Is the Deliverance Ministry Scriptural?deliverance."
Jesus said, "These folks who are extreme in this
demon issue by teaching that everyone has a devil in
him and that everyone has to vomit and cough up a
devil have gotten over in the ditch in fanaticism and
excess. You tried to pull away from that, and by doing
so, you got in a ditch on the other side by not dealing
with devils at all. That got you in trouble."
When Jesus said this to me, I repented, and I was
instantly healed. Then I began preaching what the
Word says about demons and deliverance.
You see, some of the same extremes that are being
taught today were taught in the days of The Voice of
Healing too. For example, one healing evangelist
carried a frog around in a jar and told everyone, "This
was a demon that jumped out of a woman's mouth when
I cast a devil out of her." I don't believe that anymore
than I believe you landed on Mars yesterday! You can't
put a demon—a spirit being—in a jar!
But right on the other hand, when the gift of
discerning of spirits is in manifestation and a person
sees into the realm of the spirit, demons will sometimes
take on different forms and appearances. You need to
understand that. However, you don't go around building
a doctrine on what you see in the spirit realm. Just say
what the Word says about demons and deliverance. You
see, sometimes there is just a fine line between what's
genuine—and fanaticism and excess.
Extreme Teachings Cause Harm to
the Body of Christ
The excesses and extremes in the deliverance
ministry as it's taught today always produce negative