Every day and in all walks of life, people are tormented by demons. My friend Gene Garner shared his testimony last week during an amazing online fellowship that I attend daily. Gene has been experiencing great success in healing and deliverance and casts out demons by the Spirit of God all the time. He does it because he knows that as a believer, he has the power and authority to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons. This is what Jesus commissioned believers to do.
One night last week, Gene received a call from a friend of his. For the sake of anonymity, I’ll call the man Doug. Doug turned to Gene because he was in desperate need of spiritual help. No one knows why it started, but evil spirits had somehow gained entry into Doug’s life. They would rub Doug’s face and grab his throat and follow him everywhere he went. They were tormenting him in order to suck the life out of him. He was reaching the brink of suicide. Satan wouldn’t have it any other way, since he is on a mission to steal, kill, and destroy.
Doug had already sought help from two different Free Will Baptist preachers who pretty much told him he was crazy. He also consulted a Catholic priest, who told him that God was punishing him and trying to show him something. Because it had been going on for three years and no one cast them out, the demons’ foothold became stronger and stronger in Doug’s life.
Now, they had infiltrated his home. The covers would move on Doug’s bed and wrap around his throat, trying to choke him and his wife. This was now a case of borderline possession.
When Gene shared this, I was thinking that this sounded like some pretty scary stuff. I was shocked to learn that he had gone over to the house by himself. I knew that Gene had cast out many demons in his life, but this was a special situation. There must have been a bunch of them and they must have been powerful.
I would have wanted at least one person to come with me that knew what they were doing. Isn’t that how they do it in the movies? Doesn’t a big job call for a big team? What if it overpowered me and threw me out the window and down a flight of cement steps like in The Exorcist?
Gene didn’t think like this. He was confident that the Holy Spirit is with him. He knew there was no time to waste, so he buzzed right over to Doug’s house the following evening.
When Gene and arrived at Doug’s house, he saw what he described as “shadow spirits” moving in all areas of the house from floor to ceiling. As he surveyed the house, they flashed in the corners of his eyes from all directions.
All the while, Gene was not intimidated. Instead, the spirits were intimidated by him because he had already earned himself a reputation in the spiritual realm as a guy who kicks out demons. This made the spirits angry and it was evident because Doug’s body was tense from the moment Gene walked in.
Gene came in and sat down with Doug and his wife and shared the gospel with them. He wanted Doug and his wife to know their identity in Christ so that this would never happen again. As Gene preached, Doug was becoming nauseous. Gene was seasoned enough in deliverance to expect this and therefore, instructed Doug to grab a trash can.
As the preaching continued, the spirits were getting angrier and angrier because they knew eviction time was drawing near. Their anger was manifesting in Doug’s body. What had begun as muscle tension elevated to twitching. Then, the twitching escalated into uncontrollable shaking.
He looked at Doug’s wife and said, ‘’Watch this.” Gene exercised his authority by pointing his finger at Doug and ordering the demons, ‘’YOU STOP IT AND STOP IT NOW!” They stopped on cue. This validated what Gene was teaching.
Then, Gene heard the Holy Spirit say in his heart, “It’s time.”
Gene put his hand on Doug’s shoulder. The second he did, he saw the spirits grab Doug on both of his shoulders. Gene paid that no mind because he knew that they had no power over the Holy Spirit. Then, Gene prayed, He bound the spirits in the name of Jesus. He commanded them to come up and come out.
Doug’s entire facial expression changed.
A minute later, Doug said, “Wait, there’s one scratching my lips.” Gene said, ‘’Guess what. You can fix that.” Gene told him to bind it and command it to leave and he did. It was Doug’s first attempt in his life at casting out a demon and it went! This shows just how easy it is.
Now that Doug was free, Gene went home.
Gene spoke to Doug at 7 o’clock the next morning. He said it was the most peaceful night’s sleep he and his wife had had in three years.
From this, I learned that you don’t need an army of believers to cast out an army of demons. All you need is to be convinced that the Holy Spirit is with you before you even walk into the situation. You need to listen to His every word and obey. There is no reason to be intimidated if you are fully persuaded that He that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.
*Gene Garner is a member of Free Truth Seekers Ministries
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