How to Deal With Spirits !

How to Deal With Demons !: (2 Timothy 1:7) says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." Notice that the Bible calls fear a spirit. God has given us a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. Even when I was a young Baptist preacher, always took authority over fear and doubt. If I was tempted to doubt, I would say, "Doubt, I resist you in the name of Jesus." If I was tempted to fear, I would say, "Fear, I resist you in the name of Jesus." Doubt and fear will leave you when you do this. We even have authority over those who oppose the truth. There are many believers who are in denominational places that are called church that is vehemently opposed to speaking in tongues. I heard of a full gospel minister who live next door to a policeman. The policeman belonged to a denominational that is violently opposed to speaking in tongues. The minister got the policeman to visit his church. Then the policeman somewhat jokingly asked the minister to go with him to his church. The minister decided to go because the policeman told him his minister was going to speak on the subject of tongues. During his sermon, this message didn't base any of his remarks on the Bible, but told about different things he'd heard had happened among these "tongue talkers." Then he began imitating speaking in tongues. Hearing this, the full gospel minister took authority over the situation. The speaker stopped abruptly, turned pale, and set down without finishing his sermon. The policeman realize what had happened. Afterwards he went to the full gospel pastor, shook his hand, and held him. He said, "Bless God, I'm glad God arrested him. He ought to have had more since then that." The next night the preacher apologize for talking about something he didn't know much about. He said he felt as if God had arrested him, and he added that it is better to leave things alone when we don't know much about them. RESIST the DEVIL: often we realize that certain trials in our lives are the work of the enemy, and we cry out to God to review him and alter circumstances for us. However, God's Word tells us to rebuke the enemy ourselves. Because we all death or life speaking spirits. In (James 4:7) we are told, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Understand the subject in this text is you not the devil. The authority over the devil is ours. The responsibility is ours. If we'll resist the devil, he will flee from us. The Bible doesn't say, "get somebody else to resist the devil for you; it says we are to resist the devil. And how are we are to accomplish this ? Well, you have to have a firm foundation of the Word of God built in you ! Too many of us sit idly by, waiting for Jesus to do something when we are the ones who are supposed to resist the devil. Why ? Because we have the authority to ! We always want somebody else to do what we're supposed to do. Of course we're always going to have spiritual babies, and we ought to carry them on our faith, but some of us are to grow up enough to be able to help look after the babies and not leave it up to the pastor to do everything. Conditions exist because we permit them to. (Matthew 18:18) says, "Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." That was the King James version. I like another translation I once read which reads it, "Whatsoever things you refuse to be permitted on earth will be refuse to be permitted in heaven." Exercise your authority !