They Shall Expel Demons by Derek Prince

Author:Derek Prince [Prince, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Demons & Deliverance, Addictions, Porn, Derek Prince, Bondage, Occult, Demons, Sex, Sickness, deliverance, Sin, Depression
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Do Christians Ever Need

Deliverance From Demons?

This sixth question is the one I have been asked more than any other. Often it is asked in an incredulous tone of voice, implying that the answer expected is NO!

At one time an official publication of a major denomination classified Don Basham and me as

heretics because we were casting demons out of Christians. "What are we supposed to do?" I asked Don. "Leave the demons in them?" The charge against us was based, of course, on the assumption that Christians could never have demons that would need to be cast out. (Later this charge was apparently forgotten, because churches belonging to that denomination have since invited me to minister deliverance.)

In more than thirty years, I have never heard or read a reasoned, scriptural presentation of the doctrinal position that Christians can never need deliverance from demons. Those who believe this, as I said in chapter 5, seem to consider it so obvious that it needs no support from Scripture. But the implications of such a position can be, to say the least, surprising.

A Christian young man told me that Brother Jones, a well-known evangelist, had prayed for him and that he had been delivered from a demon of nicotine.

"I thought Brother Jones doesn't believe a Christian can have a demon," I replied.

"You're right," the young man answered. "But when Brother Jones prayed for me, he didn't know I was already a Christian."

That left me pondering.

In that case, I said to myself, it would seem that unbelievers have an "unfair" advantage over Christians, because they can receive prayer for deliverance from a demon. But once they become Christians, they are no longer eligible!

The term Christian means different things to

different people. So before I proceed, I need to clarify my use of the word. I will base my definition on John 1:11-13:

[Jesus] came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right [literally, authority] to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

By Christian I mean someone who has repented of his or her sins and, through personal faith, received Jesus as Savior and Lord. As a result this person has been born of God-that is, "born again" (see John 3:5-8).

Another way to describe a Christian is someone who has fulfilled the condition for salvation stated by Jesus in Mark 16:15-16:

And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned."

Such a person has heard and believed the Gospel, been baptized and is therefore saved. Can a person like this subsequently need deliverance from

demons?

This depends partly on how the person was brought to salvation or the new birth. In the ministry of

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