- [Adeoye] Welcome to Grace Digital presentation.
In this video, we will cover
Eight Steps To Break Demonic Controls Forever.
Number one, castoff.
Romans 13:12 tells us,
"The night is far spent, the day is that hand.
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armor of light."
Cast off, that is the same word that is implied
in Mark 16:17.
"And these signs shall follow them who believe.
In my name, they shall cast out devils."
Many are heavily oppressed.
By that oppression, they're under influences
that are as it were,
stronger than the ordinary will.
Cast off connotes a force.
Jesus said, "In my name, they shall cast out devils."
Cast off implies that you can get yourself out of it.
You say to that spirit of the world,
that spirit of fornication,
or that spirit lying,
lose your grip of me in the name of Jesus,
and off it goes.
These are not natural forces,
they're demonic, satanic and spiritual.
After you have made your choice,
and have entered into a covenant with God,
with an oath never to be found in that thing again,
and the motions of that sin is still trying to move
in your body, cast it out.
It's a stranger in a hiding place,
waiting to devour and destroy your destiny.
Mark 6:7 tells us,
"And he called unto him the 12,
and began to send them forth by two and two
and gave them power over unclean spirits."
And in Luke 10:17,
"They returned with the report that
even the devils are subject unto us through thy name."
Jesus told us, "I have power over unclean spirits
to cast them out."
And we also have received this very power by Jesus
to cast out unclean spirits.
As a child of God,
you can cast out all manner of unclean spirits.
It always works.
"And there was in this synagogue,
a man with an unclean spirit,
and he cried out saying, 'Let us alone.
What are we to do with thee thou Jesus of Nazareth?
Art Thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God.'
And Jesus rebuked him saying,
'Hold thy peace and come out of him.'
And when the unclean spirit had torn him
and cried with a loud voice,
he came out of him,"
Mark 1:23-26.
Command it to enter no more.
After you cast out the spirits,
command them to enter no more.
"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,
he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest and findeth none.
Then he said,
'I will return into my house
where whence I came out.'
And when he is come,
he findeth it empty
swept and garnished.
Then goeth he and taketh with himself seven other spirits
more wicked than himself,
and they enter in and dwell there.
And the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Even so shall it be also
unto this wicked generation," Matthew 12:43-45.
The unclean spirit is roaming about
looking for where to land.
The lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life all looking for who to capture,
but you can deal with it.
"When Jesus saw that the people came running together,
he rebuked the foul spirit saying unto him,
'Thou dumb and deaf spirit,
I charge thee, come out of him,
and enter no more into him,'"
Mark 9:25.
When you cast out the evil spirit,
secure the place with the blood of Jesus,
and command it to no longer enter for life.
Number two, put off.
Colossians 3:8 tells us,
"But now ye also put off all these,
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,
filthy communication out of your mouth."
Just as you would put away some of your clothes,
you can also put off unrighteousness.
These demons are not stronger than the redeemed.
They are weak compared to the precious blood of Jesus,
because when a strong man, armed,
keeps his goods,
his goods are in safety.
It now takes a stronger man to come upon him
and overcome him.
If you make the error of thinking
Satan as stronger than you,
you will remain a captive.
The Bible says,
"Put off," not struggle to put off
or try to put off.
Put off all these.
So you can put off anger,
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication,
and so forth.
It also says, "Lie not one to another."
That means you can put off lying too.
Colossians 3:9 says,
"Put off the old man with his deeds."
The works of the flesh are as lifeless
as the clothes or shoes you put on.
S you can put them off at will.
You will need to have a superiority complex against demons
to be able to see them as things you can handle.
Number three, put on.
Colossians 3:10 says,
"And have put on the new man."
Can you see now?
It is the same as you changing clothes.
We simply put off one and put on another.
You put off the old man with his deeds
and put on the new man.
Colossians 3:12 tells us,
"Put on therefore,
as the intellect of God,
holy and beloved
bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."
Colossians 3:14 says,
"And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness."
So you have the power to put off everything
that you do not want
and put on that which you want.
Sin has no more power over us.
You need a sense of superiority,
so as to enhance your exercise of authority.
We see the testimony of Jesus in Mark 1:27.
"And they were all amazed
for with authority commandeth he
even the unclean spirits and they do obey him."
Sin is a thing to put off at will.
You can will it
where you were right now
and the motion in your flesh will die.
Then the one you desire can be put on.
Number four, lay aside.
Hebrews 12:1,
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us."
We can lay aside the lying spirit
and other spirits.
We have a choice.
If we did not have that very power then,
God wouldn't ask you to do so.
Romans 13:14 says,
"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh
to fulfill the lusts thereof."
Do not give more room for your flesh.
Make no provision for the flesh.
That means it's only our provision
that grants its entrance.
Number five, mortify.
Colossians 3:5-6 tells us,
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry.
For which things sake the wrath of God
cometh on the children of disobedience."
The meaning of mortify means to subdue or deaden,
especially by abstinence
of self-inflicted pain or discomfort.
Romans 8:13 says,
"They that are in the flesh cannot please God,
but through the Spirit,
we can modify the deeds of the flesh
so we can live.
For if ye live after the flesh,
ye shall die.
But if ye through the spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."
We have to build your Spirit man,
and to do that, you have to mortify the flesh.
Grow your Spirit man
the ways of the Spirit against that off the flesh.
I would like you to be very active.
There's no such thing
as a refined man at the war front.
This is the survival of the fittest.
The other side definitely has no mercy.
Psalm 119:9 tells us,
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word,"
Psalm 119:9.
That lets us know
that you can use what God is saying
to mortify the deeds off the flesh.
Number six, purge yourself.
1 John 3:3 says,
"And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure."
Who does the Bible say
has to do the purifying here?
It's you.
The Bible also tells us in 1 John 5:21,
"Little children, keep yourselves from idols."
Who keeps themselves here also?
It's you.
You need to accept that responsibility.
1 John 5:18 also says,
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not,
but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,
and that wicked one toucheth him not."
Once again, who keeps himself?
You.
Accepting our responsibility
is what establishes our dignity.
Lastly, 2 Timothy 2:21 says,
"If a man therefore purge himself from these,
he shall be a vessel unto honor,
sanctified, and meet for the master's use,
and prepared unto every good work."
Take responsibility of your purity.
Do not give others the chance to defile you.
Number seven, follow after righteousness.
Isaiah 51:1-2 tells us,
"Hearken to me,
ye that follow after righteousness,
ye that seek the Lord.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn,
and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Look unto Abraham your father,
and unto Sarah that bare you.
For I called him alone, and blessed him,
and increased him."
Follow connotes the presence of certain instructions.
Righteousness is the master key to fulfillment.
It is a thing to learn above other things,
because it makes every other thing work.
1 John 3:7 tells us,
"Little children, let no man deceive you.
He that doeth righteousness is righteous,
even as he is righteous."
The Bible says,
"He that doeth,"
not he that talketh.
Righteousness is a thing to do.
1 Peter 1:15 says,
"But as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation."
Number eight, make friends with God.
John 15:15 says,
"Henceforth I call you not servants
for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth.
But I have called you friends
for all things that I have heard of my Father
I have made known unto you."
Revival means the rival of God
amongst the redeemed.
Revival makes you a friend of God,
and an enemy of the world.
Friendship with God
is enmity to you with the world.
It is a revival that creates this enmity
between you and the world.
This revival enables you to say no
to any sin,
to the spirit of this world,
to the spirit of lying and pride.
When we become an enemy of the world,
we make ourselves a friend of God.
If you're a friend to God,
you cannot be ordinary.
Just like Abraham.
Abraham was God's friend,
and he was no ordinary man.
No, he wasn't.
His greatness pursued him to heaven.
We hope you were blessed by this video.
We pray that the Lord reveals his truth to you
to overcome every hardened ground
in your life.
And we pray God gives you the strength
to always pray and hold on to him.
Our closing verse today
is Romans 13:12.