It is important for you to know what unclean spirits do to believers.

[Alex]

It is important for you to know what unclean spirits do to believers. The first thing they do is that they always deceive believers into believing that committing a sin just once is not a big deal and that God will pardon them. Immediately the believers go ahead to commit the sin, they will be the ones that will attack them.

They attack the word of God in the life of believers. They make sure they render to naught the teachings of Christ in the life of many believers. In the Parable of the Sowers, we see how they distort the words of God that are planted in the hearts of people. Sometimes they oppress believers who allow themselves to be oppressed.

the Bible says that you can receive the wisdom of God so that you can know how to deal with them

WHAT DO WE DO TO THEM?

Ephesians 5: 11-12 says, “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”

The word of God does not say we should be petting evil spirits. It says, we should rebuke them. Mark 16:17 also says, “And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out demons, they shall speak with new tongues.”

The Bible says, “You shall cast out devils.”

And we saw that in the ministry of Jesus Christ. He was always casting out devils, healing the sick and raising the dead. Paul also cast out devils. We have been given the authority to cast out devils.

Power of the Christian over and against unclean spirits lies in the name of Jesus. Philippians 2: 9-10 says, “Wherefore, God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth.”

So, we have the name of Jesus as a weapon with which we can exercise authority against them and over them. Let us see what was done in Luke 10:17. It says, “And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us through thy name.” Why were they subject to them? It is because of the name of Jesus. So the name of Jesus is powerful. No power can withstand it and no demon can near it. The name of Jesus is too great.

Another thing we must know was that the disciples were working in full obedience to the Lord’s instruction. When Jesus sent them forth, to be able to cast out devils, He gave them power against unclean spirits. Remember that those that were sent to cast out devils were those that were called disciples or believers. They were working in full obedience.

For you to be able to exercise power against unclean spirits, you need to work in full obedience to the Lord and not in partial obedience. Another ingredient is faith, and not fear, faith in the word of God that makes you to believe that when you mention the name of Jesus, something will happen, and nothing can stand against it. Another thing is that the disciples worked under God’s appointed authority. You must recognise that you did not earn the authority by yourself, that the authority is inherent from God and it is a right that is given to you. What happens during the new birth is that you are promoted from the rank of a private in the army to that of a full general. In the hierarchy of power, God has greater power than all the powers of darkness. Therefore devil is always subject unto us.

 

[Alex]

Now that you know all these, what do you want to do? You should recognise the fact that all our actions everyday have full effect on us. How do you contribute to the building up of the kingdom of God in your attitude, behaviour and thought.