Episode 121: Freeing People from Demonic Darkness - A Key (THE Key?) in the Next Move of God

FREEING PEOPLE FROM DEMONIC DARKNESS…a Key (THE Key?) in the next
move of God


 


Explosion of the Demonic (Days of Noah)


 


* History of the 20th Century – occult, UFO/aliens, drugs, sexual
perversion, abortion (infanticide), trafficking, division, fear,
transhumanism, globalism


* Today’s Entertainment (movies, TV, internet ­ gaming)


* Our Experiences – evangelism, night terrors, prophetic dream
last night


* Programming, False Narratives, Hive Mind/Group Think


* Roe v. Wade overturned?


 


How was the Pagan Roman Empire Won?


 


Dr. MacMullen (Christianizing the Roman Empire) states
unequivocally that the main way Rome was converted to
Christianity were healing and, most especially, exorcism.
(Francis MacNutt, pg. 87, Healing Reawakening)


 


Professor Ramsey MacMullen – Emeritus Professor of History, Yale
University, "the greatest


historian of the Roman Empire alive today”


 


Ramsey MacMullen Interview – Yale Historian


 


MacMullen: When we consider how the early Christians brought
people to Christ, we might think of Paul’s preaching. One might
think that this “method” was what subsequent generations of
Christians employed, but IT AIN’T SO. It didn’t happen that way.


 


My guess is that because of the persecution open preaching was
simply too difficult most of the time. In contrast what worked
best was “one on one talk about the proofs of the truth of
Christianity and by proofs, I mean EXORCISM above all.


 


Christianity advertised its own particular powers through driving
out demons that caused sickness and driving out all demonic
influences in general. Miracle stories are the main reason people
came to Christ.


 


As for preaching THERE IS HARDLY A WORD throughout all the
centuries I look at – from the early 2nd century through the
10th. VERY, VERY little mention of Christians talking to the
unpersuaded and trying to bring them over by reasoning. Instead,
what is talked about is the operation of wonderful things by holy
people. They wanted the benevolent power the Christians promised.


 


Pagan Rome vs. Pagan America


 


*AD30­AD400 ­ “the main way [Pagan] Rome was converted to
Christianity were healing and, most especially, exorcism”


 


*AD2022 – “the main way Pagan America WILL BE converted to
Christianity WILL BE healing and, most especially, exorcism”


 


What did Jesus do? (emphasis on exorcism)


 


* Acts 10:38 ­ how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all
who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.


 


* Matt. 4:24-25 – and they brought Him all the sick, those
afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by
demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them


 


* Matt. 8:16 ­ That evening they brought to him many who were
oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and
healed all who were sick


 


* Matt. 12:22 ­ Then a demon­oppressed man who was blind and mute
was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and
saw.


 


* Matt 17:18 ­ And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of
him, and the boy was healed instantly.


 


* Lk. 6:17-19 ­ And he came down with them and stood on a level
place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude
of people…18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their
diseases. And THOSE who were troubled with unclean spirits were
cured. 19 And ALL the crowd sought to touch him, for power came
out from him and healed them ALL.


 


A Word about the Origin of Demons


 


* The angels transgressed this appointment and were captivated by
love of women. And they begat children [the nephilim], who are
those who are called demons. Justin Martyr (AD160)


 


* These angels, then, who have fallen from heaven, and haunt the
air and the earth, and are no longer able to rise to heavenly
things, and the souls of the giants [nephilim], who are the
demons who wander about the world, perform similar actions.
Athenagoras (AD175)


 


* Furthermore, we are instructed by our sacred books how from
certain angels, who fell of their own free will, there sprang a
more wicked demon brood…” Tertullian (AD197)


 


* Among angels, some are angels of God, and others are angels of
the devil. But among demons, there is no such distinction. For
they are all said to be wicked. Origen (AD 248)


 


* However, those who were born from [the relations of angels with
women]—because they were neither angels nor men, but had a mixed
nature—were not admitted into Hades [when they died]. Similarly,
their fathers had not been admitted into heaven, either. Thus,
there came to be two kinds of demons: one of heaven, the other of
the earth. The latter are the wicked spirits, who are the authors
of all the evils that are done. This same devil is their prince.
...However, grammarians say that the reason they are called
demons...is because they are skilled and acquainted with matters.
For the grammarians think they are gods. In truth, the demons are
acquainted with some future events, but not with all. For He has
not permitted them to know entirely the counsel of God. ...As I
was saying, these contaminated and abandoned spirits wander over
the whole earth. They console their own ruin by destroying
others. Therefore, they fill every place with snares, deceits,
frauds, and errors. For they cling to individuals and even occupy
whole houses, from door to door…(Lactanius AD 304­312)


 


A Word about Sickness & the Demonic


 


* “…condemned of God along with the authors of their race.
...Their great business is


  the ruin of mankind. So, from the start, spiritual
wickedness sought our destruction.


  Accordingly, they [demons] inflict upon our bodies
diseases and other grievous


  calamities. And by violent assaults, they hurry the soul
into sudden and extraordinary


  excesses. ...By an influence equally obscure, demons and
angels breathe into the


  soul, and rouse up its corruptions with furious passions
and vile excesses.” Tertullian (AD197)


 


* “...And since spirits are without physical substance and cannot
be held, they slink


  into the bodies of men. Secretly working in their inward
parts, they corrupt the health


  of these persons, bring on diseases, terrify their souls
with dreams, and harass their


  minds with frenzies. They do this so that by these evils,
they may cause men to come


  to them for aid.” Lactantius (AD304­313)


 


To Summarize


 


*   Demons are NOT Fallen Angels


*   Demons are the disembodied spirits of the dead Nephilim
(their parents are Fallen Angels)


*   Demons can and do cause sickness, but not all sickness
is caused by demons


*   Freeing people from demons is also called/considered
HEALING in the Gospels


*   Demons are the paranormal entities that we have been
given authority over


*   Fallen Angels & Demons cannot be saved


 


Hebrews 2:16 – “For surely it is NOT angels that
He (Christ) helps but Abraham’s descendants.”


 


Although there is also assigned to angels perdition in “the fire
prepared for the devil and his angels,” yet a restoration is
never promised to them. No directive about the salvation of
angels did Christ ever receive from the Father. Tertullian (AD
210)


 


What did the 12 Disciples do?


 


 


 


* Luke 9:1-2 ­ And He [Jesus] called the twelve together and gave
them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2
and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of


God and to heal…


 


NOTE: WHO/WHAT we have been given authority over


 


What did the 72 do?


 


* Lk. 10:1,8-9, 17-20 ­ After this the Lord appointed seventy­two
others and sent them


  on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place
where he himself was


  about to go… 8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive
you, eat what is set


  before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The
kingdom of God has come


  near to you.’ 17 The seventy­two returned with joy,
saying, “Lord, even the demons


  are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them,
“I saw Satan fall like


  lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you
authority to tread on serpents


  and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and
nothing shall hurt


  you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the
spirits are subject to you, but


  rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”


 


 NOTE: 1. WHO/WHAT was subject to them? Principalities?
Fallen Cherub? DEMONS


             2.
Healing/Exorcism – WHERE/WHEN? (v. 8) / WHO? (v. 9)


 


What did the Apostles & the Apostle Paul do?


 


* Acts 5:16 – [to the Apostles] …bringing the sick and those
afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.


 


* Acts 16:18 - And she was doing this for many days. And Paul,
having been greatly-annoyed, and having turned to the spirit,
said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to depart from
her!” And it went out at the very hour.


 


* Acts 19:11-12 - And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the
hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had
touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their
diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.


 


* Acts 28:8-9 - It happened that the father of Publius lay sick
with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and
putting his hands on him, healed him. 9 And when this had taken
place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also
came and were cured.


 


1 Cor. 4:16 - “…I urge you to imitate me” 


1 Cor. 11:1 - “Follow my example, as I follow the example of
Christ”


 


What did Philip the Deacon do?


 


 


*Acts 8:4-7 - Now those who were scattered went about preaching
the word. 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and
proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the crowds with one accord
paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard
him and saw the signs that he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying
out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many
who were paralyzed, or lame were healed.


 


But didn’t the supernatural gifts cease?


 


*Cessationism (and “Practical Cessationism”)


*It’s a matter of history


 


What did Christians in the 2nd & 3rd Century
do?


 


* Irenaeus (late 2nd century, spiritual grandson of the Apostle
John) – to followers of false teachers/heretics - “You are unable
to heal the blind, the crippled, the deaf, the paralyzed…or to
free the demonized…moreover as I have said, the dead even have
been raised up, and remained among us for many years”


 


* Tertullian (early 3rd century) – “For what could be more
delightful…than to find yourself trampling underfoot the gods of
false religions, casting out demons, healing the sick, seeking
prophetic revelation and living for God? These are our pleasures,
These are our pleasures, the signs, and wonders of Christians
holy, eternal and free…count these as your entertainment" (On the
Spectacles, Ch. 29)


 


Irenaeus 2.0


 


* Irenaeus (late 2nd century) - “Those who are in truth His
disciples, receiving grace from Him, do in His name perform
miracles, so as to promote the welfare of others, according to
the gift which each one has received from Him. For some do
certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus
been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe [in
Christ] and join the Church. Others have foreknowledge of things
to come: they see visions and speak the prophecies they have
received. Others still, heal the sick by laying their hands upon
them, and they are healed. Moreover, as I have said, even the
dead have been raised and remained among us for many years. And
what more can I even say? It is not even possible to number all
of the gifts which the Church, throughout the whole world, has
received from God, in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified
under Pontius Pilate, and which Christians demonstrate daily for
the benefit of the unbelievers, neither deceiving them nor taking
any financial reward from them [on account of such miraculous
ministry]. For as Christians have received freely from God,
freely also do they minister [to others]**. (Against Heresies,
book 2, chapter 32, section 4)


 


What were Future Disciples expected to do?


 


 


* Matt. 28:20 – “…teaching them to observe everything I have
commanded YOU….until the end of the age”


 


NOTE: Do WHAT? Until WHEN?


 


* Mk. 16:18 – “…they will lay their hands on the sick, and they
will recover”


 


HOW SHALL WE THEN LIVE??


 


If “the main way Pagan America WILL BE converted to Christianity
WILL BE healing and, most especially, exorcism”


 


* KNOW the demonic is only going to increase (“as in the days of
Noah”)


* Share the Gospel with the supernatural/demonic in mind – be
transparent!


* WWJD in 2022? What He did in AD30. What disciples did in AD200.


* Normal works? “and he cast out the spirits with a word" /
Greater works?


* Fasting? “this kind [of demon] only come out by prayer AND
fasting” (Mk. 9:29)


* Holiness in 2022 - “Do not give the devil a place [topos]”
(Eph. 4:27)


* Get around those who are moving in the power you long for


* “If you can live without something, you will! (Mike Bickle)


* “I will never change the channel again!” (Bill Johnson)