And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.” -John 11:43-44 (KJV).
Introduction to Deliverance Through the Balanced Word of God
Welcome to this series on deliverance through the balanced Word of God. This write-up aims to shed light on the strategies of the devil, who is on a rampage, exploiting believers who mistakenly believe that Christians cannot be in bondage. Let’s revisit a key point: “Oppression is synonymous with bondage. When a person is oppressed, they act in ways that defy logic and behave foolishly beyond their control. This oppression starts subtly, gradually intensifying if left unaddressed. The devil begins with a toe-hold, progresses to a foot-hold, then a body-hold, ultimately establishing a stronghold.”
An Example of the Devil’s Trap
Consider the example of a man who starts smoking cigarettes. Over time, the initial high diminishes, prompting him to experiment with Indian hemp and alcohol. When these no longer suffice, he escalates to heroin and eventually cocaine. By this stage, he is fully addicted, spiraling toward destruction, and in need of rehabilitation. While this may not be everyone’s experience, it illustrates the insidious traps the devil sets in our path.
Sources of Contamination
There are many ways people can become spiritually contaminated, with one major source being evil transference. Here are some key examples:
a) Sexual Relationships: Engaging in sexual relations with someone can lead to demonic contamination, as one may spiritually inherit the demonic influences of the last seven people their partner slept with.
b) Wrong Associations: A domineering personality can inadvertently transfer spirits to those they dominate.
c) Careless Deliverance: Conducting deliverance without caution can be costly. For example, a minister lost his marriage after running away with a 21-year-old girl following a contamination during a deliverance session.
d) Soul Ties: Over-bonding with a parent to the point of unrealistic comparisons can hinder one’s marriage.
e) Divination: Seeking to know the future through false prophets, visions, prayer houses, or priests opens the door to demonic contamination.
f) Consulting the Dead: Engaging in necromancy, astrology, horoscopes, and other such practices can lead to a satanic stronghold.
g) Demonic Hair Attachments: Some women become contaminated by marine spirits through certain hair attachments. During deliverance sessions, many women with such attachments manifest severely. Innocent people can also be contaminated through evil hands laid on righteous heads. For example, a stylist who attracted large crowds due to her speed in hairstyling discouraged clients from using mirrors. One believer insisted on using a mirror and was horrified to see several invisible hands assisting the stylist. She left immediately and later needed deliverance.
h) Voyeurism: Watching others engage in sexual activity or visiting pornographic sites can lead to contamination.
i) Partaking in Demonic Communion: Eating food offered as a sacrifice in rituals, common in some African traditions, can invite demonic contamination.
j) Involvement in False Religions: Participating in practices such as Rosicrucianism, Christian Science, Eckankar, Grail Message, Jehovah’s Witness, or white garment churches can lead to contamination.
k) Consulting Palm Readers: Seeking to know times and seasons through palm reading invites contamination.
l) Rituals for the Dead: Practices like shaving hair for the dead, sleeping in graveyards, or offering blood sacrifices at burial sites are open invitations to demonic contamination.
m) Incisions: Traditional incisions on the body can also serve as entry points for demonic contamination.
n) Engaging in Sexual Immorality: Activities such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sodomy, masturbation, oral sex, bestiality, and prostitution can lead to spiritual contamination.
Stages of Demonic Oppression
a) Regression: A decline in prayer, fellowship, study, and meditation on the Word.
b) Repression: Feeling hindered from expressing oneself, joy, God’s goodness, and loving-kindness.
c) Suppression: Experiencing a sense of being pressed down, inhibited, inactive, disinterested, and unenthusiastic.
d) Depression: Emotional dejection and withdrawal, as seen in the example of Saul (1 Samuel 16:14, 23).
e) Oppression: Carrying emotional or psychological burdens and experiencing physical distraction (Hebrews 12:1).
f) Obsession: Having an overwhelming conviction about a false situation, such as lies, poverty, disease, or sickness.
g) Possession: Being under the full control or dominion of a force greater than oneself.
Taiwo Ayeni is the President of Rehoboth Bible Ministries Inc., in Grand Prairie, Texas. He lives with his wife Abidemi, Son Rereloluwa and Daughter Oreoluwa in Grand Prairie Texas. He has authored several books and the recently published is “Help For Troubled Destinies” on www.authorhouse.com. Contact: Website: www.rehobothbministries.org; email:taayeni@rehobothbministries.org or Tel: 9727427365.
