How do you cast out stubborn demons? Is there such a thing as stubborn demons? Aren't all demons
supposed to be obeying the name of Jesus Christ when they were commanded out of a person? Jesus
never had an issue with demons resisting when He commanded them out. And how do you practically
deal with the situation when somebody has a "stubborn" demon or when demons don't want to go?
So in this video I want to look at that situation. The example that I have from the story of Jesus
actually comes from Mark chapter 5, or Matthew 8 or Luke chapter 8 of the same story of a
demon-possessed man. In fact, actually, they tell us in Matthew 8 that this was two demon-possessed
men that Jesus encountered. Now the word, interesting that the word "demon possessed"
in Matthew 8 is actually for Mark 5. And Luke 8 is used for a man with unclean spirit, or who had
demons for a long time. And so a lot of people, when they think of somebody being "possessed,"
they think of somebody that's completely out of their control, but actually it was used
interchangeably. In one reference it was talking about possessed, and the other reference it said,
man with an unclean spirit or man who had an unclean spirit. It does carry the idea of control,
not ownership. Demons can live on the inside of a person, same way, as for example, when
you get alcohol inside out of an individual. This doesn't mean that alcohol possesses that person,
but it does mean that it controls that person and makes them to act out of character. When
you get a thief inside of the house you know, this doesn't mean that the thief controls your
house. It simply means that the thief can take something from your house, yet he's still on the
inside. So Christians, I believe, can have demons on the inside. They cannot be owed by demons,
but they can be controlled by demons and they need to be delivered. Now demons on the outside are the
ones that are causing temptation and influence. Demons on the inside, they cause control. Now,
this man or men had a legion of demons. A legion of soldiers in a Roman army was actually 6826
soldiers. That's a lot of demons within one person. Now how can they all be fitting in
one person? I don't know, but spiritual world is not something we can always comprehend with our
natural mind. What I want you to notice is this, in Luke chapter 8:28, demons speak out. So they're
like, ah, you know all of this stuff, and then if you ever seen my deliverance videos or other
people's deliverance videos, you see that demons can actually speak. So demons speak out, and as
you read the next verse, verse 29, Luke 8:29 it says, "For He has commanded the unclean spirit
to come out of the man." So it gives us the context that the reason why demons spoke out is
because Jesus commanded them out. So that begs the question, why didn't they leave when He commanded
them out? Instead they spoke out, and then Jesus asked the demons a question you know, how many of
you there? Who are you? And then they pretty much almost like have a dialogue but I want you to keep
this in mind. Jesus first commanded demons to come out of a man, and instead of leaving the man, they
started negotiating and they started speaking, and Jesus actually talked or interrogated those
demons. Why is that important? Because in this particular deliverance case demons did not leave
immediately when they were commanded. They put up a fight. So that's where I get the idea that there
are cases where you will deal in delivering people that we call stubborn demons, and here
are some reasons why you would have these demons not want to leave. First reason, you're actually
not dealing with the demon, you're dealing with the wound or a disorder. And sometimes
when you're in the ministry of deliverance you think everything that twitches is a demon,
everybody that shakes is a demon, everyone that you know vomits is a demon, and we have to be
very careful because not everything is a demon. Some people have a disorder, and they have a demon
behind the disorder, and a disorder. Some people have a fragmented personality. Sometimes you're
dealing actually with strongholds, and so it's important to differentiate between those. I have
a video that deals with that, about difference between demons and disorders, and that's in the
description below. The second reason why demons wouldn't leave or they would put up a fight and
be stubborn is because actually demons are too strong. Not all demons have the same power or
ranking. We see this in Matthew 12:45, when a demon leaves a house and the Bible says that
they come back with seven more wicked. So you see the number of demons increasing, seven, and we
see more wicked. The rank of demons, the power of demons. Not all demons have the same power. Some
demons have one level level of power, some demons have more wicked. And then sometimes you're not
just dealing with demons that are more wicked, you're just dealing with demons that are more.
And so that's why sometimes you can encounter that resistance, and what I call a stubborn
demon situation. The third reason why demon seems like they're not leaving or you're encountering
a stubborn demon, is that your lack of faith in Jesus's authority is causing that. Now disciples
had a failed exorcism or failed deliverance in Matthew 17:20, and then they ask Jesus
what happened, and it's important that we do that. That we reevaluate and we pay attention to what is
happening. We ask the Lord when we have a failed deliverance or when we didn't deliver somebody,
that we go to God. We don't take it personal but we do take responsibility by going to God, and
saying, "Lord, what could I have done differently or better?" And Jesus actually confronts them,
and He says, "because of your unbelief." Now all of us could feel sometimes like we don't
have a lot of faith. So what does this mean for us as a deliverance people, people who are doing
deliverance? It means that do not doubt Jesus's authority in you. Unbelief is when you begin to
really not trust and believe that Jesus has the authority and He has given you that authority.
Because most of us know that Jesus has the authority, we have a difficult time believing that
we actually have His authority with us. And so we begin to doubt that and that could turn into lack
of faith, and even into unbelief, and it could cause these demons not to leave. Sometimes it's
actually not very strong demons. It's the fact that you have strong unbelief and demons are not
stupid. They will spot in you lack of confidence, that you're confused, that you're unsure of
yourself. It's in your voice. They're very good at studying you know our facial expressions and
our voice. The tone of our voice, the tone of the confidence in our voice, and so and I always tell
people that you gotta faith it, till you make it. Meaning not fake it until you make it, but
anchor yourself that Jesus's authority is enough and that believe in Jesus inside of you, Jesus's
authority inside of you, Jesus's name inside of you, the blood of Jesus inside of you, and that's
more powerful than any demon. Especially if demons come to you and like, "You can't cast us out. We
are more powerful You're nobody, you're a little boy," and so don't fall for that. All of that is
just intimidation technique on their end. It's like Goliath making fun of David. Just throw the
stone and get his head off of his shoulders, like you know finish that demon by not letting that
get inside of you, and don't get defensive. Don't try to convince demons that you are more powerful.
It's not about you, it's about Jesus. So lack of authority, lack of faith in Jesus authority,
could be the cause why demons don't leave. The fourth reason is that you're too weak.
Now not physically too weak, but your walk with God, your commitment to the Lord is too
weak. Jesus actually told His disciples, He says, "But this kind does not leave but by prayer and
fasting." Meaning sometimes our own walk with the Lord, I don't believe that our holiness is
the reason why we drive out demons, heal the sick and preach the Gospel. We rely on the
power of the Holy Spirit, but, there is a big but there as well. If you neglect your walk with God,
if you neglect your discipline, if you neglect your prayer and fasting. If you neglect that,
it will surface in your effectiveness of ministry. And sometimes when people just don't live a life
of prayer, don't live a life of fasting and they embark on picking up a fight with big demons,
you know they find themselves in defeat. So get stronger, get anchored. Do not neglect your prayer
and fasting, and be strong in the grace that is in you as Paul told Timothy. The last reason why
demons won't leave or they are too stubborn to leave, is that the conditions for deliverance by
the person that you're praying for have not been met. For example, a person hasn't repented of
something maybe, or hasn't released unforgiveness or hasn't broken some soul ties. So what would you
do in this situation that you are dealing with stubborn demons? Here are a few things to keep
in mind. Number one is to command the demon why they're not leaving? Yes, you can do that. Jesus,
when this situation got stubborn, you know He asked demons a question and so you can ask
demons a question. And so you don't have to ask them about you know nephilims, and the watchers,
and like you know did they possess King Saul or how many demons can dance on the top of a needle.
You know like none of that stuff matters. What matters in the area of deliverance is that hey,
why are you not leaving? Do you have any legal right to this person? How did you enter this
person? You know who else is there? So like stuff like that, that could help. Now people were like,
"Well, you know you don't want to be talking to demons because demons always lie." It's true,
it's within their nature to lie, but if you study the Gospels and the Book of Acts you will see that
every time demons were confronted by the power of the Holy Spirit, they always told the truth.
It's like a courtroom, and they have to tell the truth. Now they can still lie, that's why we use
the discernment of the Holy Spirit, but you can pressure them by commanding them to reveal why
they're not leaving. The second thing that you can do is when you're noticing that they're not
leaving, is to bring the person back and see if there's any open doors, unconfessed sin,
unrenounced things. Maybe curses that are not broken and soul ties that are not broken. And
the third thing that you can do, and this is a big one, I've seen this more than often is that a
person actually has unforgiveness and bitterness towards somebody, and the demon actually won't
leave until the person forgives. I've seen it so many times when a demon just won't leave,
won't leave, won't leave. And then I would stop the deliverance, talk to the person, lead them
through releasing unforgiveness and forgiving somebody, and boom. Like demon just pow, gone,
and so why? Because unforgiveness, bitterness and offense is the stronghold the demons will hold on
to, and if a person holds on to unforgiveness the demons will hold on to them. So if you want them
to be released from those demons, they have to be released from unforgiveness. The other
thing that you can ask a person to do and that's a fourth thing, is to examine their house. Sometimes
actually we don't finish the deliverance, we ask them to go back home, get their life in order,
clean up their life, clean up their house. Throw away any demonic objects from their house, from
their possession, dream catchers, you know all kinds of charms, all kinds of crystals, all kinds
of things that are crystals that they use for healing and ouija boards and all this stuff. We
ask them to clean their house and then come back for one more prayer, and so that's also helpful.
Another thing that you can do is you can during deliverance, you're dealing with the deliverance,
you can actually ask God's angels to assist you. The Bible does say in Hebrews 1:14 that angels
are ministering spirits, and so we don't commend angels. I have a video below that you can check
out about our relationship to angels. I believe they are God's staff and God is their boss,
not us. But they are assigned to us, and they are ministering spirits and they can aid in
deliverance ministry. And the last thing that you can do is this, is to bind the demon that you are
dealing with that you seem to not be able to get it out, and then you send this person back home.
Tell them to get stronger. Again, similar to kind of cleaning your life up, build some disciplines.
According to Exodus 23:30 it says that "Little by little I will drive them out from before you,
until you have increased, and once you have increased you know then you will possess the
land." So we do this sometimes in cases where it goes longer than I don't know 30 minutes or an
hour. That we bind that demon not to torment or not to cause any further damage to this person,
and then we give instruction to this person. Next 30 days you know begin to fast once a week,
begin to read the Word, prepare yourself, let's come again. And then we go and do it again. Now,
some people like to kind of stay with that deliverance until they drive the demon out,
24 hours straight, and that's also possible, you can do that. For us as a local church,
that's not been our practice. We've done that but we also have really practiced more of building
this person's disciplines and walk with God. And then come back, and then we will pray again and
then we will experience deliverance. Now if this person absolutely like cannot function
without this deliverance, then we definitely will stay, as long as we can really cripple the work of
the enemy and cast out everything and anything that we can, so that this person can function.
We've seen it a few times actually when the person would come in, receive a measure of deliverance,
you know get some demons cast out and some stuff we just couldn't work it out. Then these people
would see some counselors for their emotional issues that they had, soul ties, and not soul
ties but the soul wounds, release unforgiveness, throw some demonic stuff out. And then come back
a few months later, already stronger, but still having an issue, and so and then we would finally
do their deliverance and they will be delivered free indeed. Set free indeed, and they would
walk in the freedom for the glory of God. And so that's again dealing mainly some of the practical
things that I've shared. This is not an extensive list and extensive ideas, but pretty much gives
you enough tools to work with in your ministry or in what the Lord has called you to do. So
what did you learn from this video or secondly, what did you learn from your
own experience in dealing with stubborn demons? Maybe you're the one that had a stubborn demon,
how did you get completely free? Share that below in the comments below so that we can
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