In our day there has been a renewal of interest in the work of Satan. Hollywood has given us The Exorcist and The Omen
and a host of other films to whet our appetite for the occult. Within
Christian circles there has arisen a new concern for ministries of
deliverance. Some of these deliverance ministries have developed a
bizarre and radically unbiblical view of demon possession
and deliverance.
For example, we hear that we can recognize the departure of a demon
from a human soul by a manifest sign that is linked to the particular
point of bondage. We have people saying that particular demons cause
particular sins. There is, they say, a demon of alcohol, a demon of
depression, a demon of tobacco, and so on. I have listened to tapes from
well-known deliverance ministers (whose names I will not mention, to
protect the guilty) in which they teach the signs of departure of the
demon. A sigh, for example, indicates the departure of the demon of
tobacco. Since the tobacco demon enters with the inhaling of smoke, he
leaves us with an audible exhale. Likewise vomiting may be the sign of
the departure of the demon of alcohol. There are demons for every
conceivable sin. Not only must each one of these demons he exorcized,
but there are necessary procedures to keep them from returning on a
daily basis. Keep Reading...
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