Exorcism - A Christian Manual (10 page)

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All demons that cause sickness, pain, and body deterioration.

These demons attack the body.  The devil was given authority to attack Job, and Job either had elephantiasis or leprosy.  The devil gave Job painful sores all over his body (2:7), worms in broken-infected skin, blackening of his skin (30:30), and bone deterioration (30:17).  The woman in Luke 13 had a demon lodged in her back for 18 years.  The spirit stayed in her body to torment her for as long as possible; it didn’t try to kill her, it just wanted her to suffer.  The devices of satan’s physical torments are endless.

SPIRIT OF ANTICRIST
: 1 John 4:3: “But every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard is coming and even now is already in the world.”  The demons underneath the spirit of antichrist are:

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Rebellion

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Hatred

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Violence

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Humanism-Atheism

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Denial of Christ

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Hatred of Christians

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Persecution of Christians

This demon works to produce hatred and violence.  It tries to influence children and teens to enjoy rebellion, and it works on children that have been abused as it wraps around their anger and fuels it with lies and deceit.  This spirit hates Christians and will do everything it can to destroy them.  This demon incites terror wherever it can.  You will see this spirit in gangs and any group that sets up to break the laws of God.  There are entire nations that are ruled by this demon.  At times it is impulsive and violent but it can slowly work through politicians to set up laws to stop Christianity. This demon hates rules and wants others to break as many of the laws of God as possible. 

People surround themselves with violence every day and they usually are not aware of it.  For example, I ask students how much violence is in their daily lives, and they report very little.  Yet we know that playing violent video games, listening to violent music, watching violent television, having violent friends, and watching violent movies all increase the likelihood that one can become violent (Anderson, Shibuya, Ihori, Swing, Bushman, Sakamoto, Rothstein, & Saleen, 2010; Coyne & Archer, 2005; Barongan & Hall, 1995).  After pointing these factors out the average student admitted that they have contact with violent friends and media several hours a day (some students admitted up to 8 hours a day).  The enemy surrounds humans with violent influences and then convinces them that they have no effect.  In fact, Hollywood producers and video game developers believe that violent movies and games help to release the pent-up aggression within and make us less violent.  Research is clear that just the opposite is true.

SPIRIT OF BONDAGE
: Romans 8:15:” For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.” The demons underneath the spirit of bandage are:

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Addictions

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Cravings

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Compulsions

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Obsessions

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Lying and Seducing spirits

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Tormenting spirits

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Perverse spirits

The spirit of bondage is involved in all addictive substances and behaviors.  This spirit wraps the mind around the need for something and at the same time blocks the mind to seeing the negative effects of continuing to do the substance or behavior.  For example, it increases the craving for alcohol and points to the benefits of alcohol (fun, tastes good, feel good), but blocks thinking about the negative effects of alcohol (hangover, lost job, lost relationships, financial costs, health risks). This demon works with the lying and seducing spirits. 

PERVERSE SPIRIT (DIZZYNESS)
: Isaiah 19:14: “The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.”  These are the spirits underneath the perverse spirit:

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Sexual perversions of all kinds

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Fantasy

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Spirits of Bondage

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Incubus/Succubus spirits

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Fetish

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Sexual Obsession

God has determined what is sexually perverse, not humans.  Humans are involved in every form of sexual perversion possible and are not bothered by them at all.  Demons can attach to lawlessness-they will grab on to anything that is forbidden by God.  It doesn’t matter if humans enjoy it or not.  This is the trap: human do what they enjoy sexually and because they enjoy it, they figure it cannot be wrong.  Lying and seducing spirits entice the person, perverse spirits are wrapped into the sexual act, and the spirit of bondage keeps them in the sin. 

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SPIRIT OF WHOREDOMS (PROSTITUTION):
Hosea 4:12: “A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.” The spirits underneath the spirit of whoredoms are:

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Adultery

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Cult spirits

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Idol Worship

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Lust-Cravings

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Indecision

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Unfaithfulness

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Bondage-Addictions

These demons seek to turn you away from God and to entice you to lust after anything else.  God takes His relationship with us very seriously and when Israel strayed from God, He called it adultery…”I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries,” (Jeremiah 3:8).  These spirits work at 2 different levels: it works to draw people into cults, and it works to create idols within.  This demon seeks to get you to enjoy something and then tries to get you to be gradually consumed by it.  To have an idol is to give it more time, love, and attention than you would to God.  It becomes more important than God and you become devoted to it.  Examples of idols can be money, power, sports, video games, music, television, and so on.  If you can live without reading the Bible or going to church, but you can’t survive without watching football, reading about football, and going to football games, this spirit may be getting a foothold.  A powerful demon that works with this demon is the spirit of bondage.

SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY/GREED
: Col. 3:5: “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust,
evil desires and greed
, which is idolatry.” Song of Solomon 8:6: “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.” Demons under the spirit of jealousy are:

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Revenge

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Hate/rage

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Bitterness

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Paranoia

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Rejection

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Disunity/strife

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Competition

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Covetousness

The demon of jealousy can never be satisfied.  It never trusts and is always suspicious.  When paranoia and anger are with it, a person can become violent.  It attaches itself to insecure people and people that have been wounded in romantic relationships and childhood abuse.  They believe that everyone will eventually hurt them and they brood and ruminate about perceived intentional harm by others.  One of the main roots it ties itself too is bitterness.  Bitter people hate the success of others and blame God for their failures.  Another demon that works with the spirit of jealousy is the spirit of rejection.  Rejection creates low self-esteem in some and they cannot believe that anyone could love them so they are jealous of any person that has a romantic interest.  The final spirit that works with jealousy is lust.  Lust, like jealousy, is never satisfied and truly is a power that wants what others have.

SPIRIT OF OPPRESSION
: Acts 10:38: “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.”  The demons beneath the spirit of oppression are:

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Excessive Guilt

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Self-hatred

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Fatigue

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Depression

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Defeat

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Tormenting Spirits

Spirits of oppression usually are on the outside and press down upon us.  People describe this spirit as feeling like a weight is on them, feeling unable to look up and see the light, feeling burdened, and feeling like being wrapped in darkness.  This spirit can attack the mind, body, or spirit and is a gateway demon that allows other spirits to come in.  This spirit can take any emotional condition and make it worse.

SPIRIT OF DESTRUCTION
: Revelation 9:11: “They had a king over them the angel of the Abyss, who name in Hebrew is Abbadon, and in Greek, Apollyon.” These are the spirits that work underneath the spirit of destruction:

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Tormenting spirits

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Spirits of torture

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Violence-physical harm

This demon was over those spirits that were loosed to torture humans for 5 months. It enjoys human suffering, and is a very powerful, violent spirit.

FAMILIAR SPIRITS
: Leviticus 19:31: “Regard not them that have familiar spirits.”  The spirits that are underneath familiar spirits are:

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Generational spirits

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Necromancy

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Divination of every kind

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Witchcraft of every kind

PYTHON SPIRIT (DIVINATION)
: Acts 16: 16-40: “Once when we were to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future (v.16).”  The demons beneath the Python spirit are:

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Jezebel spirit

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Religious spirit

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Familiar spirit

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Manipulation-lies and deception

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Violence

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Deception

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All forms of witchcraft and divination.

Here are some characteristics of the python spirit:

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Python is the ruling spirit over all works of divination. It is powerful and dangerous.