The Triumphant Churchwe shouldn't be doing it either.
Believers should follow the doctrine we see practiced
in the New Testament.
Did Jesus Try to War Against Devils
In His Earthly Ministry?
Looking at the ministry of Jesus, what did Jesus do
to change towns and cities? Did He have to pull down
strongholds through militant prayer as He went from
city to city? Did He find it necessary to "discern" the
ruling spirit in every city and then do war against it?
And did Jesus and His disciples teach others to
identify the ruling spirit over cities in order to pull
down strongholds? No, we don't find scripture where
they did.
Study the Gospels for yourself. You will find that
the focus of Jesus' ministry was that He just traveled
from place to place teaching and preaching the gospel—
the Word (Matt. 4:23; 9:35; Luke 13:22). He put the
Word first, and the Word set people free from Satan's
dominion.
LUKE 4:18,19
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
hath anointed me TO PREACH THE GOSPEL to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, TO PREACH DELIVERANCE to
the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 TO PREACH the acceptable year of the Lord.
Jesus was sent to teach and preach the gospel, not to
focus on tearing down strongholds over cities and
nations. It was the preaching and teaching of the gospel
that brought strongholds down in people's lives!