT THAT WAY. 00:07:13.76\00:07:15.73 BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BY THE FIRST SUPERNATURAL ENGAGEMENT, 00:07:15.73\00:07:20.40 IT WAS ACTUALLY WHERE JESUS, WHEN HE BEGAN PREACHING, CAST 00:07:20.40\00:07:22.63 THE DEVIL OUT OF SOMEONE. 00:07:22.63\00:07:24.13 WE'RE GONNA READ ABOUT THIS. 00:07:24.13\00:07:25.50 WHAT DID I SAY? 00:07:25.50\00:07:26.60 1 MARK, 1 MARK--MARK 1 FIRST CHAPTER VERSE 21. 00:07:26.60\00:07:32.13 "THEN THEY WENT TO CAPERNAUM AND IMMEDIATELY ON THE SABBATH 00:07:32.13\00:07:36.70 HE ENTERED THE SYNAGOGUE AND TAUGHT." 00:07:36.70\00:07:38.60 THIS IS RIGHT AFTER CHRIST BEGINS HIS PREACHING MINISTRY. 00:07:38.60\00:07:41.00 HE'S JUST CALLED PETER, JAMES, JOHN AND ANDREW TO FOLLOW HIM, 00:07:41.00\00:07:46.03 SMALL ENSEMBLE OF APOSTLES. 00:07:46.03\00:07:49.53 "AND THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS TEACHING FOR HE TAUGHT THEM 00:07:49.53\00:07:53.03 AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY, NOT AS THE SCRIBES." 00:07:53.03\00:07:55.76 BY THE WAY THAT'S REPEATED IN MATTHEW 7:28, JESUS TAUGHT 00:07:55.76\00:07:58.70 WITH AUTHORITY. 00:07:58.70\00:08:00.06 NOW WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE OF HIS AUTHORITY? 00:08:00.06\00:08:02.30 NOTICE HERE. 00:08:02.30\00:08:03.90 "NOW THERE WAS A MAN IN THE SYNAGOGUE WITH AN UNCLEAN 00:08:03.90\00:08:06.63 SPIRIT, AND HE CRIED OUT SAYING, "LET US ALONE--" IT SOUNDS 00:08:06.63\00:08:13.16 LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPIRIT, "US." 00:08:13.16\00:08:17.13 "LET US ALONE. 00:08:17.13\00:08:18.60 WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH YOU, JESUS OF NAZARETH? 00:08:18.60\00:08:22.60 DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US? 00:08:22.60\00:08:25.33 I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THE HOLY ONE OF GOD." 00:08:25.33\00:08:28.50 WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAN-- FIRST OF ALL, HE'S GOT 00:08:28.50\00:08:30.90 HIS PLURAL AND SINGULAR ALL SCRAMBLED UP HERE 00:08:30.90\00:08:34.73 WHICH IS OFTEN THE CASE FOR THE PERSON DEMON-POSSESSED. 00:08:34.73\00:08:36.93 SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING TO ONE PERSON 00:08:36.93\00:08:38.90 OR TEN OR IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A DEMONIAC THERE IN THE BEACH 00:08:38.90\00:08:43.33 OF GADARA. 00:08:43.33\00:08:44.33 HE HAD LEGIONS OF DEMONS MEANING THAT MORE THAN ONE DEMON CAN 00:08:44.33\00:08:49.80 POSSESS A PERSON. 00:08:49.80\00:08:51.63 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE POSSESSED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO 00:08:51.63\00:08:54.93 CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A CIVILIZED WAY, BUT THE DEVIL'S 00:08:54.93\00:08:58.03 GOT HIS CLAWS IN THEM AND THEY NEED DELIVERANCE. 00:08:58.03\00:09:04.00 THERE'S SOME AREA IN THEIR LIFE THEY'RE OWNED BY THE ENEMY. 00:09:04.00\00:09:09.13 THIS IS GETTING PRETTY REAL, ISN'T IT? 00:09:09.13\00:09:11.93 THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:09:11.93\00:09:14.83 SO HERE'S THIS MAN, I WANT TO READ THE WHOLE STORY TO YOU. 00:09:14.83\00:09:18.60 "LET US ALONE. 00:09:18.60\00:09:21.06 WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO WITH YOU, JESUS?" 00:09:21.06\00:09:22.90 DID THEY KNOW WHO JESUS WAS? 00:09:22.90\00:09:25.06 WHY? 00:09:25.06\00:09:26.00 THEY'RE ETERNAL, THEY LIVED BEFORE LUCIFER FELL. 00:09:26.00\00:09:28.40 THESE WERE ONCE HOLY ANGELS THAT USED TO WORSHIP JESUS, 00:09:28.40\00:09:30.76 THEY KNOW WHO HE IS. 00:09:30.76\00:09:34.16 IT'S AMAZING THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T THINK CHRIST 00:09:34.16\00:09:36.86 WAS GOD BECOME A MAN, EVEN THE DEVILS ADMITTED IT. 00:09:36.86\00:09:42.30 "BUT JESUS REBUKED HIM SAYING, 'BE QUIET AND COME OUT OF HIM.' 00:09:42.30\00:09:49.46 AND WHEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT HAD CONVULSED HIM AND CRIED OUT WITH 00:09:49.46\00:09:54.03 A LOUD VOICE--" HE CAME OUT. 00:09:54.03\00:09:56.43 WHY DID HE CONVULSE HIM FIRST? 00:09:56.43\00:09:59.06 PLEASE DON'T ANYONE HAVE A CONVULSION NOW, 00:09:59.06\00:10:02.33 BUT THAT OFTEN HAPPENS. 00:10:02.33\00:10:04.96 YOU KNOW WHAT IT ILLUSTRATES? 00:10:04.96\00:10:08.16 THE DEVIL DOESN'T LET GO EASILY. 00:10:08.16\00:10:11.60 "AND WHEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT HAD CONVULSED AND CRIED OUT, 00:10:11.60\00:10:15.26 HE CAME OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE. 00:10:15.26\00:10:17.83 HE CRIED OUT A WITH A LOUD VOICE. 00:10:17.83\00:10:20.63 HE CAME OUT OF HIM. 00:10:20.63\00:10:21.73 THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND THEY QUESTIONED AMONG THEMSELVES 00:10:21.73\00:10:24.36 SAYING, 'WHAT IS THIS? 00:10:24.36\00:10:25.80 WHAT NEW DOCTRINE IS THIS? 00:10:25.80\00:10:27.86 FOR WITH AUTHORITY--'" NOTICE HOW HE STARTED OUT? 00:10:27.86\00:10:30.00 IT SAYS THEY'RE AMAZED AT HIS AUTHORITY AND AT THE END OF 00:10:30.00\00:10:34.13 THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS EXORCISM, IT SAYS, "FOR WITH AUTHORITY 00:10:34.13\00:10:38.60 HE COMMANDS EVEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND THEY OBEY HIM AND 00:10:38.60\00:10:42.13 IMMEDIATELY HIS FAME SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REGION 00:10:42.13\00:10:44.66 OF GALILEE." 00:10:44.66\00:10:45.83 WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE 00:10:45.83\00:10:52.40 THAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE, THE DEVIL DOES NOT WANT PEOPLE 00:10:52.40\00:10:55.66 TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY. 00:10:55.66\00:10:58.00 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BELIEVE 00:10:58.00\00:10:59.96 HE'S A REAL PERSON THAT WILL MOVE INTO YOUR HEARTS? 00:10:59.96\00:11:02.20 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE'S ONLY 00:11:02.20\00:11:03.76 ONE OTHER ALTERNATIVE; YOU ARE DEMON-HARASSED 00:11:03.76\00:11:06.53 OR DEMON-POSSESSED. 00:11:06.53\00:11:08.60 THERE'S NO NEUTRAL GROUND. 00:11:08.60\00:11:11.53 "WELL, I'M NOT READY FOR GOD'S SPIRIT. 00:11:11.53\00:11:13.43 I'M NOT GONNA LET THE DEVIL BOTHER ME. 00:11:13.43\00:11:14.86 I'M IN CHARGE OF MY OWN LIFE." 00:11:14.86\00:11:16.43 YOU'RE KIDDING YOURSELF, YOU BELONG TO THE DEVIL. 00:11:16.43\00:11:20.20 THERE'S ONLY TWO POWERS IN THIS LIFE IF YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE. 00:11:20.20\00:11:26.23 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH ME, YOU'RE AGAINST ME" 00:11:26.23\00:11:29.80 RIGHT ALONG WITH THE DEVIL WHO'S AGAINST HIM. 00:11:29.80\00:11:32.36 AND SO I ADVISE YOU TO JOIN THE WINNING TEAM, FRIENDS, 00:11:32.36\00:11:35.53 THERE'S ONLY ONE. 00:11:35.53\00:11:37.10 "THEY CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL REACTIONS." 00:11:37.10\00:11:40.40 WE JUST READ A MINUTE AGO WHEN HE SAID, "COME OUT OF THAT 00:11:40.40\00:11:43.40 YOUNG MAN," THE BOY CONVULSED OR THE YOUNG MAN CONVULSED. 00:11:43.40\00:11:50.30 SO SOMETIMES IT CAUSES PHYSICAL REACTIONS. 00:11:50.30\00:11:52.86 MARK 9:26 THIS BOY WHO WAS HAVING THESE SEIZURES, JESUS 00:11:52.86\00:11:57.43 SAID TO THE FATHER, "HOW LONG HAS THIS HAPPENED?" 00:11:57.43\00:12:01.80 AND LATER THE DISCIPLES SAID, "WHY COULDN'T WE CAST OUT 00:12:01.80\00:12:04.00 THAT DEVIL?" 00:12:04.00\00:12:05.60 AND JESUS SAID, "THESE KIND OF DEVILS DON'T COME OUT EXCEPT 00:12:05.60\00:12:07.90 BY PRAYER AND FASTING." 00:12:07.90\00:12:09.06 CHRIST SAID IT WAS A DEMONIC PROBLEM. 00:12:09.06\00:12:12.13 MARK 9:26, "THEN THE SPIRIT CRIED OUT AND CONVULSED HIM 00:12:12.13\00:12:15.66 GREATLY AND CAME OUT OF HIM AND HE BECAME AS ONE DEAD. 00:12:15.66\00:12:19.36 SO MANY SAID HE'S DEAD BUT JESUS TOOK HIM BY THE HAND AND LIFTED 00:12:19.36\00:12:22.03 HIM UP AND HE AROSE. 00:12:22.03\00:12:23.66 THERE WAS NO MORE PROBLEM ANYMORE." 00:12:23.66\00:12:26.60 SO WHAT IS THE WORK OF DEVILS? 00:12:26.60\00:12:30.63 OH, THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY BROAD JOB DESCRIPTION. 00:12:30.63\00:12:34.60 ONE THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT DECEPTION IS ONE OF 00:12:34.60\00:12:39.03 THE TOP TOOLS IN THEIR BOX. 00:12:39.03\00:12:41.46 THEY DECEIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 00:12:41.46\00:12:43.66 THEY LIKE TO BLAME IT ON ANYBODY OR ANYTHING ELSE. 00:12:43.66\00:12:47.50 REVELATION 16:14, "FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS." 00:12:47.50\00:12:54.23 WHAT IS THE WORK OF DEMONS? 00:12:54.23\00:12:55.53 "THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS WORKING MIRACLES." 00:12:55.53\00:12:58.16 CAN DEVIL'S WORK MIRACLES, CAN THEY? 00:12:58.16\00:13:02.50 CAN THEY MAKE IT APPEAR THAT IT'S A MIRACLE OF GOD AND IT'S 00:13:02.50\00:13:05.60 REALLY A MIRACLE FROM THE DEVIL? 00:13:05.60\00:13:07.63 WHEN MOSES WENT BEFORE THE PHARAOH AND HE THREW HIS SERPENT 00:13:07.63\00:13:10.43 DOWN--NO, HE THREW HIS ROD DOWN AND BECAME A SERPENT 00:13:10.43\00:13:14.76 AND THE PHARAOHS MAGICIANS CAME IN AND THEY COUNTERFEITED 00:13:14.76\00:13:19.13 THE MIRACLES OF GOD. 00:13:19.13\00:13:21.70 THE DEVIL CAN DO THAT. 00:13:21.70\00:13:23.10 THE DEVIL CAN MAKE A PERSON SICK AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY APPEAR TO 00:13:23.10\00:13:26.80 REMOVE THAT SICKNESS SO IF SOMEONE SAYS, "OH, THAT FAITH 00:13:26.80\00:13:30.53 HEALER MUST BE OF GOD BECAUSE LOOK, THEY GOT BETTER." 00:13:30.53\00:13:33.33 WELL, THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SICK IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DEVIL. 00:13:33.33\00:13:36.30 HE JUST TEMPORARILY WITHDREW THE AFFLICTION TO GIVE THE ILLUSION 00:13:36.30\00:13:39.36 THAT THIS PERSON HAS THE POWER OF HEALING. 00:13:39.36\00:13:41.76 SO YOU CAN'T EVEN USE MIRACLES OR HEALINGS AS A SIGN FOR WHO'S 00:13:41.76\00:13:45.26 REALLY FROM GOD. 00:13:45.26\00:13:46.43 THE DEVIL CAN COUNTERFEIT THESE THINGS AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT GO 00:13:46.43\00:13:50.66 AND--TO A DIABOLICAL FAITH HEALER, 00:13:50.66\00:13:54.00 THEY'LL EXPERIENCE SOME RELIEF AND IT COULD BE GENUINE RELIEF 00:13:54.00\00:13:59.53 BECAUSE JESUS SAID, "YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WHOLE." 00:13:59.53\00:14:02.53 THE PERSON MIGHT GO WITH A GENUINE SINCERE FAITH, 00:14:02.53\00:14:04.43 AND THEY'RE HEALED BY THEIR OWN FAITH. 00:14:04.43\00:14:06.66 IT'S CALLED THE PLACEBO EFFECT, AND SO THE DEVIL WILL USE THAT 00:14:06.66\00:14:11.23 TO HIS ADVANTAGE. 00:14:11.23\00:14:12.76 WHAT IS THE FINAL FATE OF THESE FALLEN ANGELS? 00:14:12.76\00:14:16.23 JUDE FIRST VERSE OR FIRST CHAPTER, THERE'S ONLY ONE, 00:14:16.23\00:14:20.30 VERSE 6, "AND THE ANGELS THAT KEPT NOT 00:14:20.30\00:14:23.40 THEIR PROPER DOMAIN," THE FALLEN ANGELS, "THEY LEFT THEIR 00:14:23.40\00:14:27.13 OWN ABODE. 00:14:27.13\00:14:28.26 HE IS RESERVED IN EVERLASTING CHAINS UNDER DARKNESS FOR 00:14:28.26\00:14:32.43 THE JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT DAY." 00:14:32.43\00:14:34.33 2 PETER 2:4 SAYS ALMOST THE SAME THING, "FOR IF GOD DID NOT SPARE 00:14:34.33\00:14:38.83 THE ANGELS WHO SINNED BUT CAST THEM DOWN TO HELL AND DELIVERED 00:14:38.83\00:14:42.80 THEM INTO CHAINS OF DARKNESS TO BE RESERVED FOR JUDGMENT." 00:14:42.80\00:14:45.90 THE BIBLE SAYS THESE ANGELS ARE HELD IN THIS DARK WORLD 00:14:45.90\00:14:49.86 WAITING THEIR JUDGMENT. 00:14:49.86\00:14:51.20 AND THAT'S WHY WHEN JESUS CAME, MANY TIMES THE ANGEL WOULD SAY, 00:14:51.20\00:14:53.26 "HAVE YOU COME TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME?" 00:14:53.26\00:14:55.73 THEY SAID TO JESUS. 00:14:55.73\00:14:56.66 THEY KNOW THAT THEIR PUNISHMENT IS COMING. 00:14:56.66\00:15:00.30 MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE REALLY HYPERACTIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 00:15:00.30\00:15:03.36 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 12, "WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE 00:15:03.36\00:15:06.66 EARTH FOR SATAN HAS COME DOWN UNTO YOU HAVING GREAT WRATH 00:15:06.66\00:15:09.03 FOR HE KNOWS HIS NAME TIME IS SHORT." 00:15:09.03\00:15:12.20 JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW 25:41, "THEN HE WILL SAY TO THOSE ON 00:15:12.20\00:15:16.20 THE LEFT HAND, DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED--" THERE'S ONLY TWO 00:15:16.20\00:15:19.10 PEOPLE, THE SAVED AND THE LOST, THE BLESSED AND THE CURSED. 00:15:19.10\00:15:21.76 "DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED INTO EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR 00:15:21.76\00:15:26.03 THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS." 00:15:26.03\00:15:29.03 SO THEY SHARE IN THE FATE OF THEIR LEADER. 00:15:29.03\00:15:34.40 "THE DEVIL WHO--" AND THIS IS REVELATION 20:10, "THE DEVIL WHO 00:15:34.40\00:15:38.60 DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE WHERE 00:15:38.60\00:15:41.76 THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE AND THEY'RE TORMENTED THERE 00:15:41.76\00:15:44.63 DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER." 00:15:44.63\00:15:46.30 NOW THAT WORD DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER INDICATES THAT 00:15:46.30\00:15:49.43 THEY ARE GOING TO BE BURNED UP ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DESERVE 00:15:49.43\00:15:51.93 AND THEY NEVER EVER WILL EXIST AGAIN. 00:15:51.93\00:15:54.50 THEY'RE GONE FOREVER AND EVER. 00:15:54.50\00:15:57.23 NOW I'M GONNA VENTURE IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT 00:15:57.23\00:16:01.50 CASTING OUT DEVILS. 00:16:01.50\00:16:04.53 SO WHAT DO YA DO TO CAST OUT DEVILS? 00:16:04.53\00:16:09.43 HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? 00:16:09.43\00:16:11.13 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? 00:16:11.13\00:16:12.70 MARK 1:34, EVICTING DEMONS, "HE HEALED MANY WHO WERE SICK 00:16:12.70\00:16:21.56 WITH VARIOUS DISEASES AND CAST OUT MANY DEMONS." 00:16:21.56\00:16:25.30 NOW I WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MINUTE. 00:16:25.30\00:16:26.83 DO YOU SEE THE BIBLE MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL 00:16:26.83\00:16:29.30 SICKNESS AND SPIRITUAL SICKNESS? 00:16:29.30\00:16:31.80 YEAH. 00:16:31.80\00:16:32.83 "HE HEALED THOSE WHO WERE SICK WITH VARIOUS DISEASES AND CAST 00:16:32.83\00:16:36.66 OUT MANY DEVILS. 00:16:36.66\00:16:39.46 AND HE DID NOT ALLOW THE DEVILS TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY KNEW HIM." 00:16:39.46\00:16:42.80 I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT THESE, FOLKS, THAT I'VE RUN INTO FOLKS 00:16:42.80\00:16:45.66 THAT HAVE THESE EXORCISM MINISTRIES AND THEY SAY, "YEAH, 00:16:45.66\00:16:51.43 I WAS TALKING TO THIS DEVIL RIGHT HERE AND I IDENTIFIED HIM. 00:16:51.43\00:16:54.26 HE WAS A DEVIL OF THE HAY FEVER. 00:16:54.26\00:16:56.06 I SAID, 'YOU SNEEZE OUT YOU DEVIL OF HAY FEVER.'" 00:16:56.06\00:16:58.63 AND THEY START--THEY TALK TO HIM. 00:16:58.63\00:17:00.70 YOU DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE THE DEVILS TO TALK. 00:17:00.70\00:17:04.03 I MEAN JESUS SAID, "BE QUIET." 00:17:04.03\00:17:06.60 HE ALWAYS TOLD THEM BE QUIET. 00:17:06.60\00:17:07.63 THE ONLY ONE TIME HE SAID TO THAT ONE, "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" 00:17:07.63\00:17:10.76 AND HE DID THAT FOR OUR BENEFIT WHO WE'D KNOW HOW MANY DEMONS 00:17:10.76\00:17:13.26 HAD POSSESSED THAT MAN. 00:17:13.26\00:17:14.43 BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO ENTER INTO DIALOGUE. 00:17:14.43\00:17:17.16 EVEN THE DEVIL, WHEN HE CAME TO GET THE BODY OF MOSES AND 00:17:17.16\00:17:21.03 MICHAEL CAME TO RESURRECT MOSES, THE DEVIL SAID, 00:17:21.03\00:17:24.26 "YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM. 00:17:24.26\00:17:25.06 HE'S MINE. 00:17:25.06\00:17:25.76 HE SINNED." 00:17:25.76\00:17:26.56 AND JESUS SAID, "NO, I'VE FORGIVEN HIM." 00:17:26.56\00:17:28.40 AND HE SAID, MATTER OF FACT, JESUS DIDN'T EVEN SAY THAT. 00:17:28.40\00:17:31.16 HE DIDN'T ENTER INTO A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. 00:17:31.16\00:17:34.13 HE SAID, "THE LORD REBUKE THEE" AND HE TOOK MOSES TO HEAVEN. 00:17:34.13\00:17:38.00 SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A DIALOGUE WITH THE DEVIL. 00:17:38.00\00:17:41.10 BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE TODAY 'CAUSE EVE GOT INTO 00:17:41.10\00:17:43.76 A DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVIL. 00:17:43.76\00:17:45.56 AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A SILVER-TONGUE DEVIL? 00:17:45.56\00:17:49.30 HE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED WITH IT. 00:17:49.30\00:17:50.76 YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK YOU'RE GONNA OUT TALK HIM. 00:17:50.76\00:17:53.40 THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO QUOTE TO THE DEVIL IS SCRIPTURE 00:17:53.40\00:17:56.36 AND THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:17:56.36\00:18:00.36 "JESUS SAID," MATTHEW 10:8, "WHEN HE WENT OUT THE APOSTLES, 00:18:00.36\00:18:04.53 'HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST 00:18:04.53\00:18:08.46 OUT DEMONS, FREELY YOU RECEIVE, FREELY GIVE.'" 00:18:08.46\00:18:13.23 MARK 1:27-28, "THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND THEY SAID, 00:18:13.23\00:18:17.56 WHAT IS THIS NEW DOCTRINE? 00:18:17.56\00:18:19.90 FOR WITH AUTHORITY HE COMMANDS UNCLEAN SPIRITS 00:18:19.90\00:18:23.00 AND THEY OBEY HIM." 00:18:23.00\00:18:23.76 SO WHOSE AUTHORITY DO WE HAVE? 00:18:23.76\00:18:25.76 OURS? 00:18:25.76\00:18:26.53 WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY. 00:18:26.53\00:18:27.76 DOES HE HAVE AUTHORITY? 00:18:27.76\00:18:29.20 YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT JESUS HAS AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL? 00:18:29.20\00:18:32.83 THEN IF YOU ENTER INTO PRAYER WITH THAT IN MIND AND YOU 00:18:32.83\00:18:37.16 BELIEVE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE RESULTS. 00:18:37.16\00:18:39.53 LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU REAL QUICK, SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES 00:18:39.53\00:18:42.73 IN THE BIBLE FOR CASTING OUT DEVILS. 00:18:42.73\00:18:45.06 FIRST OF ALL, PREPARE YOUR OWN HEART. 00:18:45.06\00:18:48.16 IF YOU'RE GONNA BE PRAYING FOR SOMEBODY THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE 00:18:48.16\00:18:50.00 IS MORE THAN JUST DEMON-HARASSED, AND WE SHOULD 00:18:50.00\00:18:52.36 ALWAYS PRAY FOR EACH OTHER 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL TEMPTED, MAKE 00:18:52.36\00:18:54.86 SURE THAT YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO PRAY. 00:18:54.86\00:18:59.80 ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS, ASK GOD TO HEAR YOUR PRAYERS, 00:18:59.80\00:19:03.03 NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST'S 00:19:03.03\00:19:05.63 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:19:05.63\00:19:06.73 THE BIBLE TELLS US, "BRETHREN, IF A MAN IS OVERTAKEN IN ANY 00:19:06.73\00:19:10.00 TRESPASS, YOU WHO ARE SPIRITUAL RESTORES SUCH A ONE IN A SPIRIT 00:19:10.00\00:19:14.46 OF GENTLENESS, HUMBLENESS CONSIDERING YOURSELF LEST 00:19:14.46\00:19:18.93 YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED." 00:19:18.93\00:19:22.16 YOU'D HATE TO GO TO SOMEONE TO CAST OUT THE DEVIL AND YOU CATCH 00:19:22.16\00:19:25.76 WHAT THEY'VE GOT, SO DO IT IN AN ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY. 00:19:25.76\00:19:31.63 BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW WHY I SAID THAT? 00:19:31.63\00:19:33.76 WHEN YOU ENTER INTO THIS ACTIVITY, YOU WANT TO PRAY 00:19:33.76\00:19:39.76 AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SENT OF GOD. 00:19:39.76\00:19:42.13 ACTS 19:13, "SOME OF THE ITINERATE JEWISH EXORCISTS TOOK 00:19:42.13\00:19:47.63 IT UPON THEMSELVES TO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OVER 00:19:47.63\00:19:50.93 THOSE WHO HAD EVIL SPIRITS SAYING, 'WE WILL EXERCISE YOU 00:19:50.93\00:19:54.93 BY JESUS WHOM PAUL PREACHES.' ALSO THERE WERE SEVEN SONS OF 00:19:54.93\00:19:58.76 SCEVA, A JEWISH CHIEF PRIEST WHO DID SO. 00:19:58.76\00:20:02.23 AND THE EVIL SPIRITS ANSWERED AND SAID, 'JESUS, I KNOW AND 00:20:02.23\00:20:08.36 PAUL I KNOW, BUT WHO ARE YOU?' AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL 00:20:08.36\00:20:12.53 SPIRITS WAS LEAPED ON THEM AND OVERPOWERED THEM AND PREVAILED 00:20:12.53\00:20:16.10 AGAINST THEM SO THAT THEY FLED OUT OF THAT HOUSE NAKED 00:20:16.10\00:20:19.60 AND WOUNDED." 00:20:19.60\00:20:21.30 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW JESUS. 00:20:21.30\00:20:24.63 WHAT DID THAT DEVIL SAY? 00:20:24.63\00:20:25.70 "I KNOW PAUL AND I KNOW JESUS, BUT I DON'T KNOW YOU." 00:20:25.70\00:20:28.76 SO IF YOU'RE GONNA ENTER INTO PRAYER THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS 00:20:28.76\00:20:30.76 DELIVERED, THEN YOU MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THAT RELATIONSHIP 00:20:30.76\00:20:33.50 WITH HIM. 00:20:33.50\00:20:35.36 NUMBER TWO, PRAY AND FAST, POINT NUMBER TWO. 00:20:35.36\00:20:40.86 YOU REMEMBER THAT FATHER, BROUGHT HIS SON TO JESUS? 00:20:40.86\00:20:44.53 THE DISCIPLES TRIED TO CAST OUT THE DEVIL AND THEY COULDN'T. 00:20:44.53\00:20:48.06 DON'T BE DISCOURAGED IF YOU ARE UNSUCCESSFUL. 00:20:48.06\00:20:50.56 YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY, SOMETIMES THE APOSTLES WERE 00:20:50.56\00:20:53.00 UNSUCCESSFUL. 00:20:53.00\00:20:54.60 DON'T GIVE UP. 00:20:54.60\00:20:56.30 THEY SAID, "LORD, WHY COULDN'T WE DO IT?" 00:20:56.30\00:20:57.96 HE SAID, "THIS KIND ONLY COMES FORTH BY PRAYER AND FASTING." 00:20:57.96\00:21:03.13 YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME LOVED ONES OR CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE 00:21:03.13\00:21:06.43 ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR SOMETHING ELSE AND YOU WANT THEM TO BE 00:21:06.43\00:21:09.10 FREE, FAST AND PRAY FOR THEM. 00:21:09.10\00:21:13.33 CITE SCRIPTURE. 00:21:13.33\00:21:15.70 AND I'M NOT DOING THESE IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITY, 00:21:15.70\00:21:18.00 THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST ONE. 00:21:18.00\00:21:19.10 USE THE WORD. 00:21:19.10\00:21:21.00 WHAT DID JESUS USE WHEN THE DEVIL TRIED TO TEMPT HIM 00:21:21.00\00:21:23.36 IN THE WILDERNESS? 00:21:23.36\00:21:24.80 IT WAS THE WORD OF GOD. 00:21:24.80\00:21:26.56 THE DEVIL'S WORDS IS WHAT OFTEN PUTS THE DEVIL IN PEOPLE. 00:21:26.56\00:21:30.90 IT'S CHRIST'S WORD THAT EXPELS THEM. 00:21:30.90\00:21:33.73 WHEN JESUS WAS BATTLING THE DEVIL OVER AND OVER HE SAID, 00:21:33.73\00:21:36.16 "IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN. 00:21:36.16\00:21:37.76 NOW VERY SIMPLY, I BELIEVE THAT DEVIL'S COULD BE CAST OUT TODAY 00:21:37.76\00:21:43.90 FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER SITTING HERE WHO ARE LISTENING 00:21:43.90\00:21:46.53 OR WATCHING THROUGH TV OR TAPE. 00:21:46.53\00:21:49.93 THEY MIGHT NOT FALL ON THE GROUND. 00:21:49.93\00:21:51.80 THEIR EYES MAY NOT ROLL BACK IN THEIR HEAD. 00:21:51.80\00:21:53.60 THEY VEINS MAY NOT STAND OUT IN THEIR NECK. 00:21:53.60\00:21:55.63 THE WORD OF GOD MIGHT DO IT QUIETLY. 00:21:55.63\00:21:58.93 THE WORD OF GOD CAN SET PEOPLE FREE WITHOUT SOME BIG 00:21:58.93\00:22:02.26 DEMONSTRATION. 00:22:02.26\00:22:04.00 AND SO I THINK MORE TIMES THAN NOT, WHEN JESUS WENT OUT 00:22:04.00\00:22:07.20 PREACHING AND SAID, "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT 00:22:07.20\00:22:09.60 HAND," CASTING OUT DEVILS, IT WAS THE PREACHING THAT CAST 00:22:09.60\00:22:12.66 OUT THE DEVILS. 00:22:12.66\00:22:14.70 THE PREACHING OF THE WORD GIVES PEOPLE VICTORY. 00:22:14.70\00:22:17.60 SO MOST OF THE TIME, THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. 00:22:17.60\00:22:21.46 MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CLAIMING THE PROMISES OF GOD 00:22:21.46\00:22:24.36 AND CITING SCRIPTURE. 00:22:24.36\00:22:26.06 PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFFLICTED. 00:22:26.06\00:22:29.83 I KNOW THAT STANDS AS A BASIC BUT NOT ONLY FAST AND PRAY, BUT 00:22:29.83\00:22:35.20 YOU WANT TO BE PRAYING ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THEM. 00:22:35.20\00:22:38.53 MARK 9:23 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU BELIEVE, YOU WANT TO BELIEVE 00:22:38.53\00:22:43.70 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THEM WHO BELIEVE." 00:22:43.70\00:22:46.80 SO WHEN YOU'RE FASTING AND PRAYING, BELIEVE THAT GOD 00:22:46.80\00:22:49.23 IS GONNA SET THEM FREE. 00:22:49.23\00:22:50.86 INVOKE AS YOUR AUTHORITY THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:22:50.86\00:22:54.86 NOW I'VE HEARD PASTORS ABUSE THAT AND THEY ALMOST REPEAT THE 00:22:54.86\00:22:58.46 NAME OF JESUS IN AN IRREVERENT WAY. 00:22:58.46\00:23:00.90 WE SHOULD TAKE THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD WITH REVERENCE 00:23:00.90\00:23:03.16 UPON OUR LIPS. 00:23:03.16\00:23:06.33 THERE'S EXAMPLES FOR THIS IN THE BIBLE. 00:23:06.33\00:23:08.30 PAUL GREATLY ANNOYED WHEN THAT DEMON-POSSESSED GIRL WAS 00:23:08.30\00:23:10.76 FOLLOWING HIM TURNED AND SAID TO THE SPIRIT, "I COMMAND YOU IN 00:23:10.76\00:23:15.80 THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST," YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY, SAY 00:23:15.80\00:23:19.83 WHAT PAUL SAID, "TO COME OUT OF HER," AND IT CAME OUT OF 00:23:19.83\00:23:23.40 HER THAT VERY HOUR. 00:23:23.40\00:23:25.53 SO CLAIM THE NAME OF JESUS AND THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS. 00:23:25.53\00:23:28.53 "CHRIST SAID THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 00:23:28.53\00:23:31.86 IN MY NAME, THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS." 00:23:31.86\00:23:35.23 AGAIN, MARK 16:17. 00:23:35.23\00:23:37.63 YOU PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE IN SOME AREA FROM THE DEVIL WHO'S 00:23:37.63\00:23:40.90 HARASSING YOU AND YOU FALL, DON'T GIVE UP, GET UP AGAIN. 00:23:40.90\00:23:45.76 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS, "A RIGHTEOUS MAN FALLS SEVEN 00:23:45.76\00:23:48.26 TIMES AND RISES AGAIN." 00:23:48.26\00:23:51.36 YOU MAY HAVE TO PRAY MANY TIMES. 00:23:51.36\00:23:53.26 MANY TIMES JESUS HAD TO PRAY OVER HIS OWN APOSTLES AND THEY 00:23:53.26\00:23:58.00 FELL, BUT GOD WANTS TO SET US FREE. 00:23:58.00\00:24:02.06 THE GOOD NEWS IS GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE 00:24:02.06\00:24:05.80 THAT IS IN THE WORLD. 00:24:05.80\00:24:07.30 THE WAY WE'RE GONNA WIN IS EPHESIANS 6:11, "PUT ON THE 00:24:07.30\00:24:11.36 WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD," IN THE WORD OF GOD, IN THE SPIRIT, THROUGH 00:24:11.36\00:24:16.60 PRAYER, THAT'S THESE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT. 00:24:16.60\00:24:18.26 THIS IS ALL THE ARMOR OF GOD. 00:24:18.26\00:24:19.66 THROUGH THAT WE CAN BE SHIELDED AGAINST THE ATTACKS OF THE DEVIL 00:24:19.66\00:24:23.00 AND ULTIMATELY THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS THE SWORD OF THE 00:24:23.00\00:24:26.00 SPIRIT, THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD, 00:24:26.00\00:24:28.83 THAT'S GONNA GIVE US THE POWER TO OVERCOME THE ENEMY. 00:24:28.83\00:24:32.43 SO FRIENDS, I JUST WANTED TO COVER THIS WITH YOU. 00:24:32.43\00:24:35.00 THIS IS A BIBLICAL TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IF THEY NEEDED THIS BACK 00:24:35.00\00:24:38.03 WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, I THINK THE CHURCH NEEDS IT AS 00:24:38.03\00:24:40.56 CHRIST IS PREPARING TO COME THE SECOND TIME. 00:24:40.56\00:24:43.00 THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN WITH GREAT WRATH. 00:24:43.00\00:24:45.16 WE NEED TO KNOW WE HAVE A VERY REAL ENEMY OUT THERE AND THAT 00:24:45.16\00:24:48.76 GOD HAS GIVEN US THE TOOLS TO FIND VICTORY. 00:24:48.76\00:24:51.66 HE WANTS YOU TO BE FREE. 00:24:51.66\00:24:53.43 YOU CAN BE FREE. 00:24:53.43\00:24:55.90 YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST. 00:24:55.90\00:24:59.13 GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU. 00:24:59.13\00:25:00.76 CHRIST'S AUTHORITY, CHRIST'S NAME, HE CAN SET YOU FREE 00:25:00.76\00:25:04.10 FROM WHATEVER THOSE DEMONIC HARASSMENTS ARE. 00:25:04.10\00:25:07.66 AND IN SOME CASES IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY'VE MOVED 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