Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The Bible tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we can prove the acceptable will of God. Do you know that anything other than the acceptable will of God, is unacceptable? If it’s not God’s will in your life, then it’s unacceptable in His eyes. Right now, women are being raped and children are being killed… that is NOT acceptable in the eyes of God! Neither is sickness, disease, or demonic bondage acceptable in the will of our heavenly Father!

What God finds unacceptable, we too should find unacceptable!

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 17:14-21

I have heard people twist this verse to say that we should be praying and fasting to get demons out, but not casting them out. Or maybe some demons shouldn’t be cast out, but prayed out. I want to point out a few things about this passage that will put new light on this situation…

First, Jesus was living a man’s life here on earth, and had no special abilities that we don’t possess today when it comes to casting out demons and healing the sick. Jesus said that by Himself, He could do nothing (see John 5:19), but the reason He was able to go about healing all who were oppressed of the devil is because God was with Him - He was anointed with the Holy Spirit (see Acts 10:38). Therefore, what He did, He also expects us to do as well. He said that those who believe upon Him will do the works that He did and greater (see John 14:12).

Second, how did Jesus deal with this deliverance case? Did Jesus call a fast and “pray the demon out”? No! Jesus CAST it out! Jesus was already prayed and fasted up and had the faith in His father to do the deliverance. The disciples were not prayed and fasted up, and therefore had unbelief in their heart. Notice that Jesus said that the reason that they were unable to drive out the demon was because of their unbelief (see Matthew 17:19-20).

Jesus’ disciples asked, “Why couldn’t we cast this thing out?”

Jesus replied, “Because of your unbelief…”

Jesus didn’t rebuke the disciples for not praying the demon out, but rather because they lacked faith, which they should have been obtaining through prayer and fasting on a regular bases. Jesus on the other hand, was prepared to cast the demon out, without having to call a fast and pray it out. Jesus was already fasted and prayed up!

Then begin to take heed of the things which He has shown you! Acting upon what God shows us is a huge key to receiving more from Him. If He tells us to get rid of our TV set and we disobey Him, then don’t expect Him to continue to speak to you about other things in your life or give your further revelation. As the saying goes, we need to be doers of the Word and not just hearers. If we are just hearers, then we will lose what little we have. Jesus made this clear when He said:

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete [meaning to use], it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Mark 4:24-25

Jesus made it clear that if we want to receive more from the Lord, we need to use what we’ve been given. If He’s spoken to us about something, then we need to be obedient if we want Him to continue speaking to us about other things in our lives. Being obedient to what God shows us tells Him that we’re ready for His next move in our lives.

Let’s say that you were a beloved wife who is married to the most wonderful and loving husband who would gladly give his life for you. Then one day, somebody tells you that he’s looking at other women. If you begin to listen to that lie, do you think you’re going to be able to freely receive his love for you? Not at all! You’re going to look at him through the eyes of suspicion, which will naturally write off any true love that is being transmitted.

Did you know that we can do the exact same thing when we believe what the devil tells us about God? This is why demons work so diligently to convince us that God is a distant, un-loving, cruel, and legalistic taskmaster!

You can block your heart from feeling the love of God simply by believing a lie about Him!

I like the saying that a deliverance minister once told me, “Cruel distant taskmasters don’t give their lives for you!” But our loving savior Jesus did just that - why? Because He desires an intimate (anything but distant!) relationship with us!

Did you know that when we look down upon ourselves, we are looking down upon a person that God Almighty has made with His own hands? Were we not made in the image and likeness of God? Did God make a mistake when He made us? Absolutely not!

Would you dare go to an art gallery, and with the artist present, point at an area on one of his paintings and exclaim, “Boy, that’s just so ugly!”? Then why do we stand before a mirror, look at a beautiful person whom God has made, and exclaim, “My nose is ugly!”?

Think about this: anytime that you pick at a painting, in reality you are putting down the artist who painted the painting. Anytime you pick at a created thing, you pick at the creator of that thing. Anytime that we belittle ourselves, we are belittling God who made us.

Have you been honoring or belittling your painter / creator (God)?

What is your attitude (thankful/unthankful) concerning the person that God has made in you?

This is a good question that many today are asking. Let’s take a look at some scriptures to see what we can find:

1 Samuel 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Apparently, their souls were somehow ‘tied’ or ‘knit’ together. The word ‘knit’ in the above verse literally means to TIE or BIND together. Let’s look at some other passages:

Mark 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

In the above passage, Jesus is saying that when a husband and wife are joined by God, they become on flesh. Does that refer to a physical flesh? Of course not - any 5 year old will tell you that! No, it’s speaking of a soulish/fleshly joining.

To say that this is a physical joining, you would have to word it this way: “The two physical bodies are united and become one physical body.” Folks, it doesn’t take a 5-year old to tell you that such a thing never happens!

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

In this passage, we can see that God has a problem with us “joining ourselves to a harlot.” Why would God have a problem with the “two becoming one flesh” if it were only a quick, fast and temporary thing? But no, God is concerned about an actual joining that takes place when we have sexual relations with somebody outside of marriage.

In the deliverance ministry, we meet cases where soul ties have devastated people’s lives. I worked with one young man that was being visited by demons as a result of having a soul tie with a witch, but when I led him to break the soul tie, the attacks stopped completely! Friend, this is a very real and heavy duty story of a young man who was physically visited by demons at night, where he would see the room turn jet black, blood red, and hear voices of dead people, bones breaking, and other very heavy duty visitations. It’s sad to see that witches understand soul ties better than us Christians, and they will use soul ties to pass curses on to others.

There are articles on this web site and also GreatBibleStudy.com that deal with soul ties, and how to break them. If you’ve ever had sex outside of marriage, then I recommend taking the steps to break yourself off from any ungodly soul ties that may have been formed.

The Holy Ghost really illuminated this one to me today: what if Jesus came back today, not as in the rapture, but living in a human body as He did 2000 years ago? Would He be recognized as the Jesus that many today in America have come to know? Or would He shock everybody, when He goes about healing everybody who comes to Him? Would they call Him a false prophet and consider His miracles demonic, like many churches did with the Azusa Street Revival?

What if a man (Jesus) walked into many churches today, and began casting out demons in the services? How would most pastors handle such a person? Would they accept Him? Or would they throw Him out?

Mark 1:39, “And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.”

How many churches today would throw Him out, because His doctrines didn’t fit into their theologies? Do you know that whenever you throw out a man of God who is preaching the truth in the Word, you are throwing out Jesus? Consider this passage:

Matthew 10:40, “He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

I encourage you to read my teaching on The Jesus of the Bible for more information on knowing the truth about Jesus Christ in a Biblically painted picture… it would probably shock many Christians in America today to realize the true nature and likeness of Jesus!

Then just dishonor your parents. It will open you wide to demonic spirits to darken your spiritual eyesight. The Bible tells us clearly that it is the devil (who works through demonic spirits) who darkens the minds (or eyesight) of the non-believing:

2 Corinthians 4:4, “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Proverbs tells us that the man (or woman) who mocks or dispises his parents, the ravens of the valley (demons) will come and pluck out his eyes (or spiritual eyesight).

Proverbs 30:17, “The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”

You can bet your last dollar that those are not physical birds that come along and eat their eyeballs… those are spiritual vultures sent to us from the enemy! Do vultures come along and eat the eyeballs out of the rebellious youth today? No. But does that make the word of God untrue? No, because the Word of God is speaking of spiritual things here, not physical.

Proverbs 20:20, “Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”

These are some strong warnings that we find in the Word of God! I think God is trying to say something to us about how important it is to honor our parents, regardless if we agree with them or not.

What’s so bad about having a sex demon, such as lust, if you are married and can indulge in your sexual fantasies anyways? Let’s not forget to true purpose that Satan and evil spirits are here to carry out:

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10

The truth is that a spirit such as lust, hasn’t got your marriage sexual relationship in mind, but rather seeks to undermine your relationship with your spouse. They can actually make the sex that you have with your spouse, seem less appealing than it should, and will seek to get your attention off of your mate, and onto other people (women/men). The goal of such spirits is not to bring you sexual gratification, but to undermine your relationship with your mate that God has intended that you have with them. A sex demon can literally make your own wife look less appealing, while making other women more pleasing to your eye. Such a tactic is devastating to millions of marriages today!

One lady shared about how her dad had a bondage to pornography, but after going through deliverance, his love relationship with his own wife went through the roof! Another man had homosexual tendencies, but after receiving deliverance, he said that the sex which he has with his own wife now makes the other seem like it’s standing still!

In one deliverance, a spirit of succubus (a sexual demon which appears to men as a beautiful woman, and stimulates them sexually) confessed that his true intent in entering the man, was to kill him in one way or another. This sexually satisfying demon was going to end the man’s life!

These spirits are nothing to play around with. They carry the same goal as their leader, Satan, does. They are here to kill us, steal from us, and destroy our marriages and families.

Beware, there is a new cult leader on the rise. Almost all of us have heard of her, but I need to point out a video that states the hard facts about the new age cult leader, Opera Winfrey. Click here to view a shocking video of this spiritual disaster that is hitting America.

What are some of the things she teaches?

• Jesus is not the only way to God.
• There are millions of ways to God.
• We are saved by our own holiness.
• There is no such thing as sin.

Don’t tell me these aren’t the end days!

Mark 13:22, “For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.”

According to the video above, Opera Winfrey is leading millions of people into the world of demonic trances and getting them possessed with demons like flies. According to the Bible, this is a modern day false prophet and she is specifically involved in the new age cult movement. Beware!