Have you ever come across a verse of scripture that you know you have read hundreds of times over your life, when suddenly bells and whistle ring out, bright lights dance in the heavens and a flock of white doves flying in dramatic formation appear?
Me either. However, there are times when The Holy Spirit – as only He can will cause the eyes of my understanding to be enlightened [Eph. 1:18] concerning a passage I thought I had a full understanding of.
Recently, I’ve been spending some time in study regarding deliverance. You see, I came to the Lord many moons ago. My conversion took place during a time when churches still made altar calls and when persons who answered that call and were bound by demonic spirits the preacher and the mothers would gather around and commence to casting those demons out. It was a time before our store-front church preachers used the Greek and Hebrew translations or bible commentaries, but one thing was abundantly clear; they understood the power and authority in the name of Jesus to set men free. …show more content…
Deliverance ministry for folk who had been saved for a while was scarce in my churches back then, it was expected that once we came to Christ and got our initial deliverance we were set for life. I have noticed as the years progressed, old fashioned deliverance ministry was commonly abandoned and substituted with a referral to a Counselors or Therapist. I believe that both of these mediums can work in sync as we seek to minister to the total man in a balanced way, unfortunately, in some circles, leaders have completely walked away from one method over the other with no middle
Me either. However, there are times when The Holy Spirit – as only He can will cause the eyes of my understanding to be enlightened [Eph. 1:18] concerning a passage I thought I had a full understanding of.
Recently, I’ve been spending some time in study regarding deliverance. You see, I came to the Lord many moons ago. My conversion took place during a time when churches still made altar calls and when persons who answered that call and were bound by demonic spirits the preacher and the mothers would gather around and commence to casting those demons out. It was a time before our store-front church preachers used the Greek and Hebrew translations or bible commentaries, but one thing was abundantly clear; they understood the power and authority in the name of Jesus to set men free. …show more content…
Deliverance ministry for folk who had been saved for a while was scarce in my churches back then, it was expected that once we came to Christ and got our initial deliverance we were set for life. I have noticed as the years progressed, old fashioned deliverance ministry was commonly abandoned and substituted with a referral to a Counselors or Therapist. I believe that both of these mediums can work in sync as we seek to minister to the total man in a balanced way, unfortunately, in some circles, leaders have completely walked away from one method over the other with no middle