"Binding and Loosing"

by James Jacob Prasch

In many areas the church is trying to use biblical teaching about binding and loosing as an instrument to deal with something it was not designed to deal with.

  1. Wrong Weapons
  2. Charismtatic Failure
  3. Slain in the Spirit?
  4. Unbiblical Ideas
  5. Paul in Athens
  6. Not of This World
  7. Evangelism: The First Weapon
  8. Binding the Strong Man
  9. Taking Scriputre Out of Context
  10. Discernment of Spirits
  11. Jesus is the Rock
  12. Who Has the Keys?
  13. Spirit of Antichrist
  14. Praying to the Dead
  15. Only the Bible
  16. The Custody of the Vineyard
  17. First Church Council
  18. Defining Doctrine
  19. Apostolic Authority is Always about Doctrine
  20. Dealing with Persistent Sin in the Body
  21. The Gospel Looses
  22. "Penance"?
  23. Setting People Free
  24. The Power Was Present
  25. Lazarus Raised from the Dead
  26. Prayer for Those in Authority
  27. Loss of Christian Influence
  28. The One Who Restrains Evil
  29. The Spirit of Truth
  30. Restraining Wickendess
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Discernment of Spirits

In cases of real demon possession, a person cannot be saved until you first cast out the demons. The New Testament will help you determine and discern biblically whether it is an authentic demon or not. If you do exercise the discernment of spirits, it will always be with the Bible as your guideline.

Demon possession is accompanied by irrational behavior. People throwing themselves into the fire, gashing themselves, living in tombs, displaying superhuman strength or superhuman intelligence, counterfeiting the gifts of the spirit. Signs and wonders can be displayed by demons. Another sign is the presence of a physical malady without any pathology for it (i.e., a physical ailment with no medical reason for it).

Read Dr. Kurt Koch. Read good books on the subject. In cases of demon possession, the person's spirit is inhabited by an evil spirit. The Holy Spirit cannot enter them until the demon is cast out. You cannot set a demon possessed person free merely by witnessing to them.

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