 Welcome back. Now we will begin with chapter 13 which talks about exercising authority in deliverance. So when it comes to deliverance in people's lives as we discussed earlier in ministry, when we are ministering to others, how to destroy the works of the devil in their lives or destroy the oppression of the devil in their lives, that's the question. So we can cast out evil spirits if they are demon possessed, we can cast out the demon spirits, we can do that, we can destroy yokes and burdens. Yokes and burdens means the lower level oppression, oppression of the enemy, we can destroy it over someone's life. So how do we understand that? Now let's say someone is going through sadness, like uncontrolled sadness or it could be depression, right? And this is the first time you are meeting that person and they are sharing with you that I am going through this. As a first step, we can pray for them and we can also remember I said when we pray, don't just pray Father fill them with your joy and all, that's very good. But you have to do little warfare. So what does warfare look like? I take authority over every spirit of sadness. I bind you in the name of Jesus, I rebuke you. So do a little bit of warfare also for them. So when we do that, they will experience freedom. Now there can be other really deep things which have to be addressed but that is next level. First step, at least we have engaged in destroying the yoke on their life. So they will experience some freedom. They may come back to you and say, oh that day when you prayed, I felt free. I felt better. So these are ways in which we can address. If they are possessed, cast out the demon. If they are oppressed, then break those yokes and burdens and we can also exercise authority in a given situation. I already said that if we sense that some demonic influence is happening, you stop it. You stop it. The way Jesus stopped the stop, you just speak to that storm and you stop it in the name of Jesus. Now let's look at some practical guidelines to ministering deliverance. Today we will look at the life of Jesus, how he did it and if time permits, we'll go into the steps of deliverance. So when it comes to deliverance, the first thing that we always say is there is no formula. Like how you might say 1 plus 1 is equal to 2. Every time we have to do 1 plus 1, always equal to 2. It works the same way each time. But when it comes to deliverance, we can't take one formula and apply it. First you go, first you pray, then you declare the word, then you cast out the demon. We can't put like that. It can go anyway. And so each deliverance is, we would like to call it like unique. The steps of deliverance are unique for every person that comes to us. Later on we will talk about some common steps. But even though there are common steps, each time it's a new experience. And that's why we have to depend on the Holy Spirit. If God gives us formula, we'll apply formula everywhere and keep casting out demons. But it doesn't work like that. We have to really depend on the Holy Spirit. We have to hear from the Lord. We have to understand what exactly is happening. And then we can speak deliverance over a person. So that's the first thing, there is no formula. Okay. And now let's look at spiritual warfare. Spiritual warfare. So when it comes to spiritual warfare, warfare is what? We are fighting against the devil because he's our enemy. That is what war is. We are fighting against the enemies. We generally look at two levels of spiritual warfare. What are these levels? One is we call it ground level. Ground level spiritual warfare. Second level is strategic level spiritual warfare. So what is the difference between these two? Ground level is when we are ministering to individuals. Like casting out demons, overcoming an oppression and rebuking the devil. All these things are ground level because we are dealing with individuals. But when we are dealing with let's say communities of people. Do you remember? We said when it comes to demons, over a region we can have demonic spirits. We can have principalities over nations, over a city. So all that happens. Now if we are going to engage in warfare against demons over a region or a nation. You know things like that. That is strategic level. So did you understand? Did you understand what I am trying to say? Yeah. So ground level is when we are ministering to people. Directly. Strategic level is when we are praying over a region. Okay. So these are the two levels. Now for ground level. Maybe one person ministering or one or two people in agreement. You pray in agreement. I know in some places they work in teams. If they hear that there are demonic oppressions. They'll pray. They'll fast. Then they'll go together at house to house. They'll go. They'll cast out demons. All that is ground level. But when it comes to strategic level usually it is a whole community. So different churches getting together, praying together. The city-wide church praying together. That's the way to defeat the principalities. You know the powers of darkness. So these are two ways that we have to keep in mind. So if you want greater freedom in the city. We've all got to get together. So that togetherness agreement in prayer is important. It is very powerful. It will make a huge impact on the city or the nation. So these are the two levels in which we have to minister. Now coming to casting out demons. Casting out demons. We want to learn from Jesus. Because he's our best example. Even prayer we said, okay let's look at Jesus. He's the best example. Healing. Let's look at Jesus. How did Jesus minister healing? How did Jesus minister deliverance? That's the question. So first and foremost let us look at the life of Jesus. Let us look at the ministry of Jesus in deliverance. From there we will take some lessons. So what I'm going to do right now is ask us to read a few passages. A couple of passages. You can read it out and then you tell me what do you learn about Jesus. How did he do the ministry? Now the Bible tells us in our notes there's one passage from Matthew chapter 4. It was 23 and 24. Where it talks about the ministry of Jesus. Jesus was teaching. He was preaching. He was healing. And then he was also delivering. All four. So today as believers we are also doing ministry. So ministry can have all these sections. Teaching. Preaching. Healing. Deliverance. Miracles. All that is part of ministry. Jesus did not only teach. And he did not do miracles. It was not like that. It was a mixture. So the supernatural was happening but also teaching of the word was happening. Right. So then there was a place for deliverance in the ministry of Jesus. And he cast out demons. Let's observe what exactly he did. We look at two, at least two passages. And then I'll kind of go ahead and share all the points that are there in the notes. But when you have time there are many passages listed here. You can always go back and study it little by little to understand it. So one person could you please volunteer and read Mark chapter 1 verse 21 to 28. So someone can pick that passage. And another person can pick up Luke chapter 8 verse 26 to 39. So one is about a man with an unclean spirit. Second is the demonic of Gadara. So let's see what Jesus did in both of these cases. Mark chapter 1 verse 21. Then they went into Kepanum and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught verse 22 and they were astonished at his teaching. He taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. Verse 23. Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit and he cried out. Verse 24. Saying let us alone what have we to do with you. Jesus of Nazareth did you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God. Verse 25. But Jesus rebuked him saying be quiet and come out of him. Verse 26. And when the unclean spirit had converse him and cried out with a loud voice he came out of him. Verse 27. Then they were all amazed so that they cautioned among themselves. Saying what is this? What new doctrine is this? For with the authority he commands even the unclean spirit. And they obey him. Verse 28. And immediately his fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee. Okay. So based on this what are some insights or lessons that we can learn about deliverance ministry? What did Jesus do? Tell me one or two points from this. How did Jesus cast out that demon? He rebuked the spirit. Okay. Then spoke with authority. With authority. Yes. Good. That's good. Yeah. With authority. He rebuked the spirits with authority. Very good. Then he commanded. Yeah. The spirit to leave. Okay. What else? What do you see in this story? The spirits were obedient to Jesus. Yes. The spirits obeyed Jesus. Good observation. Good observation. Anything else? Anything else? Okay. Good. So a few points we observed. You can always go back and read it and observe little more. Jesus commanded. Okay. So he didn't request. He didn't like plead. No. He commanded. And with authority. So then it shows us how should we speak to demon spirits? Speak with authority. Command them. Okay. Then what they shared was that the spirits listened. So then when we command with authority, they must listen. Right. How are we doing it? We already discussed earlier in the name of Jesus. So we are, we have delegated authority. We are doing it in the name of Jesus. So they have to respond. Okay. So fine. So that much we understood. And also in this particular case, he tells them to be quiet. Did you notice? This is be quiet. And then, you know, you leave. Then what else? Do we observe that person? He fell down, right? He fell down. They came out with the, can you please read that? Mark one. And when the unclean spirit had the convulsed him and cried out with the loud voice, he came out of it. Yeah. So the spirit came out. The spirit came out and convulsed. Convuls means there, there, we could observe that the spirit is leaving. There was some physical manifestation, right? Of that, of the spirit coming out in this particular case. Okay. Fine. So we've understood. So when we command demons to come out, is there a possibility that there is a physical manifestation when the demon is leaving? Yes. Because it happened in the case of Jesus. So these are some things we learned from this incident. Let's go to Luke 8, verse 26 to 39. Luke 8, verse 26 to 39. Then they sailed to the country of the garden, which is opposite Galilee. And when he stepped out on the land, there met him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes. Not he'd leave in a house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me. For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles. And he broke the bonds and was driven by the divan into the wilderness. Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion, because many demons had entered him. And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss. Now, a herd of many swine was feeding there on the mountains. So they begged him that he would permit them to enter them. And he permitted them. Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine. And the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned. When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it to the city and in the country. Then they went out to see what had happened and came to Jesus and found that the man from whom the demons had departed sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. They also, who had seen it, told them by what means he who had been demon possessed was healed. Then the whole multitude of the surrounding region of the gardeners asked him to depart from them for they were seized with great fear. And he got into the boat and returned. Now, the man from whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away saying, return to your own house and tell what great things God has done for you. And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for reading. It's quite a long passage. So what are some observations that we have from this passage? What happened to the demon possessed man? Okay. When he saw Jesus, he fell down. He spoke to him. He said, don't torment me. All those things, right? Fine. How was he? How was he this particular man? Yeah. So he was not normal. He did not seem normal. Like mentally, he had lost his sanity, right? He was not normal in his mind. Then he has torn clothes and, you know, he's living outside the city. So there's a particular manner in which this person is. So earlier we said someone who's demon possessed, they can be very normal. The demon can manifest only now and then. But in this situation, he's constantly under the influence of the demons. So that is a problem. So that also we have seen. Then what else? Anything else we observe? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So he himself, he recognizes who Jesus is, right? So correct. That also we learned earlier that the demonic world can recognize the kingdom of God and people of God. In this case, Jesus, they identified. So yeah, that's good. Anything else we see? Okay. Again, Jesus did not allow the demons to speak. Yes. He spoke to the demon. Okay. Demon. Okay. He spoke, but then ultimately he did not have like a lot of talking conversation. He just stopped it at that and then he cast them out. Okay. Good. Anything else? What happened to the man once the demon came out? How did he become after that? Yeah. Completely opposite. So see, if we address the issue, then the results are so clear. It was a demonic issue. Now, if we don't address the demonic issue, do you think he can get better? No, because that is the cause. So when Jesus went after the cause, the man changed. He completely changed because it was a demonic issue. The demon came out or the demons in this case came out and the man was fine. Right? So that's great. That's also another observation. So from just these two incidents that we read, we know that Jesus always ministered with authority. Okay. He commanded the demons. The demons responded to Jesus. They left. When Jesus commanded, they left. Then what else? Jesus spoke a little bit to the demon just to understand, you know, where it's coming from and all that. But he did not speak more than that. He just said, okay, stop. Enough. So there's no need to have like long conversations with demons because we also know that demons lie. They are deceptive spirits. They lie. Right? So there's no point listening to them. We are asking questions only to understand how to bring them out. That's all. So few questions here and there. If we ask, there is no harm. And we can even command them not to speak. Jesus commanded them. Right? He said, don't speak. So we saw that. And you know, Jesus depended on the authority mainly that he carried. We also notice, there's another passage in Matthew 1228 where it's where Jesus says that I cast out the demon by the Spirit of God, by the Spirit of God. So the Word of Authority and the Spirit of God, Jesus used these to cast out demons. So today we can do the same thing. The Word of Authority and by the Holy Spirit, we can cast out demons. And you know, in one particular incident, there was a physical manifestation. The person fell down and convulsed and all. And then the demon came out. It can happen like that. Or I mean, if you see a real change in the person later without an incident like that happening, also we can recognize that the demon has actually come out. So in this manner, every passage we can read and we can see like, okay, what are the ways in which Jesus actually did it so that we can also use it. So what I'll do today is... Just one small quick question. In verse 37 it says, then the whole multitude of the surrounding region of the gardeners asked him to depart from them. And they were seized with great fear. So what could possibly be the reason because Jesus was ensuring all the spirits leave and he was exercising his authority. Why would the people be fearful of Jesus and ask Jesus to leave? Yeah, so this question came up last time also. See, because they did not understand the spiritual side of things, looks like. They were worried because Jesus asked the demons to go into the pigs and the person who owned the pigs had a loss, had a financial loss. So they felt that if Jesus continues here, we'll all have losses in our business. So we don't want Jesus. Yeah. So I mean, it depends on how people are perceived. Yeah. So the one who experienced the freedom knew what it was about but the others only saw the superficial things that they had a loss. Right? So yeah, that's quite unfortunate. Any questions? Okay, fine. So I was actually thinking if we can read through these incidents and then take up the steps of deliverance, it will be helpful. But there are some general instructions given here and we still have time. So let me just go ahead with the general instructions. Okay, you can go back and read the incidents later on and hopefully that also will be helpful. And in the next class, we can take up the steps of deliverance. So what are some general instructions? It's all in our notes. I'll try to go one by one with each of them. So as we shared earlier, even in the case of Jesus ministering deliverance, each incident is slightly different. So the same thing applies for us. Our experiences will be slightly different each time individually as well as when we hear other people's stories. Then also we may find that it's a different experience. So we should be open to hearing, learning, understanding from everyone. Then when it comes to deliverance, we must always minister in love to the people. Because you see, we are angry with the devil. Yes, we are very upset with the devil. And we rebuke the devil, we rebuke the demons. But we care about the person and we have to be clear about that. Now if we end up treating people badly, either because if someone is demon possessed, if we say, what is this person? We don't want this person next to us. When we are treating that person poorly, then it shows that we are not understanding it's not that person, it's the demon that has caused this issue for that person. So the bottom line is genuine love for the individual is important. Just because demons are affecting them, don't treat them badly. Now the same kind of motive should be there when we are doing the deliverance. So when we are doing the deliverance, be mindful that this is a person. How would we treat them if they were our own family member? So keep that in mind to really love the person and to go against the demon. So having the right motivation in deliverance ministry is very important. And the motivation should be love. We have genuine love for that individual. So we are constantly thinking how to help this person, how to bring them to a place where they are stable in the Lord, how to get rid of this demon, how to cast it out, how to strengthen them. So we are genuinely thinking about the welfare of that person. The motivation can be that, I cast out 10 demons. How many did you cast out? I cast out 15 demons. Somebody else says I cast out 100. Only 100, I cast 1000 demons. Somewhere our motivation is not right. Why are we doing all this? It's to get that person free. It's not to boast about how powerful we are and how much authority we carry. So these are simple things. But it's at the very core of doing ministry. Why? Why are you doing it? Why do you want to cast out that demon? What is your intention? We have to ask ourselves these questions. So genuine love for the person, for the individual is required. Now whenever it is possible, we must prepare ourselves in fasting and prayer. Fasting, prayer, meditation in the word of God. Whenever possible. So let's say we come to know that a person needs deliverance. And the demon is not hurting them or anything. So we can take a day of fasting. And then we say okay brother, you come back. You come on Friday, come at this time. And then we can minister. But in some situations we can't wait. We are seeing already that the demon is controlling that person. It's very harmful and we have to immediately intervene. So in every situation we will not get time to fast and pray. In some situations where we can get time, we can do that. But we can also be prepared at all times. You know sometimes these things happen very unannounced. Like uninvited. We are thinking something else and we go for one meeting. Suddenly there is one demon manifestation. There is no time to fast. There is no time to go and do your stuff. But even in that moment to be ready to minister. That's how we should prepare ourselves. That is the ideal scenario. To always be ready to minister. And if possible fasting and prayer, meditation in the word can be considered. Then be confident, be bold. Now we have to be very clear that Jesus has won the victory over demons. And so we can be confident. Now we have already said that Satan will try to scare us. Intimidate us. So we have heard stories like this. I mean I don't have any personal experience of this. But I have heard other people say that sometimes demons will try to scare you. They might even say things like I know what kind of person you are. You know I know what you did. Like this. I know how you behave. They will bring out all things just to scare us. And even if they say things like that. You can go ahead and declare the word. You say demons like I command you to stop. I don't allow you to speak. And I will tell you what Jesus has done. Jesus has defeated you on the cross. The blood of Jesus stands against you. Like you begin to declare the powerful victory of the cross against the demon. Now if we are not confident and bold. In what Jesus has done on the cross. What happens is we get scared. Oh you know the demons are speaking all these things. And they start to accuse us in front of everyone. We may give up. But don't give up. Continue to be bold. If they speak about you. You speak about the cross. Keep speaking about the cross. Right. So then they will be like oh no. We can't defeat this person. So these are all things that happen. And we can keep this in mind. So just respond with the word of God. Don't get scared. Don't be intimidated. Knowing that you have done your best. To keep torch shut in your own life. Now the next necessary step is. Yes be bold. Be firm. Be bold. Be firm. But there is no need to scream and shout. Screaming and shouting. Because it's maybe it's human tendency. That we tend to speak as loud as. You know the the noise on the opposite side. So when demons are shouting at us. We shout back at them. It's a lot of noise. Authority is not in the screaming and shouting. You know the louder I scream the more the authority. There's nothing like that. We can scream a lot but there can be no authority. Right. But we can even speak in like a normal tone. But with faith. And authority and the demons have to listen. So it's not a shouting match. Deliverance ministry. Some somehow you know people may think that there's a lot of shouting. Screaming or shouting you know because you're rebuking right. But actually we don't have to do so much of shouting and screaming. Right. Okay you're angry with the devil. We're angry with the devil that's understandable. But then limited authority is not in the the volume. The more the sound the more the authority there's nothing like that. We can still be normal and have authority in what we say. Even if we say like you know I take authority over you. Satan or demons come out in Jesus name. That's all. Didn't scream nothing. But there is authority in what we have just said. The demons have to listen. Okay. So it's not a shouting match. The other practical aspect is to speak with authority and firmly. But not becoming not becoming what you call somewhat arrogant. You know boldness sometimes we it can stretch to arrogance. The way we speak to the demon or the way we speak to that person. Or we can even get into what we call as taunting. Like okay oh you're going to do that. Okay do it. You know it's like challenging. We're challenging the demon. Demon is challenging us. We are challenging the demon. You know when things like this happen like conversation too much of unnecessary conversation and the minister challenging the demon and all too many things are happening. Right. Where is the focus? The focus is we have to set that person free and the quicker we do it the better. So always keep the focus. The focus is quickly this person has to be free from the demon. So if we can minimize all these things it will be very helpful. So don't get into taunting challenging demon spirits. There's no point. There's no point in doing these things. The point is this brother or sister is oppressed or they are possessed. They have to be free quickly. Right. So keep the focus. Don't get distracted. And continue to during deliverance it is good to speak or declare the victory of the cross. So we can have some scriptures memorized. We can have some scriptures with us which we are constantly speaking. Right. Like Jesus has triumphed over you Satan. Jesus has destroyed you Satan. So begin to speak of all those scriptures that we find that talk about what Jesus has done 2000 years ago and begin to talk about how Jesus cast out demons. So we're taking the focus back to Jesus that we're taking the focus back to his authority. We're taking the focus back to the dominion of the cross. Right. Take the focus back to the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus. And we already said that when we speak about what the blood has done for us. You know the blood. I am a redeemed child of Christ because of the blood. I am part of the family of God because of the blood. When we speak such things what happens is we are actually defeating the devil. Right. And sometimes what happens is people repeat the blood of Jesus. Blood of Jesus. See we understand that there is power in the blood of Jesus. But instead of doing that it is more effective to speak what the blood has done for us. So that's the way to do that. And it may also be useful to have some songs you know that talk about the blood of Jesus or the blood of Jesus. Right. So usually and we'll talk about this. I think it's there but we'll see to go in a team. So for Deliverance Ministry generally it's helpful if there are more at least two people. Three people. Then you know our friends can be declaring the word or they can be singing. So for some part we are commanding the devil. We are declaring. We are worshiping. So it may take a little bit of time while we are doing all these things. Right. So we keep doing it and never lose the focus. What is the focus? This person has to be free and this person has to be free quickly. Right. So these are all the things that we can do when we are ministering Deliverance and if possible we can ask for the cooperation of the individual. Right. I'll come to you. Okay. So cooperation of the individual means you know in some situation like the man of Gadara he was not in his right mind. So you can't get his cooperation but in other cases if they are in their right mind we can get their cooperation. We can actually talk to them and tell them see you know brother or sister and we are going to pray for you because we see that there is a demon that is troubling you. Are you willing you know to let to get this demon out of you. So if they say yes then you tell them look when we pray you need to pray together with us agree together with us so their cooperation will be very helpful if their will is involved right at that point. So that's another important point. Yes. Yes Akhil. Very silly question. So at times in the Deliverance time is it good to speak about the finished work of the cross or like in so many movies you see the cross is being shown more than movie. That's a better impact. Yeah they show the cross. Show the cross. I mean thus far I have not heard any minister talk about showing the cross. Yeah they always speak about speaking about the cross is more effective. Yeah in the movies they do like that I don't know why they do like that. Or like when we were kids and all we used to think if you keep the Bible under your pillow and Satan will not come keep the Bible next to you Satan will not come. Yeah but I think speaking the word is actually powerful than doing keeping things. Yeah sure. Okay so some more practical things. Yeah have the cooperation and the willingness of the person who is being delivered. Now we can talk to that person and we can also like if we identify let's say they have some sinful habit right we can talk to them and we can bring them into repentance. We can say look if you keep doing this you're not going to experience victory right. So are you willing to pray are you willing to repent if you are come let's pray together. So after you engage them in repentance then we go ahead with the deliverance it is effective because what did they just do they shut the doors and then the demons will come out. So if at all it is possible to talk to the person get their cooperation do that and then continue with the deliverance. You know it's not always that you know we say okay you just come in as of that person who is there in front of you doesn't exist only it becomes only about the demon. So not required if we can interact with the person then interact with the person. Okay then moving on to other things here if there are any objects that show a pledge of allegiance to demon spirits then one good step is to remove them remove them right. So when we look at people sometimes they'll have like a black thread they'll have some red threads they'll have some rings they'll have a chain you know they'll they'll have an anklet they'll have some piercing something will be there it's a symbol of dedication when they got dedicated to some spirits people would have put that on them. So when we understand that hey this is that symbol of dedication right we can speak to them and it's always best if we help them understand and then ask them to remove it never remove it yourself never do that don't forcefully remove it don't do that tell them do you want to be free if you want to be free your will needs to be involved if you don't I mean I'll pray with you will break this dedication please remove this and if they willingly remove it it's more powerful that way and nobody can also you know like accuse us saying forcefully you know they did this forcefully they removed that chain or you know my dedication so never remove forcefully talk to the person and you explain to them it's up to you you want to remove it you want to be free I'll pray for you but you have to remove it so first remove it from their body and then continue because if that dedicate that sometimes it's happened I'll tell you some few stories later also if at all it is there we are casting out casting out once it happened to us we're trying to cast out every language we know in the name of Jesus and this and that come out come out not at all coming out only later we found out there is a dedication right and then we prayed against that dedication then we commanded the spirit came out so sometimes demon spirits hold on to these dedications so we have to first break the dedication and then command so these things also happen so I'm just going to stop here time is almost up we are going to go into detail on these matters soon so if you have any questions maybe you can keep it with you and ask next class or if it's urgent you can always ask yes yes Shani yeah when you're saying dedications do you mean you meaning objects because I know you were saying somebody has an object to remove it but then you were saying dedications I was a little confused on that okay sure so so Shani is asking when I said dedication I said I said remove those objects but then is dedication always you know associated with objects not necessarily sometimes when speaking to them we understand that they made a dedication but there is no object connected to it so in that situation we have to break the dedication you know like by itself and if there's no object to remove then leave it I hope that answers your question yes so I guess some kind of dedications like if they dedicate themselves to some kind of I guess some evil thingy that that would be if it's not if it's not if it's not object will be them dedicating themselves to I guess a devil is that what you mean by that yeah so in only in some situations there's an object involved in many others there isn't if there's an object involved remove that object and break the dedication there's no object involved just break the dedication okay yeah sure thank you and what about the eggs or lime or lemon or something which has fallen on the road the time tendency is like I just walk over it on purpose like to just showcase the other person that I don't believe in that is that arrogance or is it see we as believers you're talking about us right our protection just pray over ourselves and keep going yeah see it's like yeah if you want to avoid it if you feel avoiding it then going it's okay see it's like when we all came out today there are so many infections right in the area that it's there but I I have my immunity and I do my best to protect myself that's it and then I have to anyway live life it's very similar there's an infection of demons everywhere but you just have to protect yourself and keep going but it is true that if people are not in the Lord and if they're not strong in the Lord demons can come and occupy okay I've heard crazy stories I heard once that there was a there was a flower a flower it was dedicated to some you know some demon thing they did some witchcraft on it and it was given to a young person that person only touch the flower and got demon possessed you know it's a real thing and I'm not telling you anything so weird it's a real thing it happened in one of unknown other churches no they were not a believer so that's what I'm saying like if you're a believer if you're strong in the Lord then these things actually don't affect you but if one is not if they are weak then even some small things like this also can happen yeah right okay so let's stop here let's close off with a word of prayer yeah anyone would like to pray please yeah sure please let's pass the mic to Diksha let's pray yeah dearly father thank you Jesus for this wonderful time that we learned about authorities and Lord that we learned about your ministry that how how you work when you were on earth Lord I just pray Lord whatever we learn Lord Jesus just open our heart Lord we will be able to remember all these things and we will be able to apply to do Lord in our daily lives Lord Jesus and Lord I thank you so much Lord thank you for your Holy Spirit thank you for help that you helped us in learning your word Lord Jesus in Jesus name I pray amen amen and thank you thank you Diksha thank you everyone we'll meet in the next class let's see how much we can finish bye for now