Is the Deliverance Ministry Scriptural?I began to fast and pray and seek the Lord about it.
I said, "Lord, why didn't this work?" I'd held these kinds
of meetings because others were doing it, but I'd done it
in all sincerity and honesty. This is one way I learned
that you don't do things just because others are doing
them and that you don't build on physical
manifestations or demonstrations. The Word of God is
our guide and standard, not what other people are
doing, no matter how popular it is or how much it's the
"fad" doctrine of the day. I said, "Lord, where did I miss
it?"
The Anointed Word Sets People Free
The Lord answered me. He said, "You are trying to
do through prayer and laying on of hands what only My
Word will do." Then He gave me John 8:32, "Ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Actually, you could say it like this and not do any
injustice to that verse: "You shall know the Word, and
the Word will make you free."
Actually, it's knowing and acting on the Word that
sets you free. When the Lord said that to me, I saw that
I'd have to get the Word into people, so their knowledge
of the Word could begin setting them free. And that's
when I realized that people can get into trouble when
they try to get "delivered" from things that are works of
the flesh, because that opens a door to the devil.
When the Lord told me that, I began to teach people
the Word. You see, Jesus said the words He spoke are
spirit and life (John 6:63). The Word of God is God-
breathed and God-inspired (2 Tim. 3:16). That means
the Word is anointed, and it is the anointing that
breaks the yoke of satanic bondage (Isa. 10:27). So
when a person teaches or preaches the Word under the