EVERY CHRISTIAN CAN CAST OUT DEMONS – THAT INCLUDES YOU.

One Pentecostal pastor who got some of my tapes on
this subject said three men in his church had been causing
him trouble. All three were born again and filled with the
Holy Spirit, but anybody can yield to the devil. That
doesn't mean you're unsaved because you yield to him.
(If it did, there would be no one saved today!)
But sometimes, when something goes wrong in the
church, people begin to operate in the natural, thinking,
Well, I don't like that, or The pastor is exercising too much
authority. And then the devil will bring other thoughts
to their minds, and before long they're doing the devil's
work, trying to undermine the pastor.
This was the case with the three men in this pastor's
church. He had tried to deal with the problem by bringing it before the church board and talking to each of them
individually. That only made it worse. Each of them had
friends who were going to follow them, resulting in three
divisions in the church. The pastor had almost despaired,
thinking, I believe I’II leave. I'm tired of fighting it.
In the process of time, I had a chance to visit with this
pastor. He said, "You know what I did? I listened to your
tape, sitting there in my study. And I got up right in my
study and said, 'You foul devil. . . Now I command you,
spirit, that is operating through . . . .' and I called each
of the three men's names, 'creating confusion and division
in this church, I command you to stop, in the Name of
Jesus.' " He said, "I just sat back down and said, 'Bless
God, that settles it.' "
He said to me, "Brother Hagin, I want you to know
that in ten days' time, this situation straightened out.
In fact, those men became the greatest allies I had. The
one who had caused the most trouble said, 'I don't know
what in the world got into me. It seemed like some kind
of influence came on me. But, thank God, it's gone. I
want you to forgive me.' "
You see, some kind of influence had come upon him,
and he had begun to think certain ways, and before he
knew it, he had decided, "We need a new pastor; this one
doesn't suit me." (The pastor wasn't supposed to suit him
anyway. A pastor is supposed to suit the Lord!)
I'm well satisfied we have more authority than we have
used. I believe the Spirit of God is saying we're about to
come to a place where men will operate in the Spirit and
see in the realm of the Spirit more than they have in the
past. There will be great victories. (Kenneth E. Hagin)