The Triumphant Churchyou delivered." The man said, "Yes, I want to be
delivered." Wigglesworth laid hands on him and cast an
evil spirit out of him, and the fellow was instantly
healed. After that, the young man was totally set free
and could eat every meal while he was on board that
ship.
There's a scriptural principle involved here.
Wigglesworth said to him, "Just say the word." You see,
even though Wigglesworth had the ability in Jesus'
Name to set the man free, he didn't have the authority
to do anything for him until the young man gave him
permission or authority to deal with the devil in his life.
Until the man gave Wigglesworth permission,
Wigglesworth couldn't help him.
You can't make people accept Christ or make anyone
want to be delivered or to choose what God has for
them, because people have free will. Yes, you can pray
for them and bind the power of the devil over their
lives, and it gives them an opportunity to make a choice
unhindered by Satan's influence. But they still have
free choice.
For example, a man brought his wife to one of my
meetings for deliverance. He brought her up to the
healing line, and when I prayed for her, I knew by the
Spirit of God that an evil spirit had gotten ahold of her
mind. I also knew that if she wanted to be delivered,
she could be.
Then God revealed to me exactly what had made her
lose her mind in the first place. She had heard a well-
known preacher say that God had spoken to him in an
audible voice. When she heard that, she began to seek
voices—not God, but voices—until finally she became
insane, and she had to be committed to an asylum.
God also revealed to me that her husband had