How to Deal With Evil SpiritsProblems occur in this area when believers try to
deal with people in the natural realm, instead of with
evil spirits influencing people in the spiritual realm.
Many times we try to deal with people when we should
be dealing with evil spirits, and we get things in a mess.
Now don't misunderstand me. There's a time and a
place to deal with people in the natural. But Jesus was
talking about those cases where the enemy is working
through people to hinder the Church—the Body of
Christ. If a person hinders, harasses, or deters the
Church, then it is the working of evil spirits through
the person.
In dealing in the lives of people to get them
delivered of a demon, it's a different situation. In most
cases, their own will is involved. What do they want to
do about the situation? Do they want to be delivered?
Some people want the situation as it is; they don't want
to be free from demons. And in that case, there's
nothing you can do about it. When people genuinely
want deliverance, you still have to deal with the evil
spirit in them by the leading of the Holy Spirit.
On the other side of this issue, we have to realize
that not every problem in life is caused by a demon, just
as not everything that goes wrong in life is directly
caused by a demon either. Of course, the devil is
ultimately behind all the evil in the world. But because
we live in a world where Satan is god (2 Cor. 4:4),
problems, tests, and trial will occur.
Jesus said, "In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John
16:33). He also promised us the victory in every
situation: “... thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 15:57).
I said there are times when people have to be dealt