 The recording has begun. Good morning, welcome. Let's get into this morning's class. I want to request somebody to lead in prayer, please. Thank you for this morning. Thank you for this class, Lord. Help Ma'am to teach the law, give the wisdom, give the concentration to us, Lord. We need to know the messiah Singh from your world. Help us to know more and more about you. We need to present the class in Jesus' name in prayer. Amen. Amen. I'm not sure if the voice was heard, but anyway. So let's go straight to chapter 13 in our notes. So if you have that with you, please open it up. We will come back to chapter 12 later and other chapters as well. So, so far we've understood that God has given us authority. We can overcome the influence of Satan because of the power of the cross. And we've also looked at the ways in which we can enforce our God given authority. When it comes to exercising our authority at a personal level, what are some things that we may want done? We may want at a personal level to cast out demons because that happens to people. Demons have taken charge and demons are influencing an individual at the highest level. So casting demons out is releasing that deliverance to that person. We can also destroy yokes and burdens. Yokes and burdens are again influence, but it's a different kind of an influence where there is oppression. You remember the levels we have discussed? We will cast out or if there is an oppression, we have to make sure that it is broken or it is uprooted, removed. So that is what destroying yokes and burdens means. So God can help any individual who is burdened in this way to be free. And how else can we exercise our authority? We can stop any form of demonic works. For example, when Jesus encountered a storm, he did not just take it. He went against it and he rebuked the storm and he said, okay, please be still. So there are circumstances in our everyday lives, in somebody's personal life when we can sense that the enemy is trying to come against us. So then what do we do? We have to use our authority to stop him. So you stop him by the command or you stop him whichever other way. You declare the word of God and you speak the word of God and tell him that, hey, you have no right. So I am coming against you right now and I stop you. You cannot do this in my life anymore. I don't know how many of you were here for the prayer session when Pastor led and we had that time where you use exercise believers authority. So that is the practical of how it's actually done. So you speak to these demonic powers. You command them and you rebuked them. You cast them out. That's the way in which you demonstrate your authority. So now since all this is possible, how do we do it? That's what we are going to discuss. There are two terms which are used in the Christian circles. When it comes to deliverance, we are going to call overcoming the influence of the devil as deliverance. Okay. I'm going to use the term deliverance. Two terms are used in deliverance in Christian circles. One is ground level warfare. Okay. Ground level warfare. The other one is strategic level warfare. So two terms. What is the meaning of these terms? Ground level warfare is when we overpower demonic entities at a personal or an individual level. So let's say demon is being cast out of a person or we are praying for a person. We go against demonic powers. We stop the work of demonic powers or we break the oppression of the enemy over their lives. So at an individual level, personal level is ground level warfare. Okay. Did you understand? Okay. Now if it goes beyond that, beyond an individual. So let's say we are praying for an entire community or a nation or a city. Right. So what's happening now? It's more than a personal individual level. And when we do that, we'll have to deal with principalities. You know, paths of darkness, spirits of wickedness. So because of that, we term it strategic level warfare. Okay. Strategic level warfare. So one is ground level, which is any individual when we bring deliverance into their lives with our authority. That's ground level. The other one is strategic level. So today I will discuss more about ground level warfare. Now both of these are fine. We mustn't think that, you know, it's too difficult or because strategic level sounds so big. We can't deal with those demonic powers. Not really. The cross has defeated every demon. The cross has defeated Satan. For the cross, it's nothing special, the categories of demons. Okay. But the approach will be different. That's how we understand it. And that is the mindset we should also have. So the way I approach, when I am speaking deliverance to a person who is possessed by a demon spirit, that is different compared to when I pray or I go into warfare for the city. Okay. So in that manner, we can take it forward. I hope all the online students are doing okay. All right. So if there are any questions, please do stop and ask in between. Okay. Good to know. Yeah, good to know. All right. How did Jesus minister deliverance in ground level warfare? What are the examples? Have many instances of Jesus ministering to people who are affected by demon spirits. And one of the good things you and I can do is to study. Every example where Jesus went and delivered people. I remember once when there was a particular student, we had to pray for her for deliverance because from what we understood, she had multiple demons and we had told her, okay, you come this day, we're going to pray for you. So this is how I prepared myself. I read every passage in the Bible where Jesus delivered somebody. How did he do it? What did he do? What did he say? How did he interact with the demons? This is something we can keep doing again and again and again and again because there is power in the word of God. So as we read it, not only do we get clarity. If I may say, you know, the presence of God, the anointing, right? We gain that. We gain that. So it is all listed here. We may not have time to read every single passage, but I want to encourage you. Take time to go through every one of those and even in the future when you are doing your ministries, you take time to meditate on these passages. So today we can maybe look at one or two passages. Let's read Matthew chapter 8 verses 28 to 34. One person, please go ahead and pick that up. Then one more person could kindly read Matthew 15 verses 21 to 28. Yes. Let's read this and we'll see if we want to read more. When he had come to the other side to the country of the Durgizins, there he met him two demon possessed men coming out of the tombs exceedingly fierce so that no one could pass that way. And suddenly they cried out saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? Now a good way off from there. From them there was a herd of many swine feeding. So the demons begged him saying, If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said to them, go. So when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the whole herd of swine ran violently down the steep place into the sea and perished in the water. Then those who kept them fled and they went away into the city and told everything including what had happened to the demon possessed men. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to depart from the region. So what are some observations that you have from this passage about Jesus ministering deliverance to those demon possessed men? Okay, very good. So he didn't wait for the appointed time. We know the time which is coming up, the ultimate judgment. Before that he cast them out. Very good. What else? Anything else you observe? Correct. So the demons already know. They have knowledge of Jesus. So they recognized. Very good. So can they recognize believers? Yes. How do we know that? Yes, Francis, you have some. Lifestyle. Okay. You remember that passage, the seven sons of Skiwa, where they say Paul we know, Jesus we know. Who are you? Because they were not believers. People who went to cast out the demons were not believers. So you can understand, right? Even the person who's not a believer, the demons know. So obviously if there is a believer, they know. Okay. Okay. That's a good observation. What else did we observe? Okay. Here, Jack in says the devil recognized Jesus as the son of God. That's right. I mean has given an answer. Any other observations? Yes. Oh, so the devil or the demons found a solution for themselves. Yeah. In this case, they asked Jesus and he heard their request. Anything else? Yes. So the people did not understand the spiritual benefit of what happened, but they were only looking at, you know, like the natural loss and they were upset. Yes. How did Jesus use his authority? How did he use his authority? Yeah. So he spoke, right? He commanded those demons to leave and they had asked him to send them into the heart of pigs. So how did the authority go? Through the words. Jesus spoke and they listened. When do they listen? When we carry authority? They have to listen. Isn't it? So Jesus released his authority through the command that he gave. Okay. Go. Right. So now we have understood how did Jesus minister deliverance to individuals? He commanded the demons. Okay. So when we minister deliverance, what should we do? We can command demons because we don't see this stopping in the first century church. They follow the same pattern. So nothing has changed. Isn't it? So why should we change? We follow the same pattern. Okay. Good. Very good observations. The next passage there. Who's going to read it? Yeah. Please use the mic because online students can't hear you. 21, 28. Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold a woman of Kanan came from that region and cried out to him saying, Have the mercy on me. Oh Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demon possessed, but he answered her, not a word. And his disciples came and urged him saying, Send her away for see Christ out after us. But he answered and said, I was not saying except to the Lord seat of the house of Israel. Then she came and worshiped him saying, Lord help me. But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, True Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said to her, Oh woman, grates your faith. Let it be to you as you desire. And her daughter was healed from that very trouble. Okay. So thank you for that. So here is a lady. She's seeking deliverance for her child. What are some observations? What did you observe? When did Jesus respond? Faith. When there was faith, he responded. Then what else do you see on the basis of what did he go ahead and say, Okay, take it on the basis of what? Yeah, she was desperate, but I think faith is more what he appreciated. He said, Okay, great is your faith. Notice how he understands the covenant because she's not part of the covenant. He first tells her that I can't, but because of faith is so great. He releases that, you know, healing or deliverance upon that child. So that was before Jesus died. Now we know the work of the cross. So we have an understanding of the victory of the cross. So when we come against demon spirits, we come against them on the basis of the work of the cross. That should be very clear in our minds. Okay. So like this, every passage you can read, you can read what is happening, how Jesus spoke to them in some places. Yes, the demons are speaking back to Jesus, but then he says, Okay, don't talk. Right. I command you don't talk. You can observe the way he's actually ministering deliverance for individuals. Now some of the things that we can understand overall from all these passages is that Jesus ministered with great authority. It was never, you know, scared. So when we minister and we cast out demons, we should have that same authority because we understand the power of the cross. So minister with authority. What else do we see? He commanded the demons. He did not request or beg the demons, but he commanded. So when he has authority, he's commanding with that authority and the demons come out. Sometimes demons speak not always. So it can happen. Even when we are ministering to somebody, they may speak. Now, should we keep speaking back with them from what we see? If there was something, you know, that he felt as necessary, he spoke. But other times he just commanded the demons to be quiet. So same thing. We can also apply. If not required, see because demons can reveal the entry point. This happened and that's how I entered this person, like he was dedicated and I entered this person. So when I am getting the information about the entry point, it's fine. Let me get that. Then it's easy for me to minister to that person. So that way we need to know what is required. So unnecessarily talking to the demons is not what we see Jesus do. So only sometimes he spoke to the demons. Then what else? We notice that he cast out demons by the spirit of God. In Matthew 12 verse 28 he says that the demon was cast out by the spirit of God. So how does this apply to us? When we carry the anointing of God, demons have to flee. See there are times when we may not even command, but demons leave. Especially if we are in a corporate setting where let's say there's a meeting going on and somebody has to minister. We don't have the time to lay hands on each person and command every demon. But you know people experience deliverance. Even without the so-called preacher or minister of God ministering individually. Why? Because of the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit. So Jesus is saying that that demon was cast out by the spirit of God. So can we do that? Yes. If we allow for the presence of the Holy Spirit, bondages can be broken, demons can be cast out. Other things that we can learn here is, yeah. So these are some key ways in which Jesus actually ministered. So based on the experience of Jesus and you know other practical information which we have. There are some general instructions which we have to follow when we are praying for someone or I will say ministering. Because when it comes to casting out demons, we should, praying is praying to God. Heavenly Father said this person free, let them experience your delivering power. That is praying. But when we are ministering deliverance, it's more like I command you in the name of Jesus, you spirit leave this person. Leave right now. Like you're rebuking its warfare. So that's why I won't say when you're praying for the person. Instead I'll say when you are ministering or when you're serving the person with deliverance. This is how you would do it. So what are some things to keep in mind? I'll share them one by one. One is always operate out of a place of love. When we see somebody who is demon possessed, sometimes it's intimidating. Sometimes it's upsetting. Sometimes it can even make us angry. That's why is this person like this. And we are forceful against the power of darkness. I've been saying use your authority. You don't have to be gentle. You don't have to be kind to the demon. However, recognize that you have to be kind and gentle to the person. You understand? So while I'm speaking to the demon, I'm very firm. But when I'm speaking to the person, I have to be kind. These are two different things. So be loving, operate out of love when you minister deliverance. Because sometimes we've also seen people can be very rough. Somebody is possessed with the demon, but we are shouting at them. We are being very rough with them. That's not right. Because ultimately, you see how Jesus ministered. When that woman came to Jesus in Matthew 15 and said, My child needs to be delivered. And she says, even the dogs eat the crumb. What do you think was activated in Jesus? Compassion. Technically, there was no reason why he should give her what she's asking. She's not in the covenant, but compassion. That is why he says, okay, fine. You take it. Create is your faith. So even when we are ministering deliverance, operate out of that place of love for the person. That is very, very important. What are a few other things sometimes? Our faith is at its highest and best after much prayer and fasting. We hear a lot of people say, oh, I'm going to fast three days. Then I'm going to go pray for a demon. Is that okay? It is okay. It's actually, if you can do that, please do that. Because we know the effects of prayer and fasting, they make our faith stronger. And what do you need to cast out demon faith? Isn't it? So if possible, you fast and pray and prepare yourself before going and casting out demons. We can also meditate on the word. As I told you, if I know that, oh, okay, I'm going there. Take all the scriptures, meditate the power of the cross. How did Jesus cast out demons? All that. Then next thing is be confident just like Jesus. He was authoritative and confident. Usually what demons do is they will try to make the person fearful. Or we use the word intimidate. So they'll try to intimidate us by showing themselves very powerful. So you might find that I told, you know, one of our outreach pastors, he told me that a lady, she carried the whole cot with one leg of the cot. And she's standing in front of him and he's like, what do I do now? You know, how can this happen? So what happens is the person who's gone to minister will feel, I think I'm not strong enough to deal with this demon. But that's what the demons want. So don't ever lose your confidence, your faith. Okay, do whatever, show whatever power you have. Don't be intimidated. Sometimes what they do is they may make claims that, oh, I know there are so many people in your family. It happened to one of our pastors. Apparently the demon said, I know you have so many children. I know where you live. I know what to do. So it's scary. Like, oh my goodness, should I even cast this demon out? Look at the way the spirit is talking. But it's all fear tactics. We shouldn't give in to these things. Or they might try to bring fear and shame. Oh, now you're a pastor, but I know how you were. And I know how you cheated people. Something it'll try to bring up. And then you're so scared, oh, this demon is going to speak all the mistakes that I ever made in my life. But these are the tactics that demons generally use. So don't give in to it. And, you know, we can just, as Jesus used authority, we'll see later. We look at 10 steps. You can just command the demon. Okay, be silent. And then you continue ministering to the person because the demon is not who is important. The person is important. Okay, so some more keys that we can understand is when we are ministering to the person, sometimes there is this idea that I have to be loud. You know, I'm in warfare. So I have to be loud. I have to shout. I have to scream at the devil. But actually, you know, authority is not in the level of our sound. Okay, we can be very firm, but we can be very, you know, soft in our voice and say, no, devil, you have to leave. And but when you're coming from that place of authority, the demons know. So it's not about, you know, shouting and screaming. And you can be shouting and screaming, but there can be no authority in what we are actually saying. That is also a possibility. So be confident, know that it's about faith. It's about authority and the demons have to listen to us. Now, what else? We've already said be loving to the person. Now, when the demons speak, right, they may have a way of, we said taunting. Taunting is like, you know, like provoking you. Oh, so what are you going to do? Can you do this? I don't think you can do it. You're not that senior. Many things they may say to actually provoke us, right? So then what happens is we may also develop the tendency to fight back and be arrogant, you know, with the demon. What will you do? Like you get into a match argument with the demon. I think it's unnecessary. Okay, in some places these things happen. That's why we are just sharing. So no need to challenge the evil spirits. Or because all that is distraction. So usually we say, right, the demons, we find manifestations or people behave like they are possessed with the demon. Isn't it? So why is all this happening? It is actually one of the distraction tactics of the devil. So when manifestation happens, what demons think is we can scare them. They leave us alone. Don't be scared by anything. Any kind of behavior. They may speak in a loud voice or I remember there was one girl that I saw and was very strange. She was she was just making all these dance poses that you know, you see on some religious worship places. She's just continuously dancing and she's making different poses and nobody was able to stop her from doing that. But looking at her was really scary. What is going on? Why is this person behaving like this? But it's all distraction. Don't even worry about it. Okay, do whatever you want to do. We are interested in setting this person free. So what do we do about that? Okay, what should we say to the demon? Or you know, what should we say in those times? It's very important to proclaim the Lordship of Jesus and talk about the finished work of the cross. The demon will talk many things. Don't get distracted. Keep saying Jesus is one of the victory on the cross over Satan, over sin, over sickness, over death. You are defeated in the name of Jesus. So we are going on proclaiming the power of the cross going on proclaiming the victory of Jesus. Okay, so we should not stop doing that. Keep speaking the victory of God. Then we can also proclaim the word of God. God will, Holy Spirit will remind us different scriptures. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. You say that. Speak those words because in Ephesians 6 we saw the word of God, sword of the spirit. So declare scriptures as it comes to your mind. We can also take time to sing songs. So what kind of songs can we sing? Declarations. There is power, wonder working power in the blood of the Lamb. So that's a good song to sing in the name of Jesus. It's a good song to sing because the whole time when the enemy is trying to distract you you're bringing back the focus. We already won the victory. You don't have any place you have to leave. So sing songs of victory. That will be appropriate for that. And like sometimes people what they do is they try to repeat. They say in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus or there's power in the blood of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, the blood. I have seen people, they try to do that maybe because they think that will create some power or something. But we don't have to engage in repetition to see the power of the name of Jesus or the blood of Jesus. So it may not be necessary. So when repetition is not required or sometimes people have this tendency to say hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah the whole time, right? It's not wrong, but it may not be required. Because yeah, it's fine. You can just go ahead and focus on the ministry part of it. Then what else is helpful? Now if the person is, remember we said that they can be fully demon possessed and completely, like even mentally, they're in a place where they cannot understand anything like insanity or sometimes they seem unconscious. These things happen. Everything is right with the body but they are not functional. If they are in that state, then getting their cooperation is difficult. But if they are anywhere less than that, let's say partially the person manifests and then they are understanding what you're saying. If they are in that state, one more good thing to do is to talk to the person. Make them sit down, talk to them, tell them do you understand what is happening to you? They may say, no, I don't know what's happening to me. Then you can explain to them. See, it's like this. Don't get afraid. Don't be scared. But it seems like you, some demon spirits are tormenting you, but Jesus wants to set you free. You can ask them, do you want to be free? So the will of the person is very important. How do the demons work? They work by our will. That's why open door, all that is there. If we allow them, they come. So if you speak to the person, then you are able to, if that person decides, I don't want this, then it's easy to get the spirit out. So wherever possible, try to talk to the person, help them, tell them about how Jesus loves them, because their willingness is very important. Now you can be very anointed and you go and minister. Let's say the person doesn't want to be free. You can minister, the best preacher can minister, everyone can minister, demon will never leave. So the willingness of the person is important. If possible, speak to the person. Okay, a few more things before we go into the steps. So after deliverance, we say, post ministry care is important, especially when it comes to casting out demons. The reason is the way we saw the demon goes, it collects more powerful demons than it comes back, tries to attack the same person. So when a person is free, when a person is delivered, as a pastor or a leader or a counselor, we have to help that person from then onwards. Don't leave them. Help them learn the word, help them be baptized in the Holy Spirit, guide them, very, very important. In deliverance, if anybody has been delivered, we have to take care of them after the deliverance. Okay, reason is entry points are still there. As the person goes back, has the same behavior, the demon will come back. No use. You fasting, praying, casting out the demon. So post ministry care is very important in deliverance. Then what else can we keep in mind? Sometimes there are things which people carry, which are the open door for the demons. So let's say I'm praying for somebody and I'm feeling like the demon is leaving but it's not leaving. And I don't understand. But later I notice maybe they have an amulet or they have a ring or they have something on their body, a chain or something on their body which becomes that source of that demon taking charge of them. So if the Holy Spirit leads you to notice any such thing you don't be forceful. You ask them, you tell them look I think this is a problem. Would you be willing to get rid of it? So make that person remove it. Okay, so they'll say okay fine I'm ready to remove it, I'm ready to cut it, I'm ready to break it, throw it. Then you go ahead and minister. Otherwise when we are ministering we may find that it's a frustrating exercise. The demons are just not leaving because of that object which the person carries. So that also happens in many situations. Okay, yeah okay five more minutes I'll lots of instructions we have let me do this let me just pause here. And next class I'll go through some more general instructions and the 10 step process of how do we actually take a person through a deliverance but right now are there any questions any thoughts or you have observed some deliverance sessions. Yes Vimal. Sometimes they used to do vomit demons when we are praying they used to do vomit. So what is that means they come from eating something and hmm okay they vomit so like in scripture we may so that's what I'm saying whatever we are sharing here is based on the verses in the bible and practical experience. So based on practical experience many times when the spirit is cast out it is I mean in the bible it's the spirit screams false to the ground like that you have you know instances but in practicality when the demon leaves sometimes people vomit so you know that they are free actually so yeah so these spirits can come out in all these ways. I've heard people say that tears right like once the spirit was cast out the person suddenly like crying and tears were coming out okay but after that he was fine so yes these are all ways in which the demons can actually come out I know it's strange yeah it happens yes Nina has a question Pastor when you say then they are in some people when they are not in their right mind so you are telling that when we pray for them there will be yes that spirit will go no you take authority if they are not in the right mind then everything depends on you your faith your commanding your ministry go by that can an unbeliever can cast out demons with the name of Jesus? for Francis unbeliever cannot cast out in the name of Jesus but the guy using name of Jesus he is in different faith I hear a story like this I am not able to hear it too well I hear a story like this the story is like there is a real story on meeting happened there demon possessed a lot of people have tried to cast out but nothing happened then they went one rank man came he here and he saw how to how to cast out then he use the username the demon went so if he is not a believer it's not possible even if it looked like that person at that time was set free an unbeliever cannot cast out a demon reason is like in scripture we say that we who believe we bear the name of Jesus we bear the name of Jesus so the name of Jesus it's not like a license we are authorized completely so when I say the name of Jesus it's a sign of the authority that I carry and that I am in the kingdom of light how can the kingdom of darkness fight against itself when somebody is not born again they are still in the kingdom of darkness they cannot fight against each other demons so it's not possible an unbeliever cannot cast out a demon in the name of Jesus huh yeah the sons of skeiva is a good example yeah people from other faith like many people like who is preached in mosques and all you know they used to cast out demons so how it's possible see everything should be understood or received on the basis of the fruit so if we are saying we have really cast out demon we have to see the life of that person who's been set free just because you have like you know one nice people are screaming and somebody cast out and they seem free it's not free you understood they are still in bondage because you see even in the in certain so called churches where they don't believe in being born again you have an entire entire ministry called as exorcism exorcism exorcist you would have heard about it and they also claim that in the name of Jesus they cast out and the people are set free and all that but when we look at the bible verses it's not possible only if you're not born again you just cannot cast out demon you're still in the kingdom of darkness how will you cast out demon actually ma'am even in luke where there was an instance where they accuse Jesus of having the power of belzipper and all that because he was casting out the various spirits out of people so he said that how can satan fight against his own self it's not possible it's like the people of the nation are fighting within themselves so satan wouldn't want that in the first place so kingdom divided cannot stand so yeah that's not possible alright so if those are all the questions there is one here I'll have to address that so jack in says pastor is it true that when we cast out the devil from one person in the name of Jesus is there a possibility that the evil spirits can enter the person standing next to them if they have allowed any open doors yes yeah there is a possibility jack in but you know when we go with prayer and we go with you know we cover people in the blood of Jesus and then we go ahead and minister I think it should be fine is that okay yeah alright fine so let's pray then and we'll close off for today who's gonna pray have any father thank you have any father thank you very much for guiding us here for this time of learning any father thank you for leaving us mighty any father and if you learn about your authority any father and exercising it any father and please help us to do so any father and thank you very much for all this to marry any father and when we try to cast out the evil spirits when we try to express our authority any father be with us guide us indeed as mighty when doing so any father in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen thank you thank you everyone god bless bye for now