The Triumphant Churchthem by other methods too.
Let's look at an example in Jesus' ministry where
we see a connection between evil spirits and sickness.
One method Jesus used to minister deliverance was by
the anointing of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of
hands.
LUKE 13:11-13,16
11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a
SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY eighteen years, and was
bowed together, and could in no wise lift up
herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to
him, and said unto her, WOMAN, THOU ART
LOOSED FROM THINE INFIRMITY.
13 And he LAID HIS HANDS ON HER: and
immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God....
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter
of Abraham, WHOM SATAN HATH BOUND, lo,
these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond
on the sabbath day?
The Bible says this woman's affliction was caused by
an evil spirit—"a spirit of infirmity" (v. 11). Jesus said
it was Satan who had bound her (v. 16).
In this case, an evil spirit of infirmity was present in
the woman's body causing and enforcing this physical
condition.
But notice how Jesus dealt with the evil spirit in
this case. He didn't cast it out. He laid hands on the
woman and gave the command of faith, "... Woman,
thou art loosed from thine infirmity" (v. 12). And the
woman was delivered.
You see, when the anointing or power of the Holy
Spirit came upon this woman, she was instantly