Casting Out Demons
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mark 1:23 And immediately, there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, saying, 24 What
have we to do with You, Jesus, Nazarene? Have You come to
destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God. 25 And
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet and come out of him! 26
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and shouting with a
loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so
that they discussed among themselves, saying, What is this? A
new teaching! With authority He orders even the unclean
spirits, and they obey Him

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The possession of people by demons signifies Satan's
usurpation of man, whom God created for His purpose. The
Slave-Savior came to destroy the works of Satan (1 John 3:8),
and the third thing He did as a part of His service to God was
to cast out these demons from the possessed people (Mark 1:34,
39) so that they might be delivered from Satan's bondage (Luke
13:16), out of Satan's authority of darkness (Acts 26:18; Col.
1:13), into God's kingdom (Mark 1:15).

We need the power to cast out the satanic element used by the
enemy to possess people in today's modern countries. Satan,
the subtle serpent, is very clever, and he knows how to
possess people in modern ways. In an uncultured country, he
may use an uncultured means to possess people. But in a
modern, cultured country, he will use modern, cultured means
to usurp people. For example, in the leading colleges and
universities, Satan will possess people in an intellectual
way.

We cannot defeat the enemy's possession of mankind simply by
ordinary preaching and teaching. In order to cast out today's
demons, in our teaching and preaching we must have divine
authority and power. This power and authority can be exercised
only in the name of Jesus. Therefore, we need to call on the
Lord's name and exercise divine authority in and through His
name. If we do this, then in our preaching and teaching there
will be power and authority to cast out the evil possessing
element of the enemy.

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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 53-54. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA

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