1. Take the
abundant life by force from Satan.
2. Forcefully drive
out demons.
3. Hate sin and
everything that God hates; hate Satan, demons and
evil.
Take Heaven By Force
- We are not wrestling against the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, but against Satan and his forces of evil.
God has given us the abundant life but we have to take
it by force from Satan! This is analogous to Israel;
God gave them the promised land and then told them to
take it by force (Eph. 6:12).
Two verses clearly
illustrate this Bible principle: Matt. 11:12, Kingdom
of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it
by force (abode of God is to be seized and the forces
seized it). Luke 16:16, Kingdom of God is preached,
and every man presseth into it (rule of Supreme Deity
is preached and every man forces into it).
Some other good
fighting verses are:
Psalm 57:6 They have
digged a pit before me.
Isa. 54:17 No weapon
formed against thee shall prosper.
Matt. 15:26 The
woman fought for deliverance for her child (15:21-28)!
II Cor. 10:3-6
Weapons of our warfare.
Eph. 6:10-18 Put on
the whole armour of God.
Rev. 12:11 And they
overcame him.
How To Treat Demons
Matt. 9:33 Cast - to
eject, drive out, pluck (dumb demoniac).
Matt. 9:34 Casteth -
thrust out, expel (dumb demoniac).
Matt. 17:18 Rebuked
- censure, admonish, tax upon (epileptic).
Mark 1:34 Suffered -
to send forth (sick or possessed with demons).
Luke 11:14 Casting -
put out, send away (demon that was dumb.)
Eph. 4:27 Place -
location, condition (Give no opportunity to the
Devil.)
James 4:7 Resist -
oppose, withstand (Resist the Devil.)
II Pet. 2:11 Railing
- blasphemer, slanderous, profane, wicked (judgement)
I John 3:8 Destroy -
loosen, break up, put off (Destroy works of Devil.)
Jude 9 Railing -
vilification, evil speaking (reviling judgement).
As you can see from
the above scripture, we forcefully drive demons out of
Christians but we do not rail at demons. Luke 9:1 says
we have power and authority (mastery, superhuman
force, violence, control) and Luke 10:7 says the
demons are subject (subordinate, obey) to Christians.
Cursing Demons And
Infirmities - The Psalms contain imprecations (call
down curses and evil) upon enemies and transgressors.
For a good study, see "Strongs" or "Young's"
Concordance for "curse, cursed, curses, cursest,
curseth, cursing, accursed and cursedst". The
following verses describe the meaning of cursing:
Gen. 9:24-27
Execrate - to abhor, loathe, detest (cursed younger
son.)
Num. 22:6 &
Blaspheme - perforate, bitterly curse (King of Moab
asked Balaam,
23:8 prophet, to
curse Israel.)
Deut. 11:26-
Blessing and curse, curses and more curses.
28; 27:15-26;
28:15-68
Judges 5:23 Execrate
- (Curse bitterly its inhabitants.)
II Sam. 16:
Vilification - revile, slander (curse David).
10-12
II Kings 2: Despise
- speak evil of (Cursed them in the name of the Lord.)
23-25
Job 3:1-10 Contempt
- vile (Cursed the day of his birth.)
Mark 11:21 Doom -
execrate, imprecate (fig tree which you cursed.)
Gal. 1:8-9 Anathema
- solemn curse, excommunicated (Let him be accursed.)