Prayer Manual

Prayer Manual
Content:
Section 1. Soul Ties
Section 2. Iniquity
Section 3. Blessings and Curses
Section 4. Deliverance
Bibliography
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This booklet is not copyrighted. Some information has been compiled from the internet. Where possible
these references have been given. Much comes from personal experience. It is a living document,
growing as revelation, experience and knowledge adds to the picture. Even for myself, it will be out of
date tomorrow. It is all about learning keys to setting the captives free. It is not mine. Add (or subtract)
at will. This, and the prayers, are downloadable from: http://people.aapt.net.au/~deanr/Prayer.htm
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
- HOSEA 4:6
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Introduction
Hopefully this manual will make you think. Of course, it may well be that you yawn your way through it,
muttering the sporadic, Been there, done that, as you drum your fingers restlessly on the breakfast bar,
wondering when the boredom will cease! And alternatively, you may think that I may be totally having
myself on, absolutely and completely whacko, comprehensively up the creek in a barbed wire canoe. In
which case please use this as fire-starter material to light the next BBQ, and have a snag in sympathy.
Alternatively, and this is my dream, one or two people will try the things in this manual, and something
works. Yes, I do confess to having a dream. I envisage seeing people absolutely free, standing out the front
in church (no, I am not sure why they have to be out the front, but this is my dream!), with their hands raised,
absolutely and totally lost in worship and wonder, in the presence of God. They are truly at the heart of
worship. If anyone were to find that place, or even a hint of it, through this manual, then wow! And tell
me about it!
This series of inept pieces has been put together as a Prayer Manual, with the intention that people learn for
themselves how to get free from strongholds; free from the drivers that push people to sin, and free from the
bondages that hold us back from being the people God created us to be. It is not in any way complete, but it
covers areas that are typically not covered in most churches today.
Ideally this manual should be run in conjunction with a series of Bible studies. No personal stories have
been included at all. While they make fun and encouraging reading, and often brighten and lighten the
reading, it was thought that it was more appropriate to add these during the Study time.
Thus each of the sections is looking at, where possible, Bible teaching on any topic. Some areas, however,
do not have any clear Bible backing. Equally, there will be nothing contradicting that teaching. For
instance, many have prayed to break ungodly soul ties, and prayed also for the parts left in each other to be
returned, with dramatic results (see the section on Soul Ties, if you have no idea what planet I am on). But
this is not clearly taught in scripture. It can, however, be inferred from the concept of two becoming one
flesh, or one person; a concept that is clearly taught in scripture. And it works! And the fruit is on-going a
good test, incidentally.
Each section has related prayers. I used to hate written prayers. I loathed them, in fact. But the reality is
that many today have no idea what to say. Many dont pray in groups and out loud anymore. So model
prayers have been included. Chop them up, modify them, add, subtract and rearrange them. If they can get
someone started, then I have succeeded. I have a manual just with the prayers that we use. It helps.
We am not counsellors. We do not have the skills. These are not counselling tools. They are prayer tools
and keys. Only! Either they work or they do not, for any individual. Apart from a word of knowledge, it
is usually a case of what appears to be the most appropriate key to apply in any particular situation, and
working through that. Because it is solely a prayer ministry, where you ask the person to pray particular
prayers, it is not counselling. Please do not confuse the two.
This manual will always remain a work in progress. I would like to add sections on physical healing, healing
from past and sometimes forgotten hurts, binding and loosing, the effect of deaths in the family where proper
burial services have not occurred. Basically because of my own lack of knowledge and I hope my wife
doesnt read that bit I simply do not know enough to add anything about these areas. Perhaps in future
To the true Lord Jesus Christ be ALL the glory.
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. The Intention
3. Godly Soul Ties
3.1
3.2
3.3
Marriage
Friendships
Parents to their child
4. Ungodly Soul ties

4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
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4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
4.15
Divorce
Ties through sex outside of marriage
Ties through ungodly relationships
Ungodly ties between parents and children
Ties through witchcraft and Satanism
Ties through ungodly vows
4.6.1
Verbal vows
4.6.2
Throw away statements
4.6.3
Legal requirements to make a vow
4.6.4
Lodges
4.6.5
Ear piercing
4.6.6
Tattoos
4.6.7.
Ties through blood covenants
4.6.8
Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters
4.6.9
Ties to organisations
Ties through Ungodly Judgements and Expectations
Soul ties with the dead
Ties to objects
Ties to a name
Ungodly ties between our soul and our spirit
Ties through organ or tissue transplants
Ties to authoritative figures
Ties to memories
Other Possible Ties
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5. Fragmented Souls
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6. The image of another
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7. Effects of Ungodly Soul Ties
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8. Dealing with Soul Ties
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Appendix A: Organ Transplant Cellular Memory Cases
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Soul Ties
1.
Introduction
It is because of the lack of knowledge that we remain bound. My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests. (Hosea 4:6 NIV)
Hopefully, these pages convey some knowledge that will help set captives free.
What are commonly referred to as soul ties, are bonds formed between people and people, people and
animals, or people and things. They are like spiritual umbilical cords. In fact, what we refer to as soul
ties, are very likely spirit ties a well, but we will use the term soul ties, as that is what is commonly used.
In our lives we grow to be most like those that have had the greatest influence over us positively or
negatively. Soul ties formed influence us for good, as well as for evil.
Have you ever looked at a married couple where they both seem to have the same personalities, desires, likes
and dislikes, sense of humour, the same views on most things? They may even look the same! They seem to
be made for each other. These people have a soul tie between them.
Equally, have you ever looked at a young couple dating (rare these days), and there comes a point where one
party seems unable to see logic with regards the other person; in spite of all the logical reasons they perhaps
should not be going ahead in that relationship, they will not, almost cannot, see reason and break it off? At
this point there has usually been an ungodly soul tie formed through sex before marriage.
Another example: Often, after a marriage break up, the knives are out, the vitriol flows, and hatred knows no
bounds. One party (or both) take every opportunity to flay the other party raw. Threats and physical
violence are often the norm, particularly from the male. Sometimes (not always) this is because the soul tie
formed through the relationship (sex) is not cut, drawing each party to the other. The outworking is that their
thoughts are continually turning towards the other party. Even though they desperately want to be free from
them, they find that they cannot. This promotes further hatred and anger.
Sometimes we see two people in a close (sexual) relationship where the man dominates and controls the
woman, even to the point of domestic violence. Logical presentations to the woman have no effect. Reason
seems to have departed. We feel like we are beating our head against a brick wall trying to get the woman to
see what is really happening. And nothing gets through. A soul tie is in place.
God has allowed soul ties. They are a model of what it will be like when the body of Christ the church - is
married to the Lamb of God. Through our tie with the Lord Jesus Christ, we desire him to speak to us. Like
everything else God has created, though, the devil has taken soul ties, and corrupted them to his own ends.
When a godly soul tie is formed, a spiritual bond occurs, through which the blessings of God, and something
of each person, can flow through from one person to the other. A person may begin to take on some of the
characteristics of the other person, as happens, for example, in marriage. In ungodly soul ties, curses and
unclean spirits are allowed to transit across. Satan may or may not take advantage of this open doorway.
Ties can also occur to animals and objects.
So there are godly soul ties and ungodly soul ties.
2.
The Intention
The perfect model that God intended was that ties be formed between Christians and:
God
Jesus
Holy Spirit
one another in the body of Christ.
their marriage partner and family
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The following verses from John 17 spell out Gods intention.

And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father,
keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
- JOHN 17:11 (RSV)
I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, that they may
all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the
world may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them,
that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly
one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved
me.
- JOHN 17:20-23 (RSV)
Gods intention is that we in the body of Christ be one with each other, and one with Christ. This oneness
is not simply in thought or deed, but is much deeper.
As Christians, we are new creatures in Christ. This is not a simply pretty word story. Because we have the
Holy Spirit within, in the spirit world Christians are now different creatures than non-Christians. We have
different spiritual DNA. We have been born again. We are spiritually united with Christ, with his DNA,
and in some way that we dont understand, we are also united spiritually with other Christians.
What we do now, and who we are, is affected by, and will affect others around us.
This goes against everything that the western mind believes. Our individualism is our pride and joy. The old
song said, I am a rock, I am an island, and we held that up as something to be sought after. We speak of
peer group pressure, but no one likes to admit that their actions are dictated in any way by those around
them. We in the West value our individualism too much. To be influenced by others detracts from us
somehow. Most do not really believe that they are susceptible to advertising. Individuals, we believe,
should not be influenced by others! Yet advertisers still spend billions of dollars, knowing that if the ads are
well done, they can be extremely effective. The clothes we wear, the cars we buy, the food we eat, what we
do in our leisure and where we spend our money, is all largely dictated by others around us. Even the
epitome of the tag loner or rebel, the Harley Davison rider, dresses and acts the same as every other
Harley rider. They are all individuals together. No other brand motor bike on the street is as consistently
loud as a Harley. Now, why is that?
The reality is that we need others. We want to be noticed. We need the approval of others, their
endorsement and consent. God takes it a few steps further. Gods intention was that we become all
perfectly one, somehow spiritually united with each other. If all people in a congregation are truly one,
then the actions of one will affect others, whether they like it or not. Have you ever heard of a congregation
where a particular sin is rife? When one member of the congregation introduced the sin, they did not do it
with fanfare from the pulpit. Yet sometimes within a short time, many are ensnared by the sin, and the
church is ineffective. Every person would like to think that there actions do not affect others, particularly in
the church, yet the above passage from the gospel of John indicates otherwise.
Whether you accept the above or not, clearly there is a joining together to other Christians that is meant to
occur within the body of Christ. It is normal. It is natural. It is God-ordained. It is more than Biblical
poetic licence. These ties enable the body to work together to fulfil its God-given roles.
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,
but they shared everything they had.
-ACTS 4:32 (NIV)
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same
function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
- ROMANS 12:4-5 (NIV)
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds
itself up in love, as each part does its work.
-EPHESIANS 4:16 (NIV)
Ties between Christians are not only desirable, but necessary for it to function properly.
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We sing, Blest be the tie that binds, our hearts in Christian love. (At least we older ones do) There is a
tie that binds Christians together.
Christians are also joined to Jesus Christ. We are in Christ. We have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us.
We are effectively, one with God. But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
(1 Corinthians 6:17 NIV). We are married to him. Clearly there is a tie formed, and this one is a Godly
tie. It was Gods original intention. The analogy Jesus uses of the vine spells it out.
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
- JOHN 15:4-5 (NIV)
To worship other gods through witchcraft, or idolatry of any sort, joins us in spirit to these gods also. Our
spirit, which is joined to Christ through the Holy Spirit, is also joined to demons. We are committing
spiritual adultery and forming a tie to these other gods / demons. Is it any wonder that God treats this in the
gravest fashion? (See also Deuteronomy 10:20, 11:22, 13:4; Joshua 22:5, 23:8)
3.
Godly Soul Ties
Godly soul ties are formed through loving friendships that are based on Godly principles. They are God
ordained.
3.1 Marriage
Marriage is Gods desired way for us. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united
to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31 NIV) (See also Genesis 2:24; Matthew
19:5-6; Mark 10:7-8; 1 Corinthians 6:16) Matthew 19:6 tells us that God has joined us together. This is
clearly more than simply a physical sexual act.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a
man from the LORD.
GENESIS 4:1 (NIV)
In this scripture the word "knew" is the same word for us "knowing" God. Knowing here, is spirit to spirit.
"Knowing" God is a spiritual thing, just as Adam "knowing" Eve was a spiritual thing. Sex within marriage
is approved by God, not just for procreation, but as an expression of love. And while the sexual act joins us
so that we become one flesh, clearly there is a spiritual dimension involved.
The soul ties formed in marriage are right and God ordained. When divorce and even fights occur within a
marriage, much of the pain is the tearing of the soul ties formed. No matter how bad a marriage is, there will
always be hurting when this bond is broken.
3.2
Friendships
Friendships are desired by us and are good. A healthy friendship, especially a Christian one, does not detract
from our relationship to God, our marriage partner, our children, our work. We can have soul ties to these
friends. These friends will support us in all our ways, and not try to dominate or control us. When an
unhealthy friendship occurs, it detracts from our normal relationships, and puts a wedge between us and
those people we should hold dear.
Examples of biblical soul ties that were good are:
David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:1-4)
Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:16-18)
Elizabeth and Mary (Luke 1:36-48)
Jesus and John (John 13:22-26, 20:2, 21:7, 21:20)
Priscilla and Aquila (Romans 16:3-4)
Paul and Timothy (2 Timothy 1:2-7)
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Some would like us to believe that David and Jonathon had a homosexual relationship. This cannot be
supported by scripture, and it is stretching scripture to say so. However, some say, and perhaps rightly, that
Jonathons allegiance should have been with his father. He was not honouring his father in his actions, and
the Bible commands us to honour our parents.
War veterans often have been through things that only others who were there will ever understand. As long
as these veteran friends do not detract from other relationships, then there is no reason for this not to
continue. Because of the peculiar and stressful nature of their service, other ways of prayer may be required
to set these people free from their past.
3.3 Parents to their child

It is normal and godly that bonds form between parents and their children. Otherwise, who would take
responsibility for them? We might put the baby down in the mall, and forget to pick them up again. We
would see these, our own children, in a similar light as children who are not our own, and discard them once
we have given birth, particularly after the first dirty nappy!
Sometimes when children spend considerable time absent from the arms of their parents, these normal bonds
are not formed. This can be through premature delivery, and being relegated to a humidicrib for the first few
months of life. Or perhaps the parents are hospitalised themselves, and cannot nurture the child in the
normal manner. Sometimes, for whatever reason, foster care is required for the child, and normal soul ties
are not allowed to form. This can create a sense of something missing which the child may spend a
lifetime searching for.
Adopted children, by definition and for whatever reason, were rejected by their natural parents. This
rejection, plus the lack of normal soul ties formed at birth, often creates rebellion, and a searching elsewhere
for love. The adopted child will often grow up acting out of rejection, even though they cannot verbalise
this. Something innate in them has known it forever.
4.
Ungodly Soul Ties
Ungodly soul ties are bonds formed between people and people, or people and things, outside the Godly
reasons. The usual one today is from sex outside marriage. Often soul ties are formed through control,
manipulation or domination. All these bondages can be from sexual sins, controlling parents, spouses, cults,
witchcraft, even pastors or friends.
4.1
Divorce
This is not a debate on the rightness or otherwise of divorce, but it is assumed that some who are reading this
will have been through a divorce. In this writers opinion, divorce is sin. But staying with the partner may
cause greater sin. Interestingly, divorce is the only sin that God seems to have allowed in the Old
Testament, and there are some grounds for believing that Moses may have divorced his first wife. (cp. Num
12:1 & Ex 2:21)
In marriage, that intimate connecting goes to the very core of ones being. When this soul tie is damaged
and threatened in divorce, it is one of the most painful experiences one may endure. It can cause extreme
grief.
Many marriages, even after being legally annulled, still have deep soul ties between the two people.
Sometimes, as a result of this soul tie, the same two people will get back together again, only to go through
the same problems as last time. When with a new spouse, many will have serious problems getting free in
their mind from their old partner, and be unable to give themselves fully to their new partner.
In creating a soul tie, we literally give part of ourselves to the other. When this soul tie is fractured through
divorce (or for any other reasons such as abuse), the person often feels unable to give to their next partner, or
receive from them, to the level that they would like. They feel something is missing in them. Often this will
lead to another divorce, compounding the issue further. We want to give our whole heart to the new partner,
but all our heart is not there to give.
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Men are created with an inbuilt desire to nurture, protect and provide for their woman. Even after divorce
and remarriage, a man may find that they still want to take care of their ex. This is because of the soul tie
in place.
To the woman he said, I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth
to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
- GENESIS 3:16 (NIV)
It is inbuilt into women by God that she will bond to a sexual partner. Your desire will be This desire
will not be extinguished by physical separation. God made woman to develop a longing or desire for her
first lover, ideally her husband.
Note too, the part about he will rule over you. When a soul tie is formed, often the man will abuse,
insult, and so mistreat her that logically, she should leave him. Many will tolerate his mistreatment, and not
understand why. They will then hate themselves, thinking they are being weak. This hatred of themselves
lessens their ability to give and receive love. A soul tie may partly explain why, even when a woman leaves
this type of man, for many years they will still find themselves going to pieces in his presence. She is not
free of him. We say that he controls her. Perhaps, in praying through a soul tie, freedom may eventuate.
Some women may have been raped, yet find themselves thinking of, or even wanting the person who raped
them. They may even unconsciously be looking for the ruling over. This occurs, again, because a soul tie
has been formed.
It being God ordained that he will rule over you, Satan can, and does, take this and use it to his own
ends. Thus through witchcraft and Satanism, sex is used as a means to obtain control of a woman, after the
event, and even at a distance. It seems that these people know exactly what they are doing, and do it with the
specific aim of total control, domination, manipulation, and eves dropping. This is all part of the
domination, control and manipulation that is so much a part of Satans kingdom.
but whoso commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does so destroys his own
soul.
- PROVERBS 6:32 (NKJV)
4.2 Ties through sex outside of marriage

God designed this world to operate on spiritual laws that bring freedom when obeyed, but bondage and
destruction when violated. Just as two souls can be joined and made to cleave together in a covenant
relationship of marriage, they can also be tied together to form bondage and enslavement. Sexual union was
ordained by God to make two marriage partners one flesh, or one person, before God, but premarital sex and
adulterous affairs can tie ones soul to many partners. With so little taught on this today, even Christians
treat this lightly. Yes, I got caught out. Im only human, you know! But it is just another sin. God will
forgive me. It is more than a sin. It has consequences.
God places special importance on sins against [our] body (1Corinthians 6:18). God desires that we
become one flesh or one person, with our marriage partner, after marriage. Sexual relationships outside
marriage form ungodly soul ties that are demonically reinforced. This includes sexual relationships before
marriage to your betrothed.
Paul warns us to have nothing to do with prostitutes. Do you not know that he who unites himself with a
prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, The two will become one flesh. (1 Corinthians 6:16
NIV) The soul ties formed joins us to the prostitute. These ties allow the unclean spirits within her (and
from other men) to come across.
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife? For a
man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths. The evil deeds of a wicked
man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.
- PROVERBS 5:20-22 (NIV)
These cords tie him to the other person.
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In Genesis 34, Shechem either seduced or raped Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, outside of marriage. Shechem
and Dinah illustrate an ungodly soul tie resulting from sex outside marriage. The Bible says that Shechems
soul clung to Dinah. And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke to
the heart of the girl (Genesis 34:3 KJV). He was besotted with the girl. This was lust.
When we understand the concept of soul ties, perhaps it will become clearer why there were (and probably
still are) temple prostitutes in many pagan religions. Temple prostitutes were prohibited by Mosaic Law.
No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. You must not bring the earnings of a
female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because
the LORD your God detests them both.
- DEUTERONOMY 23:17-18 (NIV)
Through having sex with the shrine or temple prostitute, an ungodly soul tie will be formed to the girl. As
she is directly serving the gods of the temple, a tie is also formed through her, to the gods read demons of the temple, and unclean spirits transfer across. This cements the relationship of the man to the gods.
Sheer brilliance on the part of Satan!
Heavy petting and lust, even if it does not involve intercourse, will also create ungodly soul ties.
She / he stole my heart. I was totally sold out to her / him. These statements are indicators that show
that a soul tie will be in place. They show a depth of commitment, even if sex is not involved, and will allow
a soul tie to develop.
Ungodly soul ties are not limited to the opposite sex, but will also occur through homosexual and lesbian
relationships. The Bible is very plain in its condemnation of this behaviour, so any ties formed through these
acts will be ungodly soul ties.
Ungodly soul ties are formed through sex with animals. It is likely that this will be a generational iniquity or
curse. (Leviticus 18:23) When Adam named the animals, there was found no helpmate suitable for him. Sex
with animals is perversion before God, and ungodly soul ties will be created.
Pornography may create soul ties to the people involved in the pictures, and to the images left in (usually)
the mans mind. Some say that it can be the most addictive drug, as no matter how much cold turkey is
done, as the images are still in the mind, it is difficult to free a person from this. They carry the drug with
them at all times.
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
magic arts, the idolaters and all liarstheir place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is
the second death."
- Revelations 21:8 (NIV)
The presence of a habit of viewing pornography may be strengthened by generational sin, or by soul ties, or
by both.
4.3 Ties through ungodly relationships

Examples of ungodly relationships from scripture even though some were married:
Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 9:7-10, 22)
Samson and Delilah (Judges 16:16-18)
Hymenaeus and Alexander (1 Timothy 1:20)
Jannes and Jambres (2 Timothy 3:8)
Do you feel like you are being controlled by a person? Perhaps they are able to instil extreme fear in you at
the mention of their name? Do you jump and then ask how high? Do you feel like you are a puppet and
they control the strings? If you feel any of this, there is an ungodly soul tie in place.
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Perhaps you have seen two friends who, on the face of it, say that all is above board and innocent, but
something still does not seem quite right, and you cannot put your finger on it. They may not be sleeping
together, they may even be the same sex, yet something definitely feels wrong. Often, one or the other will
sabotage any friendship outside their duo. Where control or manipulation exists, there will be an ungodly
soul tie.
Sometimes the leader of a church will attract followers themselves, rather than directing their attention to
Jesus. This adoration and adulation forms ungodly soul ties to the leader. These ties may be formed
deliberately by the leader, or by the person in the congregation. It is no wonder, then, that many leaders are
caught out in adultery. Cults are often formed as an extension of this. Do people strive to sit close to the
front in a service to not miss a word the leader speaks? Do they seek his attention excessively? Is there an
unspoken but obvious fan club? Often other Christian workers will mimic him, dressing and talking the
same way as the leader.
Paul addressed this same issue in Corinth.
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men? What,
after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believeas the
Lord has assigned to each his task.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 3:4-5 (NIV)
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11 (NIV)
A leader is to direct the people to Christ, and to no other.
Ungodly friends will more often sway us towards their ways, than vice versa.
In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
-PROVERBS 22:5 (NIV)
Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury, lest you learn his
ways and get a snare to your soul.
-PROVERBS 22:24-25 (MKJV)
Friends can gain control through the giving of gifts. Often people are put under obligation through gifts.
This can be designed to put one under the control of another. Be wary of presents of this nature. These
either need to be returned, or disposed of. The control puts a soul tie in place.
Hatred of another person can create an ungodly tie. Through hatred we can dwell on them to the exclusion
of all else. This ties them to us. This is one reason why forgiveness is mandatory before God. Forgiveness
releases them from us, cuts the ungodly soul tie, and gives them over to God for his judgement.
4.4 Ungodly ties between parents and children

While parentchild bonds are normal, often ungodly bonds are formed between parents and children. It is
Gods design that when children grow up, that they be released from the parents apron strings. Many
times, this is not allowed to happen. They are tied to a parent by an invisible, ungodly soul tie. This child
will never be free to live a life of their own. This is like an invisible umbilical cord connecting the mother or
father, to the now-adult.
Where a child is placed in the position of feeling responsible for the parent in any way, often the child will
grow up to be a rescuer of others. Just as they rescued their parent in some way, so too, people will be
attracted to them as adults because they seem to care.
When a child is never good enough, never works hard enough, never measures up in some way, they will
grow up always looking for the parents approval, even as adults. The child will bend over backwards doing
things to seek their parents approval. In many cases these children, when they grow up, will strive far more
than normal in whatever they do, and will be very successful in business, or in whatever field they have
chosen. The parent may go to their grave not giving the affirmation the son or daughter needs.
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Often parents do not want to free their children and allow them to marry, and will do everything possible to
hold them under bondage. It is normal and God ordained that parents give up their children to their chosen
partner at marriage. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the
two will become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31 NIV) We even include in many marriage ceremonies, Who
gives this woman away? This is a formal untying of the tie between parents and children. So the soul tie to
parents must be terminated before the tie to the marriage partner can truly be formed. Sadly, many parents
do not allow this to happen. The son or daughter may have been fulfilling some need in the parent that they
do not want to break off. It might be physical, emotional, financial, or any combination. Leaving his
mother and father is not to be construed as breaking all relationships with the parents, but is simply a
breaking of a dependency, or a soul tie. We must not stop honouring our parents (Exodus 20:12).
When the boundaries of God's purposes are transgressed, as happens when a father dominates or sexually
abuses his daughter, ungodly soul ties can be established between those who are already joined in Godly soul
ties. Incest, today, has become far more prevalent than in past years. Whether sex is between father and
daughter, mother and son, brother and sister, uncle, or anyone else for that matter, it creates ungodly soul
ties. (Leviticus 18)
Perhaps surprisingly, the figures on sexual abuse are higher in the church than in the world. The Family
Research Council, a Christian oriented family organization based in Washington, D.C., tell us that 40% of
the people in our churches were sexually molested or raped before 17 years of age. This includes men and
women both. Out in the every day world, the percentage is given as 17%.
This does not necessarily mean that sexual abuse is more prevalent in the church, but that people come to the
church looking for help and answers.
4.5 Ties through witchcraft and Satanism

As Christians, we are joined to Christ. Involvement in any and all occult practices is spiritual idolatry, for
in doing this we seek knowledge or information from sources that God forbids. This effectively joins us to
a demon. We are breaking Gods first commandment, not to have any other gods before him.
And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
-NUMBERS 25:3 (MKJV)
And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead
-PSALM 106:28 (MKJV)
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
-HOSEA 4:17 (MKJV)
In going to a fortune teller, we join ourselves to the occult consultant, and thus commit spiritual adultery. As
in physical adultery, a soul tie is formed, but here the soul tie is not only to the consultant. This time we
create soul ties to demons. It is no wonder that God takes a rather dim view of these practices.
If a mans wife goes out with another man, the husband gets jealous. In a similar fashion God gets jealous
when we have affairs with other spirits.
Seeking out a fortune teller, asking questions of a ouija board, reading your stars, in fact any occult practice
no-matter how innocently undertaken, is spiritual idolatry and joins a person to both the demons and any
person through which the demons manifest.
When one goes deeper into witchcraft, it is all about power, domination, control and manipulation. Sex is
often a central part in witchcraft. The sexual act can be with a person, animal or demon. Often extreme fear
is produced in a person to promote the soul tie. These ties can allow a psychic or telepathic link between the
controller and the other person, which gives the controller continual information about the person. Through
this link, a controller can know everything about a person without ever visiting them. Through this umbilical
cord demons can cross.
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4.6
Ties through ungodly vows
4.6.1 Verbal vows

When an oath is taken that is not in line with scripture, that person speaks an ungodly vow, that is, in effect,
a curse. God will bind us to any vow we make (Numbers 30:2). Marriage consists of vows, where the two
people are bound together like magnets (Ephesians 5:31). These vows create a soul tie.
Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
- DEUTERONOMY 6:13 (NIV)
Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the
oaths you have made to the Lord.' But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's
throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And
do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your 'Yes' be
'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- MATTHEW 5:33-37 (NIV)
Jesus is saying in Matthew that people are to always act honestly, and not deceitfully. If people were to
always act honestly, there would be no need for vows. If we have need of a vow, then deception is an
obvious option, and Satan is at hand.
Inner vows are promises we make, often as children, which then become rules for our natures. Such vows
may be due to embarrassment from some form or other. For example, someone might say, I will never
speak in public. Whenever they are asked to speak, they will almost certainly go to pieces. I will never
go in races. And they do not, for fear of losing. I will never wear old clothes. So they compulsively buy
new clothes when they grow up. I will make sure I am never attractive to men. This, after being abused
sexually. So they subconsciously put on weight and can never control it, or subconsciously dress and look in
a way that is unattractive.
So as a general rule, we should stay away from making verbal binding vows.
4.6.2 Throw away statements

Remember also that we are made in the image of God, whose creative word made the heavens and the earth.
Just as Gods words have power to create, so our words have power also. The saying, Sticks and stones will
break your bones but names will never hurt you, is a fallacy. Our words have power!
Many speak words of commitment that are ungodly vows. I will always love you. You will always be
mine. These vows tie us to others, whether we remember them or not, or whether we believe in them or
not. We must ask Gods forgiveness for making the vow, and renounce it. How can we know what we have
said in our lifetime in this area? Perhaps the best answer is to only look at this if you feel there is a problem
in a particular area, or if God reveals a problem in this area.
They are similar to statements such as, You will always be stupid, You will never succeed. While these
statements do not create a soul tie, they do put the person under bondage to a curse, and should be avoided.
4.6.3 Legal requirements to make a vow

Where vows are a legal requirement, as, for example, in court when we take the stand, we should conform
to the courts desire (Romans 13:1). Matthew 5:37 above, refers to our own personal standard, and should
not be forced on the legal system of the land. If they err, it is they who are at fault. It is sad, though, that in
this day the vows made in court mean so little to so many.
Signing a contract will also fall under this. A contract spells out what each party must do in detail and is a
protection for both sides. Again, as it is a legal requirement, we must honour the government of the land in
following their desires. God, though, would ideally desire our word to be enough.
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4.6.4 Lodges and other secret organisations

When people join organisations they often make secret vows. Have you joined a brotherhood or lodge
outside of Christianity and made secret vows? Have you agreed to, or signed a document that causes you to
treat those in that organization as if they were your blood brothers or sisters? An example would be
Freemasonry. This puts an ungodly tie between yourself and the organisation. Masonic lodges are a huge
problem, and too big to cover here. Suffice to say that further help will be required to be free from this
bondage. Other similar organisations are Order of the Eastern Star, Order of Amaranth, White Shriners of
Jerusalem, Order of De Molay, Rosicrucians, to name a few. Many boy scouts are required to take a pledge
(read: vow) upon entry. Baden Powell, the Boy Scout founder, was a prominent member of the Lodge of
the Grand Orient. If you have made any of these vows, they need to be renounced and repented of.
4.6.5 Ear piercing

Ear piercing has its roots in being bonded to a master. But if the servant declares, 'I love my master and my
wife and children and do not want to go free,' then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take
him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. (Exodus
21:5-6 NIV)
In the Old Testament (OT), Hebrew slaves could be set free in the seventh year, or become permanently
bonded to their master by take[ing] an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will
become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservant. (Deuteronomy 15:17 NIV) Women (and
men too!) should be careful who they allow to pierce their ears, as they are, in effect, making a vow bonding
themselves to the one doing the piercing. How far do we take this? Probably just enough to say, Be
careful!
4.6.6 Tattoos
This raises the thorny issue of tattoos. The only verse that refers to this is Lev 19:28 (NIV) Do not cut your
bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
It is interesting that sorry cuts (flagellation not carried out in our culture) and tattoos are both mentioned
in the same verse. The common ground, of course, is that both cause blood to flow in situations that are not
natural, medical or accidental in nature; and our life is voluntarily released. Leviticus 17:11 tells us that
the life of a person is in the blood.

The OT often refers to shedding innocent blood (Psalms 106:9; Proverbs 6:7; Is 59:7; Jer 7:6, 22:3, etc).
While it is very easy to read all passages about shedding blood, as killing people, we cannot escape the fact
that to God, blood is sacrosanct, special, unusual, and people must treat it as so. While our predisposition is
to read all verses referring to shedding blood as killing, it may not always be so.
Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed.
- EZEKIEL 35:6 (NIV)

- GENESIS 9:6 (NIV)
Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made
for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- NUMBERS 35:33 (NIV)
If we read these words, and do not impute to them killing, but simply shedding of blood as is stated, then
there is a curse upon the one shedding blood. Blood shall pursue you. by man shall his blood be shed.
And, it pollutes the land. When tattoos are done, both the person being tattooed and the tattooist are in
cahoots in shedding the blood. Any curses would be on both.
Shedding of blood is required for the remission of sins. In the OT, this was done each time an animal
sacrifice was carried out. In the NT, this requirement has been carried out by Jesus. Interestingly, Jesus did
not only shed his blood at his death. He shed his blood:
In the garden prior to his torture, when he sweated blood,
In wearing the crown of thorns,
Through bruising (internal bleeding),
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Through being tortured and flogged,

Through the nails into his hands and feet on the cross, and finally,
From the spear into his side
Every instance of Jesus shedding his blood was for a specific purpose. While all contributed somewhat to
his death, many were not the direct cause of his death. There are grounds then, to assume that shedding of
blood for any purpose is wrong, even shedding our blood through tattoos. Voluntary shedding of blood, may
(may) be putting us and the tattooist under bondage and a curse.
On a purely subjective level, this writer has not seen one tattoo that they feel comfortable with.
4.6.7 Ties through blood covenants

To God, blood has special significance. It is mentioned over 300 times in scripture. It is a requirement for
spiritual cleanliness remission of sins - that blood be sacrificed. The life is said to be in the blood.
(Leviticus 17:11,14) Blood covenants are often made where the blood of two people is mixed. When this
is deliberately done, it joins the life of one to the life of the other and there is a soul tie formed.
Christians are to be united through the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ only. This is reinforced through
communion. Here, we make a blood covenant with Jesus. Satan, the great copier, attempts to unite people
to him through his own blood rituals.
When those involved in witchcraft drink the blood of either people or animals, they are tying themselves to
the person or animal with an ungodly soul tie. In the OT book of Leviticus, God repeatedly tells people not
to drink or eat blood, for the life is in the blood (Leviticus 7:26-27, 17:10, 12, 14, etc). Have you ever cut
yourself, mingled your blood with another, drunk blood, or mingled blood and wine out of a chalice? This
will usually be done in conjunction with some type of vow. A deliberate attempt has been made to join your
life force with another. An ungodly soul ties will exist. Drinking the blood is a satanic copy of the Lords
Supper.
There is a veiled reference in Hosea 4:2 to blood touching blood. While most interpret this as murder
upon murder, it may also refer to blood covenants. The curse on this (V3) is that the land shall mourn, and
the people and animals and even the fish will languish. That is, poverty and hardship will occur.
4.6.8 Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters

Not being American, this probably has little effect here, but if vows were taken to these groups, or similar,
then they must be repented of, renounced, and ungodly soul ties cut.
4.6.9 Ties to organisations

Many times we are involved in organisations that demand commitment and loyalty. While in many cases,
these demands are reasonable and justifiable, sometimes the demands create ungodly ties to that organisation
that should not be there. While perhaps no clear and obvious vows are made, yet there is still some level of
commitment and unconscious coercion that will be evident if we look hard enough. Such cases could be
military training, some clubs, workplaces, sects, political or union groups, in fact anywhere allegiance is
demanded or expected that is not to God. With the exception of sects, involvement in any or all of these is
not necessarily wrong, but commitment to that cause can put us under the spirit of the group. This spirit
may bend the moral and ethical laws of God, and in being members of that group we are now party to that.
This tie needs to be broken.
4.7
Ties through Ungodly Judgements and Expectations
An example of an ungodly vow may be,

I will never allow men to get close to me.
I will always love (or hate) you.
Here, the emphasis is on I. You promise something that is wrong, and is therefore sin, before God. The
effect or outworking will be on you.
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An ungodly judgement or ungodly expectation is close to this, but looks at it from another perspective.
Men will always hate me.
Everyone thinks I am ugly.
People will always overlook me.
Men always take advantage of me.
Here, the emphasis is not on yourself, but on others. And the effect will be on others, also.
It is a statement or firm belief that we make either out loud, or to ourselves. We have made a resolve at some
point in our lives that this is so, and are firmly committed to that.
Sadly, a spiritual dynamic is unleashed which will release exactly what is feared. Men will hate you. People
will see you as ugly. People will overlook you. Men do take advantage of you.
People are not responding here to how you see yourself. They are responding this way because they have
difficulty doing otherwise. Your judgement call places a bias in the spirit world which bends other people to
respond that way. Our ungodly judgements hold others to the very attitude that we feared. So, when we get
before God and truly forgive them, and repent before God of our judgements, it releases them from the binds,
blinkers and limitations we have placed on them.
Ungodly judgements and ungodly expectations are sometimes referred to as bitter root judgements. This is
based on the passage from Hebrews:
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; - HEB 12:15 (KJV)
Notice that the root of bitterness is defiling others. Through our judgement of others, they are defiled.
They are driven to respond in an ungodly manner.
4.8
Soul ties with the dead
It is normal to grieve. But when a close friend or relative dies, the soul tie formed with them must be
dissolved also. This is not to say that loving memories must cease, but continued excessive and unnatural
grieving must cease.
Biblical mourning lasted for between seven and thirty days. In Genesis 50:10, Joseph observed seven days
of mourning for his father, Jacob, after his death. In Numbers 20:29 and Deuteronomy 34:8 the children of
Israel mourned for Aaron, and for Moses, for 30 days after their deaths.
Extended mourning may indicate ungodly soul ties that require cutting. The grief, sorrow and loneliness
may also allow an entry point for unclean spirits. There can be no categorical statements here, as grieving is
so individual.
Sometimes, if there is an ungodly soul tie between two people and one dies, at death unclean spirits from the
dead person have been known to transfer to the living person. These are sometimes called familiar spirits
and travel down through the family line. This may require deliverance as well.
Soul ties can occur particularly with children that are aborted or are lost naturally through miscarriage. If the
child was aborted, we must seek Gods forgiveness before cutting any ungodly soul ties with the child. This
will not be a simple process, and can be gut-wrenching, to say the least.
4.9 Ties to objects

Do you have objects that are not necessarily costly, but that you would find very difficult to give up?
Memorabilia, gifts, regalia from a fathers lodge, posters, books, etc. Sometimes, occasionally, these objects
form ties that are ungodly, and must be broken. Through these ties the negative characteristics of others can
move across. The objects, then, will most likely have to be disposed of. Some objects may be cursed; this
curse will bring undesirable consequences in your (or others in the households) life. In destroying the
object, the curse will usually depart. It is probably a good idea to pray through your house at the same time.
Derek Princes Blessing and Curses is worth reading on this.
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A soul tie can happen through looking at pornography. Through this, people become attached to the subject
of the picture. When one is cleaved to someone, that person's darkness is shared. Posters and magazines of
these things must be disposed of.
Sometimes objects are given to underline and reinforce a vow, for example, engagement or wedding rings.
If you are now divorced from that person, it is probably best to get rid of these items as one step in getting
free. To God, the argument as to its cost does not exist. The object itself is not evil. Perhaps you might give
it to a friend, or sell it.
Ungodly soul ties may be formed to things. For example, the house we grew up in, a culture, a car, money,
sport, in fact any idolatrous thing that readily takes our attention away from God.
4.10 Ties to a name

While technically not a soul tie, we can in fact, have ties to the meaning of our name. In the Old
Testament times, names defined the future character or role of a person. It was so important that God
changed the name of Abram to Abraham (Genesis 17:5), and Jacob to Israel (Genesis 32:28), to better
describe their God-given character and purpose in life. When Esau realised that Jacob had cheated him of
his fathers blessing, his response was,
Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took
away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not
reserved a blessing for me?"
- GENESIS 27:36 (RSV)
Jacob means supplanter, liar, cheat.
In Genesis 35:18 Rachael named her son Benoni, meaning son of my sorrow, for she died through giving
birth, but Jacob renamed him Benjamin, meaning son of my right hand. Nabal, the first husband of
Abigail, Davids wife, had a name which meant fool, senseless. Abigail claimed to David (1 Samuel
25:25) that Nabal is his name, and foolishness is with him.
There has been much said and written in recent times on the Prayer of Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NIV).
Perhaps surprisingly, his prayer asking God to bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with
me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain! was not simply a prayer out of the blue asking
God for his blessing, but was as a response to his name.
The previous verse gives the background: Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. His mother called
his name Jabez, saying, I gave birth to him in pain. His name Jabez means sorrow, trouble
(Hitchcock). Jabez is asking God not to allow his life to be one of sorrow and trouble, as his name destined
him to be, either to himself, or to others around him. He is asking God instead, to, keep me from harm so
that I will be free from pain. That is, that he would be a blessing, and be blessed by God. In this God
listened to him, And God granted his request.
Today in Western culture, peoples names are generally given as an appealing tag to refer to a person, and
have little meaning. Sometimes, though, the names given still have significance. In a number of cultures,
people will still change their name when they become a Christian, as their old name has a meaning they now
want to distance themselves from.
Where names have little meaning, it is debatable whether our name can tie us to particular traits. If you feel
there is a problem with your name, then like Jabez, ask God to cut all links to your name and instead bring
blessing. Like Jabez, ask that the potential for negative things be replaced with Gods positive blessings.
4.11 Ungodly ties between our soul and our spirit

Again, this is not technically a soul tie. But it may be relevant for some.
We probably lost the power to commune with our spirits in the Garden of Eden. We are still in close
communion between our bodies and our souls (mind, will, and emotions). But our spirits are somewhat alien
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spirits. For in the day that you eat of it you shall die. (Genesis 2:17 RSV) God said they would die on
the day they ate the fruit. When they did eat the fruit, they did not die physically. Neither did they stop
meeting with God, so he did not cut them off. It seems likely that they died spiritually. (This is why we
must be born again.) They were no longer aware of the spirit realm; their awareness was now limited to
the physical realm only. They then saw themselves as naked. Previously they probably saw themselves as
clothed in their spirits. Surmising (stretching) this even further, it may be that God through the Holy Spirit
was the link that joined their souls to their spirits, and God removed this when Adam and Eve sinned. Be
aware this is all supposition, and cannot be backed up with scripture! Dismiss at will.
So, for whatever reason, the link between our body / soul, and our spirit is now almost non-existent, and we
are now unable to tap into our spirits, and thus the spirit world around us.
Though witchcraft and Satanic rituals, demons can and do attempt to link a persons spirit to their soul, so
that the people become spiritually aware apart from God, via this demonic bond or tie. Like most of what
Satan does, this is merely a copy of Gods ideal for Christians; we are to be aware of the Holy Spirit within
our spirit. Through demonic links, people become more aware of the spirit world. They astral travel with
the help of demons. They can see spirits angels and demons - around us that we are unaware of, again,
with the help of demons. They are then more able to use soul ties to their advantage, being more aware of
the nature of these ties. For example, they are able to eaves drop, to control / manipulate a person, or to
obtain information without the other persons knowledge. And these, to name only a few.
Any tie between our soul and spirit that originated from before you became a Christian is most likely not
from God. Anyone who has these abilities should be very careful. Gods original will not include astral
travel, control of others, manipulation, eves dropping in others conversations, etc.
4.12 Ties through organ or tissue transplants

This is not in any way meant to be a guide as to whether organ or tissue transplants are right or wrong before
God. In fact, it may even be a wild goose chase, with all the stories being fraudulent. But it cannot hurt to
experiment and try. There is nothing to lose, and for many, very literally, life to gain.
For interest sake, do a Google-search on [transplant +cellular memory]. You will be surprised. Some
downloaded cases are included at the end of this article.
There are many references to the recipient of a body-part having new thoughts, desires, likes and dislikes,
memories, words, names, and even personality changes after the transplant. They make very interesting
reading. A number of secular books have been written on the subject.
While not all organ receivers will sense anything different other than, perhaps, a heightened joy in living, it
does seems clear that something out of the ordinary is occurring. It appears that more is involved than a
simple replacement of worn out body parts.
While this is very much conjecture, if you are the receiver of body parts or a blood transfusion, then the two
shall become one flesh (Genesis 2:24, etc) has new meaning. If marriage produces a soul tie through the
two becoming one flesh, then logically, a soul tie might also be formed through an organ or tissue transplant,
or transfusion, for the two have become one flesh literally!
If you have been the recipient of a transplant or transfusion, then it might be a good idea to:
(a) Thank God for the new gift of _________, and lease of life that results.
(b) Claim the organ / tissue / blood product as yours before God.
(c) Cut all soul ties to the donor.
(d) Ask God to send all the parts of the other persons soul and spirit in you, away from you to the
place of his choosing.
Alternatively, and this is rather radical, speak to the donor person:
(a) Speak out loud to the person (donor) in you, and thank them for the donation of their body part.
(b) Tell them that, while you appreciate what they have done for you in giving you life, their time on
earth is finished. Now they must go to the place that Jesus sends them.
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(c) Ask God either to send his angels to direct the person, or to direct the person himself, to go to
the place of Jesus choosing.
(d) Ask God to now cut all ties between you and the donor.
(e) Ask God to bless that body part in any way you feel necessary, and place it under the Lordship
of Jesus.
Perhaps there are grounds here for Christians donating their body parts for transplant! And perhaps the
above process might also reduce the risk of rejection and related problems.
4.13 Ties to authoritative figures

Often throughout our lives, we choose to come under some authority figure. It may be a church minister,
sports coach, lecturer / teacher, instructor at work, boss, even a sales person we trust. Prior to becoming a
Christian, we may have been involved in any number of other things where someone spoke into our lives
with an authority we respected. There will be a sharing in an area of ourselves in a deeper way than with a
mere acquaintance. It is normal, and God-ordained in the church setting. God desires us to come under
authority in our church.
Usually, we trust them. Most will respect and honour that trust, and not abuse it.
If, however, that person abuses our trust; if they do something to take advantage of us, or treat us with
contempt, or act in some way inappropriately, then often we will have trouble getting free from their
memory. We will have trouble putting that event or time behind us. We will remember them and the hurt
they inflicted, the abuse they gave, their lack of respect. Perhaps they embarrassed or belittled you in front
of others. Perhaps they made fun of you. Perhaps they were physically inappropriate or desired to be.
Perhaps they simply ignored you one day, and wanted nothing more to do with you; you felt discarded, like a
yesterdays newspaper.
We will have trouble putting this behind us because a soul tie was created to that person. From this we need
to be set free. To be set free, we need to repent of our incorrect response, and then cut the soul tie between
us and them. Depending on how deep the commitment to them, we may need to reclaim the parts of
ourselves within the other person, and vice-versa. (See Fragmented souls below, and this prayer in the
Prayers section.)
4.14
Ties to memories
Technically, this is rather off the topic of Soul Ties, but may be a worthwhile addition to those things from
which we can cut ourselves off. There is also very little in the way of Bible references that can be given to
directly back this up. All this writer can say is experiment. If God gives you the victory, then praise him!
Do you ever have memories from which you cringe? Sometimes we remember things that are an
embarrassment; some instance where we are shamed or humiliated. Perhaps it was something that mortified
us, or simply made us appear slightly foolish at the time. Perhaps we relive these things often. We may
even flinch or wince when it occurs. These memories can crop up at any time, particularly when there is
some cue that reminds us of that event.
The next time this happens, try asking God to cut you off from all ungodly and hurtful aspects of that
memory. With time, and after doing this for a lot of memories, you may find that these recollections lessen
in number.
Bearing in mind Matthew 16:19, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven, it
may be more scriptural if we do the loosing ourselves, rather than asking God to do it. Whether you ask
God to do it, or take the authority yourself, you must decide. Pray whichever way you feel is most
appropriate.
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4.15 Other possible ties

Ungodly ties may arise from yourself to these things, or from these things to past owners:
Houses
Rooms
Second hand
jewellery
Land/properties
Pets
Places
Pornography images
and pictures
Toys
Second hand clothing

Any idol thing
Wedding / engagement
rings from ex-partners
Countries
Sport
Cultures,
Second hand cars (cut off
past owners)
etc
5.
Fragmented souls
This part is important. When a soul tie is formed, part of ourselves is transferred across to the other, and vice
versa. When a person has slept around, their souls (and perhaps their spirits) have become fragmented and
scattered between many sexual partners. They may feel unable to share themselves with their mate in a
meaningful way. This may cause them to seek satisfaction through (you guessed it!) sex outside of marriage,
or strange sexual practices.
Multiple soul ties can weaken your character, your will, your emotions and your mind, to the point that you
feel that you have totally lost your sparkle. Over many years you have fragmented your soul with multiple
sexual partners, and in the process lost much of yourself. Literally.
People will often feel that they are unable to give themselves fully to their marriage partner, because their
emotions, and therefore their thoughts also, are still with their past lovers. Perhaps they feel incomplete, as if
they have lost something, and have little to give.
So part of praying to cut ungodly soul ties is to ask that the parts of you left in the other person be returned to
your spirit and soul, and that you spirit and soul be restored.
6.
The Image of Another
This ties in with the last section and is equally important. If part of the other person is left within, this image
must be removed.
While we are made in the image of God, it is more than that. We have the image of God within. As in
everything, if God has created something, Satan will try to steal it. So if it is possible to put his (or another
persons) image within us, then Gods ways are forfeited.
They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
- PSALM 106:20 (NIV)
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged
their Glory for worthless idols.
- JEREMIAH 2:11 (NIV)
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for
images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
The image of an abuser will be the greatest when the abuse is greatest.
When our souls are fragmented, in some strange way, part of the other is left within us. This image must be
taken out, and replaced with the image of God. When praying to remove this, ask God to circumcise or cut
off from you the image of the other and to remove it to the place that he designates. Then ask God to put
within you the image of Jesus.
7.
Effects of Ungodly Soul Ties
A short list:
You have obsessive preoccupations about another person from the past. You are unable to put a past
relationship behind you
You have a tendency to be passive and apathetic in a relationship
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You continually have another persons voice playing over and over in your mind
Inability to commit in a new relationship
When a past partner / authority figure still has the power to turn you to jelly (through fear or
love/lust), even after a long time
You have excessive fear at the mention of someones name
You are unable to say, No to people (who are you still trying to please?)
You were involved in a cult and have trouble feeling free
You are STILL desperately attempting to please your father, even though you are an adult.
Bill and Sue Banks in Breaking Unhealthy Soul Ties, list the following symptoms of negative soul ties.
(i) Loss of individuality and self confidence
(ii) Loss of clear thinking in decision making
(iii) Loss of peace
(iv) Loss of ability to really love others
(v) Loss of spiritual liberty and personal freedom
(vi) Loss of good health
(vii) Loss of closeness to the Father
To this they add elsewhere in the book:
(viii) Obsessive thoughts, and an inability to get another out of ones mind
If these are your lot, then perhaps there are soul ties in place that require renouncing.
8.
Dealing with Soul Ties
There are some model prayers attached that look at these areas. If they do not particularly fit the picture, feel
free to change them according to your situation. If you are uncomfortable praying off the cuff, then take
the time to compose a prayer in writing, then speak it out. It will not hurt to say it repeatedly, if you are
polishing, or fine-tuning what you want to say.
It is suggested that you sit down with pen and paper, and:
List each person you have had sex with besides your current spouse assuming you are
currently married. This includes ex-marriage partners.
List the names of any homosexual relationships you may have had.
List any close friendships where the other person attempted to restrict your freedom to relate to
others outside your two-some.
List each person who has abused you, not necessarily in a sexual manner.
List each person who has had authority over you, that has abused that position of trust, including
parents, bosses, teachers, ministers, etc.
List anyone who has done something to you or a loved one that you find difficult to forgive.
Perhaps they have hurt you deeply in some way. Perhaps they have betrayed a trust.
List any animals that you have been excessively attached to.
List any objects that you feel you might be overly attached to.
List any items that may be still attached to past owners.
List any items you have had through organ transplant. Group items that comes from separate
donors.
List any organisations that have had a large impact on you. For example, military, university,
club, sect, organisation, political or union group, cult, lodges (typically Freemasons), etc.
List any presents given by past very close friends or lovers. For example, rings, jewellery,
regalia, etc.
With the attached prayers as a loose basis, pray through each person or thing. Follow any leading or
thoughts you have while in prayer (except running away). Do not hurry. Repent of any ungodly dealings
with that person, particularly any ungodly physical intimacy, and then deal with the soul ties to that person.
Say these prayers out loud. While this is not mandatory, it might achieve more if it is done this way.
If you feel that you have made ungodly vows, then similarly, list these and deal with them one by one using
the attached prayer as a model. As stated earlier, involvement by you or family members in Freemasonry is
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a larger topic than can be dealt with here. It invokes more curses than you can poke a stick at, and should be
dealt with one by one. A number of books are available that help to deal with these curses.
Some gifts may have to be destroyed. Some may simply require praying over, to cut any ungodly tie to the
giver.
After praying through these issues a number have reported that within a day or so after praying, the other
party has tried to re-establish contact in some way. Sometimes it has been an innocuous phone call, just
seeing how you are, after six months of no phone calls. Sometimes it has been a request to meet.
Sometimes it has been nothing short of stalking. Sometimes it has been a present given out of the blue. But
whatever, the other person has recognised that they have lost something, and want it back!
Be prepared too, that in cutting off something from yourself, you may well feel lonely, as one person put
it. You too will have lost something. Remember, though, that this is an ungodly tie, and as such has to be
cut.
Liberty Savard, (Soul Ties, Soul Power, & Soulish Prayers, Bridge-Logos, 2001. p7) states,
It is a quite amazing thing how soon the other person might try to make contact with you when you
pray and break any soul ties you have. The contact usually comes in the guise of great concern for
the one who has just broken the soul tie.
This writer bears out the truth of the above words.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. .
- JOHN 8:36 (NIV)
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
- PSALM 124:7 (KJV)
oooOOOooo
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Appendix A
Organ Transplant Cellular Memory Cases
http://www.geocities.com/starsuriel/heartscode/patients.htm
1. A forty-one-year-old male received a heart of a nineteen-year-old girl who was killed when her car was
struck by a train. He feels a new raw energy, surging with power. He has dreams of a huge truck and/or
driving a steam engine. His wife comments that he is like a 19 year-old kid again. He is sure that his donor
was driving a big truck that hit a bigger truck.
2. A thirty-six-year-old female heart-lung recipient received a heart and lung from a twenty-year old girl
who was killed while running across the street to show her fianc a picture of her new wedding dress. She
dreams of the girl who was killed, she was young, pretty and very happy. She has a new happiness and a
strange kind of excitement and joy that cannot fully be explained. Her sister remarks: She is so much
happier now, she smiles and laughs more (she's always been a downer). She is lucky to have gotten a very
warm heart.
3. Thirty-five-year-old female received a new heart from a twenty-four-year-old prostitute killed in a
stabbing: She feels a complete change in sexual behaviour and has inherited her sexual drive. Husband: She
uses words she has never used before, sex is just different but he's not complaining.
4. Fifty-two-year-old male heart recipient got the heart from a seventeen-year-old boy killed by a hit-andrun driver. The recipient loved quiet classical music prior to transplantation, but now loves to put on
earphones and play loud rock `n roll music. I love my wife but I keep fantasizing about teenage girls. My
daughter says I seem like 16 again. Daughter: He is a little embarrassing because of the music, Mum says he
is going through his second childhood.
5. Forty-seven-year-old female received a donor heart of a twenty-three-year-old gay man shot to death in a
robbery and died from severe wounds to his back: She wonders how she views her husband now from a
male or female perspective. Since the surgery she has had shooting pains in her back and guesses it is the
surgery acting up. Husband: Asks about gay fantasies and has changed style of dressing to a more feminine
one. She wakes up screaming with pain in her back.
6. Glenda and David had an argument and sat in silence just moments before he was killed in a car accident.
Years later she requested a meeting between her and the young man whose life had been saved by her
husbands heart. The heart recipient and his mother were almost a 1/2 hour late for the meeting. Sometimes
people change their minds about meeting. After standing, Glenda says, "No we have to wait. He's here in
the hospital. I felt him come about 30 minutes ago. I felt my husbands presence. Please wait with me."
Glenda is a practicing family physician and well versed in bioscience, now, however, something that
transcends science was tugging at her heart. "David's heart is here," she added. "I cannot believe I'm saying
that to you, but I feel it." At that moment the young man and his mother walked hurriedly to us.
"Sorry we're late," said the young man with a heavy Spanish accent. "We got here a half hour ago but we
couldn't find the chapel." After introductions, usually shy Glenda blurted out, "This embarrasses me as much
as it must embarrass you, but can I put my hand on your chest and feel his...I mean your heart?"
She placed her hands gently against his now unbuttoned naked chest. What happened next transcends the
current view of the brain, body, heart and mind, but it has happened in various forms in the lives of countless
others.
Glenda's hand trembled, tears rolled down her cheek. She closed her eyes and whispered, "I love you David.
Everything is copacetic." She removed her hand and hugged the young man. All of us wiped tears from our
eyes. They sat down in the chapel and held hands in silence. Speaking in her heavy Spanish accent, the
young man's mothers told me. "My son uses that word "copacetic" all the time now. He never used it before
he got his new heart, but after surgery, it was the first thing he said to me when he could talk. I did not know
what it means. It is not a word I know in Spanish.
Glenda overheard us, her eyes widened. "That was our signal that everything was OK. Over time we argued
and made up, we would both say that everything was "copacetic". The young man shared story after story of
changes he experienced after the transplant.
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http://www.med.unc.edu/wellness/main/links/cellular%20memory.htm
In one case, an 18-year-old boy who wrote poetry, played music and composed songs, was killed in an
automobile accident. A year after he died his parents came across an audiotape of a song he had written,
entitled, "Danny, My Heart is Yours," which was about how he "felt he was destined to die and give his heart
to someone. "The donor recipient "Danny" of his heart, was an 18-year-old girl, named Danielle. When she
met the donor's parents, they played some of his music and she, despite never having heard the song, was
able to complete the phrases.
A 29-year-old lesbian and a fast food junkie received a heart from a 19-year-old woman vegetarian who was
"man crazy." The recipient reported after her operation that meat made her sick and she was no longer
attracted to women. If fact, she became engaged to marry a man.
Aside from those included in the study, there are other transplant recipients whose stories are worth
mentioning, such as Claire Sylvia, a woman who received a heart-lung transplant. In her book entitled, A
Change of Heart: A Memoir, Ms. Sylvia describes her own journey from being a healthy, active dancer to
becoming ill and eventually needing a heart transplant. After the operation, she reported peculiar changes
like cravings for beer and chicken nuggets, neither of which she had a taste for prior to the transplant. She
later discovered that these were favourites of her donor. She even learned that her donor had chicken
nuggets in his jacket pocket when he died in a motorcycle accident.
Another amazing story, reported by Pearsall, is that of an eight-year-old girl who received the heart of a tenyear-old girl who had been murdered. After the transplant, the recipient had horrifying nightmares of a man
murdering her donor. The dreams were so traumatic that psychiatric help was sought. The girl's images
were so specific that the psychiatrist and the mother notified the police. According to the psychiatrist,
"...using the description from the little girl, they found the murderer. He was easily convicted with the
evidence the patient provided. The time, weapon, place, clothes he wore, what the little girl he killed had
said to him... everything the little heart transplant recipient had reported was completely accurate."
(Paul Pearsall, Gary E. Schwartz, Linda G. Russek, all PhDs, are the authors of Organ Transplants and
Cellular Memories)
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Iniquity
Contents:
Page
1.
Introduction
2.
The difference between Sin Transgression and Iniquity
3.
Things to look for are in our lives:
4.
Biblical Characteristics of Iniquity
5.
People and incidents in the Bible affected by iniquity
10
6.
Iniquity and the Cross
14
7.
Dealing with iniquity
15
8.
Verses seeming to Deny Iniquity
17
9.
Other verses on Iniquity
18
10.
Greek and Hebrew
19
Note: Bible references in this section are from the Revised Standard Version, as this writer is too broke to
afford a decent Concordance with a bucket load of different versions.
Interestingly, the NIV does away with the word Iniquity, replacing it with the generic word Sin. This
totally loses the thread of the meaning.
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Iniquity
1.
Introduction
Sanctification has two sides. While we are positionally sanctified (justified) at conversion, it is also seen as
an ongoing process whereby we become more Christ-like as time progresses. It is Gods will that we be
sanctified (1 Corinthians 6:11; Hebrews 10:10 as compared to Romans 6:19,22; 1Thessalonians 4:3)
Generally, we believe that the biggest thing stopping us becoming more Christ-like, is our sin. Sin is the root
of our problems, and if we can stop sinning, we will be sanctified. This is true to a point. We think that if
we try hard not to sin, then we will be well on our way in the process of sanctification. Therefore to be free
of sin we must repent of our sin, confess it to God, then choose to obey Gods commandments, and not sin.
Indeed, scripture presents many directives for the Christian in the process of sanctification, including
commandments to shun sin and work at sanctification:
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight,
and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us
- HEBREWS 12:1 (RSV)
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not yield your
members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been
brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
- ROMANS 6:12-13 (RSV)
Shun immorality.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 6:18 (RSV)
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger
- EPHESIANS 4:26 (RSV)
You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- MATTHEW 5:48 (RSV)
And lead us not into temptation
that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
- ACTS 26:20 (RSV)
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
- JAMES 2:17 (RSV)
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not
allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, But with the temptation will also make a way of
escape, that you may be able to bear it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13-14 (RSV)
So there is actually a place for not putting oneself in the way of sin, resisting temptation and doing good
works.
For many, there are areas where we regularly and constantly struggle; anger, gluttony, jealousy, drinking too
much alcohol, gossiping, unforgiveness. These do not sound too heavy. How about sexual immorality, lust,
pornography (videos, magazines, internet), incest, pedophilia, homosexuality, theft, bulimia, anorexia, drugs
(prescription or otherwise). These might be the areas in which we will repeatedly fall down.
For some, there is a sudden and God-given intervention and revelation at conversion that instantly changes
them in many areas. For most there is no change.
So we will confess, repent and try really hard, and fail. And confess again. And repent again. And try
really hard again. And fail again. And the focus moves away from the relationship with God, to not
sinning.
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There are three common mistakes:

Mistake 1. We have this mistaken belief that through strong will, determination and self effort we will
overcome our sin, and then walk in victory.
But there seems to be drivers pushing us to sin that cannot be ignored and do not disappear, no matter how
often we win or lose. They still direct us / draw us to sin in those areas. We hope that somehow in
confessing our sin we will be free from the drivers behind that area of sin in future. We long to view sin
with the same revulsion that God sees all sin. We might find incest abhorrent, for example, yet pornography
has a draw-card that we simply cannot ignore. Some sins draw us and we repeatedly fail.
Many will not get past this point, and, after repeated failures in an area, will give up on Christianity. They
were promised a God who had answers for their problems. Sadly, those who did the promising, often do not
know how to find the answers themselves. Some will move the goal posts and classify their sin as
acceptable. Through much stretching and contorting, they will re-interpret the Bible to say it is ok to act that
way. Some now say that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not showing hospitality to strangers! Many
will simply hide their sin and act as if it is not there. In many instances, the area of sin may not be a major
calamity, but the individual knows that it is an area where they and perhaps others, know they are weak.
Mistake 2. Because of the on-going battle with sin, we mistakenly call abstinence victory.
Abstinence is not victory, but merely a successful effort in controlled behavior. Much of what we
demonstrate as Christian Victory is little more than controlled behavior, and what a non-Christian can do if
he would just set his mind to it. This is not to belittle the effort, and success, of behavior control. But
behavior control is not freedom. A homosexual who sees homosexuality as wrong, might successfully resist
temptation for years, and not succumb, but underneath he still knows what no-one else knows he is still a
homosexual. Is this person living in victory? Of course not! His so-called victory is not maintenance free.
It takes a lot of effort to maintain his victory.
For the most part we believe that it is impossible to overcome sin by self effort, but since we have not found
a more effective means, we continue trying and failing. But if we believe that to walk in victory means to
overcome sin, the battle must be fought. So we grit our teeth and continue trying. We have no option!
Mistake 3 Those not sinning because they are trying desperately hard, and those not sinning because there
is no battle, both look the same to an outsider. This simply fosters a false understanding of spiritual and
Christian maturity.
The problem here is that no-one can tell the difference between one who does not sin because they are
gritting their teeth and trying desperately hard, and one who does not sin because there is no battle. They do
not have to try anymore. Victory is easy for them. To the outsider, though, both look identical. So in those
areas where we are continually challenged, we do whatever it takes to appear victorious. And if our
victory is an ongoing and constant battle, then we hide it. All this self effort evolves into a false sense of
spiritual maturity. If you look victorious, and present a victorious image, then you must be spiritual!
We do this because we simply know of no other way.
Many churches today do not teach how to set these captives truly free. As a result, the people become
performance orientated rather than freedom orientated. The new convert who comes to Christ, quickly learns
from the more spiritual that to have problems can get you ostracized and pushed aside. The spiritual one
receives a better place. The new convert then learns to grit their teeth through labour-intensive victory, and
simply hide their sin. They put on their happy face and act a part.
There is little emphasis placed on where the battle really lays the mind.
Jesus hit the nail on the head, when he said,
You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that every one who
looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- MATTHEW 5:27-28 (RSV)
The driver, here, is lust, the result of an iniquity. Lust becomes a part of the persons nature.
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Paul speaks of it:

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of
strongholds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of
God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
- 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-5 (RSV)
It is interesting that bringing our thoughts into captivity is mentioned in the same section as casting down
strongholds.
When we focus on outward behaviour we wind up in legalism and self effort. This is no more than what the
Pharisees did. Self effort is not and never was the means by which God intended us to overcome sin and live
victoriously. Paul said very clearly that the Christian walk was one of faith.
We say that:
for without me [Christ] you can do nothing.
- JOHN 15:5 (RSV)
Then why all the blood, sweat and tears? Why the calluses from laborious effort?
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- ISAIAH 40:31 (RSV)
For many, if not most of us, this is simply not the case. We know of no other way.
But if there were some way of looking at the actual drivers that push us to fail in these areas, and a way
given of dealing with those drivers, then true maintenance free victory might result. Maintenance free, in
that freedom and victory will be relatively easy to maintain. Perhaps then the yoke will truly be easy, and
the burden truly light.
So instead of focusing on the sin, we must look at the root cause for the strongholds or drivers. In saying
this, people cannot take the attitude that their sin is not their fault, that there is a driver causing them to sin;
they cannot help it, so they are not to blame. God makes it abundantly clear that he will require from all of
us accountability for our words, thoughts and actions. It was not my fault will not cut it there.
Some of the causes for these strongholds or drivers are:
1. Generational sin / iniquity (see further)
2. Personal sin, particularly unforgiveness (Matt 6:15)
3. Ungodly soul ties (1 Sam 18:1; Gen 2:24; Mat 19:5-6; 1Cor 6:16-17)
4. Curses (both generational and ones own)
a. Gen 1:27 - We are made in Gods image
b. Gen 1:3,6,9,11 Gods words have creative power
c. Also, Gen 12:3; Ex 21:17, 22:28; Num 22:6; Deut 27:12-26; Prov 26:2; Matt 26:74
5. Ungodly vows (both generational and ones own) (Deut 6:13, 10:20; Matt 5:33-37; James 5:12)
6. Cultural bondages
7. Physical acts carried out on or against yourself, or in your presence
8. Loss of control over ones body or mind
9. Anything that happens to us that causes an extreme emotional response
10. Cursed objects
11. Deaths in the family where proper burial services have not happened
Etc, etc.
Demonic attachments will often, and in some cases, always, result from these.
This part will look at No.1 above: generational sin / iniquity.
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2.
The difference between Sin Transgression and Iniquity
The Bible declares that all are guilty of sin, and the soul that sins must die - spiritual, physical, and eternal
death. We are conceived in sin, born in sin, and practice sin daily. We commit sin, transgression and
iniquity.
The bible speaks often of these three.
The LORD passed before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth
generation.
- EXODUS.34:6-7 (RSV)
Sin
Sin is generally referred to as missing the mark.
Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed, each of whom
could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
- JUDGES 20:16 (NIV)
The Hebrew word for miss here is sin. Generally, sin is viewed in terms of any missing the mark.
We aim to get it right. We try to do it to Gods standard, but we fail. The mark is Gods perfect standard.
You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
While sin is the generic term under which all wrong-doing is grouped, generally sin covers the area of
unintentional sin. This usually covers sins of omission rather than commission. It is missing the mark
through error or mistake. These are one-time events. They are misdeeds. They may be committed through
ignorance, and do not have to be wilful.
for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
- ROMANS 14:23 (RSV)

- ROMANS 3:23 (RSV)
Transgression
We transgress the law when we break the law. We transgress the law when we do 105kph in a 100kph zone.
It may not be inherently evil, but we have broken the law nonetheless. A Biblical transgression is when
we break Gods law. Like the road rules, when we break them, we generally do it knowingly.
Transgression is doing what God has said not to do. Generally, we transgress when we deliberately and
wilfully choose not to do what God has required.
Whereas sin implies missing the mark, even when we try to do it right, transgression implies a positive
breach, a rebellion. We often sin unknowingly. When we transgress, we know we are doing it and we know
better.
As an example, God commanded the Israelites not to seek guidance through mediums. If they then chose to
do this, they transgressed Gods law.
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices
divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or
spiritist or who consults the dead.
Interestingly, the Israelites transgressed the law of God, because they had Gods law. Gentiles could only
sin as they did not have the law of God. Romans 4:5 points out that where this is no law, there is no
transgression.
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Iniquity
Iniquity in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word avon which simply means perverseness or that
something is bent, twisted, distorted or perverted. While sin and transgression both describe something we
do, iniquity is a way of being. It is a behaviour pattern. With iniquity, we may do wrong, even when we
want to do right. Iniquity is a force that compels our will to sin. Iniquity is the twisted nature that lasts long
after the transgression has been committed. This iniquity can be passed down through future generations,
unless the iniquity itself is removed. Iniquity affects the will and personality in such a way that each
generation has an inbred tendency to act in the same way as their ancestors did. (This definition from
Victory in the Battle By John Kowalczyk)
As these definitions imply, sins and transgressions are committed but iniquity is carried, and often, if not
usually, is the reason why the others are committed. Correspondingly, if the iniquity is removed, then the
major reason why sins and transgressions are committed is removed, too. This alone explains why Christians
continue to struggle with committing the same sins and transgressions for years and yearsbecause the
iniquity is still pending and is an open and viable force compelling the person to sin and transgress. So sin is
the act. Iniquity is the consequence. (from http://www.lmci.org/articles.cfm?Article=14)
Why should we think it strange that transgressions might have consequences? In the physical world, our
actions have consequences. If I were to accidentally burn down your house, or run over your cat, no amount
of repentance will bring them back. I can say I am sorry until I die, and they will not be brought back.
Your forgiveness will not change this. Similarly, every sin before God can be forgiven, but the physical
consequences (for example, pregnancy) will still have to be outworked. If I steal and ask Gods forgiveness,
I can expect him to wipe the slate clean, and forget the sin. This does not mean that the stolen property
immediately reverts back to the owner. Why should it be any different in the Spirit world?
For Christians today, this bias will be handed down to our children, even after we become Christians! While
forgiveness of sin is automatic at salvation, freedom from iniquity is not. It must be pointed out that the bias
or warping in our nature is not sin. It is, though, when we succumb to it. Then, it is sin.
A logical question to ask is, what sins cause iniquities? If we think of iniquities as a bruising to our spirits,
we may not be far from the mark. If we knowingly and deliberately commit sin, it defiles or bruises our
spirit, causing our children to be born with the bruising. It may be a relatively small sin such as jealousy,
pride, laziness, envy or gluttony, but committed many times. It may be one grievous sin such adultery,
witchcraft, murder, but committed once. Many small hits to our spirit bruise us just as effectively as one
large hit. The inherited bruising will cause the children to have a weakness in the same area.
The Bible, in the Old Testament, often refers to iniquity as both the sin which causes it, as well as the bias
created and handed down. Workers of iniquity (referred to approximately 20 times in the OT) are people
who practice sins that cause a bias to be handed down through the generations. They are probably also
people who sin out of the inward bias.
So, sin is unintentional wrong. Transgression is intentional wrong. Iniquity is the bias that is handed down.
It is a lifestyle. Often, if not usually, iniquity is the reason why sins and, more likely, transgressions, are
committed.
3.
Things to look for in our lives:

(a) The main one to look for is repeated recurrent patterns of sinful behaviour in past generations.
These are the biases we spoke of earlier. For instance, sinful patterns such as incest, illegitimacy,
homosexuality, other sexual sins such as sexual immorality, lust, addiction to pornography, and
others such as anger, gluttony, jealousy, alcoholism, gossiping, unforgiveness, pride, theft, bulimia,
anorexia, drugs (prescription or otherwise), an apparent ability in occult areas. And this is to name
only a few. It must be said, too, that not all drivers are caused by generational causes. Many will
come from experiences in our own past. One writer though, stated that 95% of his counseling has
required dealing with generational iniquity.
Whether we like it or not, children live with the fallout from their parents' sins.
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(b) Occult involvement is one iniquity that will always have some ongoing effect through the
generations. It is a violation of the first commandment (Exodus 20:3), which comes with a warning
in verse five against those who break this commandment.
you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of
those who hate me
- EXODUS 20:5 (RSV)
If a person turns to mediums and wizards, playing the harlot after them, I will set my face
against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
- LEVITICUS 20:6 (RSV)
This cutting off may outwork in a number of ways: early death, financial failure, illness, accidents,
or simply an inability to see or understand the truth of the gospel. This blindness can make it very
difficult to share the gospel with these people. They will have a total blank spot when it comes to
seeing the truth. They may smile sweetly, and say they understand the gospel, and even go to
church. But something is missing!
(c) Freemasonry is a huge area, and one that cannot be properly covered here. Put simply, Freemasons
take oaths as they progress through each level. When an oath is taken which is not in line with
scripture, that person speaks an ungodly vow, which is in effect, a curse.
Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall
perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by
heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it
is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white
or black. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.
In Freemasonry the negative results of their promises are spelt out in their oaths. As they are
ungodly vows, the negative results are brought upon themselves and their children and following
generations.
(d) People with labels. Many people have labels on them. Abuse Me, Bully Me, Im
Available, Loser. We of course do not physically see these labels, but they are fairly easily
seen when we know what to look for.
(e) We can generate our own iniquities by choosing to act in a manner that is grievously sinful before
God. Without Godly intervention, this will affect our children.
(f) Although this is slightly outside the scope of this article, it must be noted that the sins of the parents
can also cause generational curses Gods judgment on the sins of parents and can be dealt with
along the same lines as detailed later.
(i) Physical ailments that are a pattern. Sicknesses that come down through the generations
might be an indicator of generational iniquity. It should be pointed out, though, that not all
generational sickness equates to iniquity. And it seems that when it does, we are to be as
specific as possible in prayer. Generalised prayers usually do not work.
(ii) Lifestyle patterns that appear cursed. Many times the actual problem area may not directly
indicate the actual area of sin. Some of these indicators might be patterns of rejection,
divorce, miscarriages, early deaths, closed wombs, only male (or female) children born,
drugs or alcohol, poverty, accident prone, etc. All we can say here is to seek God for an
answer as to the cause.
(iii) Unnatural fears / phobias, compulsive behaviours. (Unnatural fears / phobias: One list on
the internet listed 629 phobias. Examples of compulsive behaviors: hoarding, spending,
saving, eating, not eating, washing, over-abundance of certain clothes or objects, arson,
vandalism, tidiness, perfectionism, etc)
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Sometimes, iniquity is committed in seeming ignorance. For instance, playing with a Ouija board may be
seen as a fun past time, but God clearly states (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) that divination is an abomination to
him. Our mental attitude to that sin has nothing to do with the fact that there are consequences for our
actions. Playing with the occult, no-matter how innocently, is grossly evil, it is premeditated, and it is
wickedness before God. We are seeking answers from sources other than God (that is, Satan and his
demons, or the dead), and as such is wilful defiance and rebellion against God. As stated earlier, it is a
violation of the first commandment. (Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.)
Believing that experimenting with the occult is acceptable, is similar to believing that one can, with
impunity, stand in front of an on-coming truck on a highway. Your beliefs are irrelevant. The consequences
will be the same whether you believe it or not. It is an iniquity.
So
We must be saved from our sins, and set free from the iniquities of our parents
4. Biblical Characteristics of Iniquity

(a) It was recognised in the OT, in that there was a separate sacrifice for iniquity, and for sin (or
transgression).
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands
upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,
and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall
send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him
all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
- LEVITICUS 16:20-22 (KJV)
Notice that it is the transgressions, the deliberate acts of disobedience which cause the iniquity, that
are being spoken of here. Iniquity is the bent in our nature, caused by transgressions which are
sins.
(b) It is a grievous and deliberate sin against God.

Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
- JOB 22:5 (RSV)
Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell
upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.
- JOSHUA 22:20 (RSV)
Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and founds a city on iniquity!
- HABAKKUK 2:12 (RSV)
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once
yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your
members to righteousness for sanctification.
- ROMANS 6:19 (RSV)
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the
fourth generation of those who hate me Idolatry is an iniquity.
- EXODUS 20:3-5 (RSV)
(c) It was recognised as affecting the generations. God promises in many places to visit iniquity down
to the 3rd and 4th generation, (and perhaps beyond), and to visit the iniquity of illegitimacy down to
the 10th generation.
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you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of
those who hate me
- EXODUS 20:5 (RSV)
The LORD passed before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast
love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means
clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children,
to the third and the fourth generation.
- EXODUS 34:6-7 (RSV)
The LORD is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon
children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
- NUMBERS 14:18 (RSV)
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow
down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me
- DEUTERONOMY 5:8-9 (RSV)
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no
deceit. That is, blessed is he who has not been affected by their parents iniquities.
- PSALMS 32:2 (RSV)
Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy compassion come speedily
to meet us, for we are brought very low.
- PSALMS 79:8 (RSV)
No bastard shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his
descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
- DEUTERONOMY 23:2 (RSV)
Some sins listed in the OT were too appalling to allow the perpetrator to live. God did grade sin.
While any and all sin takes one away from the presence of God, he makes it quite clear that he
viewed some sins as being particularly abhorrent. Some sins only required a small sacrifice or
offering, while others required a large sacrifice. Some sins even required the death penalty. It would
seem that, had these people lived, the effects of their iniquity down through their generations would
have been cataclysmic to the Israelites. Had each generation been allowed to inherit the normal
effects of the iniquity, and reinforce the iniquity by revelling in the sin themselves, the compounding
effect would have seen the nation rapidly degenerate to an extremely wicked and ungodly level.
This is probably what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Remembering that illegitimacy has an ongoing effect for 10 generations (last reference above),
perhaps the iniquities that required the death penalty might have had an ongoing effect longer than
10 generations, if the people who committed them had been allowed to live.
(d) It affects our nature. That is, it creates the drivers in our lives:
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
- JOB 15:5 (RSV)
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
- PSALMS 51:9-10 (RSV)
Keep steady my steps according to thy promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
- PSALMS 119:133 (RSV)
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin. He dies for lack
of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.
- PROVERBS 5:22-23 (RSV)
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You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that every one
who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
The driver, Jesus says, is lust, an iniquity. One aspect of the persons nature is lust (among perhaps
other things).
You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be
liable to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable
to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, 'You
fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire.
The driver is anger, the result of an iniquity. The persons nature has anger.
(e) It is a biblical law of sowing and reaping. It is a law that was originally meant for good, that we
inherit generational blessing. But this can also apply to the generational cursing.
And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, but walk contrary to me, then I will walk
contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins. You shall eat the flesh
of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters. And I will destroy your high places,
and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your
idols; and my soul will abhor you. And I will lay your cities waste, and will make your
sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing odours. And I will devastate the land, so
that your enemies who settle in it shall be astonished at it
"But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they
committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, so that I walked contrary to them
and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled
and they make amends for their iniquity; then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I
will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the
land.
- LEVITICUS 26:27-42 (RSV)
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the
Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- GALATIANS 6:8 (RSV)
We are perfectly willing to accept the blessings from our parents and their parents. And not only the
spiritual ones either! All good things around us are primarily due to our parents - our money, our
lifestyle, the ease and quality of life. These we enjoy unmerited. Can we say that it is fair to enjoy
these blessings, yet unfair if we reap from their sins? It is not an accident that the so called
Western counties are the wealthy ones. These are the countries that have based their national
identity on the Christian God. Now look at the countries classified as Third World. Have you
ever wondered why they struggle so much, just to keep their heads above water? They struggle even
to feed the people. How many of these have had as their foundation, Christian principles and the
Christian God? Look also at what is happening to those Western countries that are intent on deleting
all reference to God from their way of life. There seems to be a slow withdrawal of Gods blessing.
The things that are valued - security, prosperity, abundance in everything, increasing GNP, low
national debt, high agricultural productivity - some of these are slipping away as all reference to God
is actively removed from schools, work-places, politics, and lives.
5.
(a)
People and incidents in the Bible affected by iniquity

Some OT people who showed inherited sinful ways:
(i) King David was the fourth generation from Rahab the prostitute. (Matthew 1:5-6 Salmon and Rahab
produced Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father
of David.) If there was a sexual sin associated with Rahab, and there probably was, her being a
harlot, then it was very likely handed down, reinforced, and handed on to David. Without a doubt
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David had a problem with women. His affair with Bathsheba was clear evidence of this. Solomon
was the result, and his problem with women is well known. (Read also 2 Samuel 2:2, & 5:13)
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! Behold, I was brought
forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me... Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
-PSALMS 51:2F (RSV)
David recognises in Psalm 51 that he is motivated by iniquity, and that he was actually conceived in
iniquity. He asks God, not only to cleanse him of his sin, but to put a new and right spirit within
him. That is, to change his motivation in this area.
David was also the tenth generation from Judah, one of the sons of Jacob. In Genesis 38, Judah
propositioned his daughter-in-law, thinking her to be a prostitute, and she became pregnant as a
result. This iniquity, even though it is ten generations old, may have had an influence on King
David.
Most do not realise that David had at least nine wives and ten concubines. David first married
Michal the daughter of Saul (I Samuel 18:27), Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Samuel 25:43), then Abigail (1
Samuel 25:39), Maachah, Haggith, Abital, Egalah, Bathshua (1 Chronicles 3:2-5), and Bathsheba (2
Samuel 11:27). David also had at least ten concubines (2 Samuel 15:16).
We also see this iniquity of lust being passed on to the next generation. Amnon, the son of David,
raped his sister, Tamar (2 Samuel 13:1-15). And Absalom raped King Davids concubines in the
sight of all Israel (2 Samuel 16:22). And, of course, then there was Solomon.
(ii) Solomon inherited Davids problem with women. He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. (1 Kings 11:3 RSV)
(iii) Noahs youngest son Ham, in Gen 9:20f saw his fathers nakedness. Whatever it was that
happened, it was clearly of a sexual nature. While many believe that Noah simply cursed Hams
descendants through Hams youngest son Canaan, when looked at from the viewpoint of it being an
iniquity, Noah may have been simply stating, what was to him, the obvious: the iniquity would be
felt by Hams son Canaan, and his descendants. Canaan would be a slave to Hams brothers.
he [Noah] said, "Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers." He also
said, Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. God enlarge
Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.
- GENESIS 9:25-27 (RSV)
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
(iv) It is interesting that Abraham was devious about who his wife was, not once, but twice! Once in
Genesis 12:14 in Egypt. The second time it was to king Abimelech in Genesis 20:2f. Now look at
Genesis 26:8f. It is very interesting to note that Isaac used the same ploy with his wife, and to the
same king! Abraham and Isaacs deviousness and dishonesty, it seemed, was also handed down to
Jacob.
Jacob was a mommys boy who did not like hard work. He was not his fathers favourite. He was
also wily and devious. In fact his name meant supplanter. He cheated his brother of his fathers
blessing, with the full support of his mother. Jacobs children were devious. (They were born before
Jacob had his encounter with God) They sold Joseph into slavery and lied to their father, implying
he had died. (To get some idea of the gravity of this, imagine selling your brother / sister as a slave,
then lying to your parents and the authorities on what had happened to them. How big an act of
treachery does this feel?) Joseph also was no saint, in that he flaunted his imagined superiority in the
face of his brothers. Joseph appears like a carbon copy of his fathers younger life, in that he was not
out looking after the sheep, but swanning around doing little of the hard work. How like his father!
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(b) Particularly important, iniquity is also found in the NT:

(i) Simon the Sorcerer
But there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed
the nation of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great
They all gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that power of God
which is called Great." And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had amazed them
with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of
God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Even Simon
himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great
miracles performed, he was amazed.
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent
to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy
Spirit;
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he
offered them money, saying, "Give me also this power, that any one on whom I lay my hands
may receive the Holy Spirit.
But Peter said to him, "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the
gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right
before God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible,
the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and
in the bond of iniquity.
And Simon answered, Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come
upon me.
- ACTS 8:9-24 (RSV)
Acts 8:9-24 makes it clear that Simon the sorcerer:
(a) was a Christian,
(b) was baptised, and
(c) still had iniquity problems.
(ii)
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took
water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of this man's blood; see to
it yourselves. And all the people answered, His blood be on us and on our children!
This appears to have been an iniquity that affects more than four generations. Many Jews today
have apparently gained a significant measure of freedom from praying through this iniquity.
(iii)
And his disciples asked him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born
blind? Jesus answered, It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of
God might be made manifest in him.
- JOHN 9:2 (RSV)
Many will interpret this verse in the context of an old fashioned people who had no idea that
diseases are caused by viruses and bacteria. Remember, though, that if the concept of Iniquity is
correct, then the verse demonstrates a greater understanding than we currently have. And
incidentally, this verse opens up the whole area of iniquity to inherited sickness also.
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(iv)
The disciple Judas Iscariot was spoken of prophetically in Psalm 109.
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial. When he is tried, let him
come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! May his days be few; may another seize
his goods! May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! May his children wander
about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit! May the creditor seize all
that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! Let there be none to extend kindness
to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! May his posterity be cut off; may his name be
blotted out in the second generation! May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the
LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! Let them be before the LORD
continually; and may his memory be cut off from the earth! For he did not remember to show
kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death
.
- PSALMS 109:6-16 (RSV)
The sin of his parent was that they did not show kindness to the poor. They pursued the poor and
needy to their death. The outworking came in Judas, who was more concerned about money than
Jesus.
(v)
but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire
when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.
- JAMES 1:14-15 (RSV)
This desire may be the persons nature, or a driver. That is, an iniquity.
(vi)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
-1JOHN 1:9 (RSV)
This verse has traditionally been seen as a commendation for continually seeking after forgiveness
for our sins. Keep short accounts we are told. Recognise your shortcomings. The problem
here is that if we must continue repentance for forgiveness, then if we die before repenting, then
we cannot be saved. While this obvious hole is seen and recognised, because the verse says to do
it, we are encouraged to continue repenting. This, people argue, is to keep us humble, and in
recognition of what God has done through Jesus Christ.
The Greek word for unrighteousness (adikia), the last word in this verse, occurs 13 times in the
New Testament. Five of those times it is translated as iniquity. If the word iniquity is put in
place of unrighteousness, then the verse reads: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and
will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all iniquity
With what we know of iniquity, the verse now begins to make sense. We are to confess our sins
with a view to getting free of the consequences of iniquity.
(vii)
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham. For he was yet
in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
- HEBREWS 7:9-10
The writer of Hebrews says that Levi paid tithes to Melchizedek while in the loins of his great
grandfather Abraham. It must also follow that the actions of Abraham (and Isaac and Jacob) were
just as much the actions of Levi, whatever those actions were. So when Abraham sinned, Levi
effectively sinned also. And the effects of that sin will be felt just as much by Levi as by Abraham.
(viii)
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole:
sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
- JOHN 5:14
Jesus makes it clear that one outworking of sin is sickness. While this is not a bias to sin, as is
common in a generational iniquity, it is an effect of sin. In this case it is a legitimate curse a
God-ordained curse of sickness as a result of some grievous sin. Most likely something would
have been handed down to his children had not Jesus intervened.
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6.
Iniquity and the Cross
So, in our attempts to get free from these biases or drivers, why doesnt prayer work? Generally the problem
is that we are not praying correctly. Anything we ask that is not Gods will, he will simply ignore. It is
similar to asking God to make us win Lotto when we are out of work, when scripturally, we should be asking
for a job (2 Thessalonians 3:10 if any will not work neither let him eat). To pray for Aunt Maudes death
so we can inherit her money, is clearly unscriptural also, and God will ignore it.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
- JAMES 4:3 (RSV)
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he
hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that
we have asked of him.
- 1 JOHN 5:14-15 (RSV)
The bottom line is that many believe that iniquities were dealt with automatically when we were saved.
What, then, is automatically conferred at salvation, and what is not? It is easier initially, to look at what is
not automatic at salvation.
Is healing an utomatic part of salvation? After all, Isaiah 53:5 says, and with his stripes we are healed.
Because for many people, these things do not fit into their theology, they will interpret this verse as us being
healed spiritually. But if physical healing is possible, then it must be a part of the work of the cross. And
logic says that it is obviously not automatic at salvation.
Both Paul and Peter healed people (Acts 5:15, 19:11-12, 28:8). If healing was automatic in the atonement,
there would be no need for hospitals; just convert em! And perhaps, then, we would not die, for we would
be continually healed! The fact that there are gifts of healing also indicates a need for healing separate to
salvation. James 5:14 makes it clear that if any are sick, they are to call for the elders. These are Christians
that he is talking to. So if healing is in the atonement, it is not automatic. It has to be found or sought
separate to salvation.
Creation, also, was not automatically set free from its bondage to decay, as Romans states.
So, clearly, some things are not automatic at salvation. For healing, say, it can be sought separate to
salvation.
What then, comes automatically with salvation? Peters sermon in Acts:
And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- ACTS 2:38 (RSV)
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come
from the presence of the Lord,
- ACTS 3:19 (RSV)
Forgiveness of sins is clearly automatic at salvation. Nothing is mentioned about anything else.
What aspect of the cross dealt with forgiveness of sins? Indeed, can we even divide the Cross into
aspects?
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood
there is no forgiveness of sins.
- HEBREWS 9:22 (RSV)
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
To deal with sins seems only to have required Jesus to shed his blood. This he did on the cross when the
spear was thrust in his side.
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Why then, did Jesus have to go through the agony of torture prior to and on the cross? After all, he shed his
blood on the cross. Was that not enough? Clearly, Jesus not only shed his blood, but suffered enormously
prior to his death. What else was dealt with in this suffering?
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the
chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone
astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all
.
- ISAIAH 53:5-6 (RSV)
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God; for the creation was
subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; because the
creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children
of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not
only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait
for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- ROMANS 8:19-23 (RSV)
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged
man is accursed by God; you shall not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an
inheritance.
It seems that Jesus not only shed his blood for our transgressions (sins), but had to endure the suffering to
deal with curses, iniquities, healing, creation, and new bodies. While many of us dream of the new body,
clearly new bodies are not an automatic part salvation.
The only thing that appears automatic is forgiveness of sin (transgressions). It seems that the on-going effect
of grievous sins (iniquities) down through the generations is one of those areas that must be dealt with
separately to salvation.
7.
Dealing with iniquity
How do we deal with Iniquity?
Just as there is no clear way set out in scripture to get saved, evangelise or baptise people, so too there is
not a set way to pray about iniquity. Some verses that address freedom from iniquity are:
(a) Confession of iniquity their own and their fathers.
And those of you that are left shall pine away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity;
and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away like them. "But if they
confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they committed
against me, and also in walking contrary to me, so that I walked contrary to them and brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make
amends for their iniquity; then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my
covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned
against thee.
- JEREMIAH 14:20 (RSV)
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and
in sackcloth, and with earth upon their heads. And the Israelites separated themselves from all
foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
- NEHEMIAH 9:1 (RSV)
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my
transgressions to the LORD"; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin.
- PSALMS 32:5 (RSV)
I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
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(b) Daniel prays for forgiveness for the iniquities of his fathers.
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the
realm of the Chaldeansin the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the
number of years which, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass
before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and
sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the
great and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and
keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled,
turning aside from thy commandments and ordinances; we have not listened to thy servants the
prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people
of the land. To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to
the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those
that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery
which they have committed against thee. To us, O Lord, belongs confusion of face, to our kings,
to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God
belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him, and have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD our God by following his laws, which he set before us by his servants the
prophets.
All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse
and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon
us, because we have sinned against him.
He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by
bringing upon us a great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done the like
of what has been done against Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity
has come upon us, yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, turning from our
iniquities and giving heed to thy truth.
Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us; for the LORD our
God is righteous in all the works which he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
And now, O Lord our God, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty
hand, and hast made thee a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O
Lord, according to all thy righteous acts, let thy anger and thy wrath turn away from thy city
Jerusalem, thy holy hill; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem
and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us.
Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and for
thy own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate.
O my God, incline thy ear and hear; open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city
which is called by thy name; for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground
of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy.
O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O LORD, give heed and act; delay not, for thy own sake, O
my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- DANIEL 9:1-19 (RSV)
To be free of the effects of iniquities, it appears that we must own our ancestors sin, confess the sin,
and ask forgiveness for the sin. We must also do the same for our own involvement in these areas.
Some may question the need to ask for forgiveness for sins that are supposedly already forgiven at
our conversion. There might be another way to deal with this other than that above, but the OT
verses ask that the people confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers(Leviticus 26:40
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RSV). Also, the NT asks us to confess sins to God. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just,
and will forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9 RSV) While there
is probably valid grounds for not actually asking for forgiveness for the sins we have committed, it
seems easiest to deal with the sins from a forgiveness aspect, and also deal with the consequences
(iniquities) also.
Other notes on Iniquity:

8.
Verses seeming to deny iniquity

(a) The word of the LORD came to me again: What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning
the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As
I live, says the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are
mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die. Read
the rest of this chapter to get the full impact.
- EZEKIEL 18:1F (RSV)
In those days they shall no longer say: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth
are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth
shall be set on edge.
- JEREMIAH 31:29-30 (RSV)
While Jeremiah 31:29 is merely a reference to this saying, Ezekiel 18 spells it out in detail. It seems that the
Israelites had come to believe that the children would be responsible for and must bear Gods punishment
death - for their parents sin.
We need to have a clear understanding on the difference between Gods righteous and final judgement on a
persons sin, and the consequences of iniquity being handed down through the generations. Both appear to
be punishment. But there is a distinct difference. Every man, women or child, God quite plainly says, will
receive their final reward or punishment before him for their own actions. (18:20 The soul who sins shall
die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son). In other words,
God has refuted the charge that the children receive Gods ultimate punishment for their parents actions.
To inherit a bent arrow that cannot hit the mark, no-matter how hard one tries, is different from bearing the
responsibility, guilt and Gods judgement of death for the parents sin. Inheriting a bias towards an ungodly
response, of itself, is not sin. Responding to that bias in an ungodly way, though, is sin. And for their own
response only, each person will answer to God. Now, if the son or daughter commits sin, Ezekiel 18 tells us
that they will bear their own guilt, and thus be punished but for their sins only.
(b) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation, the old has passed away, behold all things
have become new.
This has been taught in many churches, without identifying exactly what has become new. We are tri-partite
beings. That is, we are body, soul and spirit. So is Paul saying here that all things are new for our spirit, or
our soul, or our body? Or all three? Note that this comes after 2 Corinthians 4:16 which says that the
inward man is being renewed day by day. So clearly Paul is not referring to this inward man in 5:17.
Paul, in Ephesians also states:
Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful
lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness
of God in true righteousness and holiness.
- EPHESIANS 4:22-24 (RSV)
And:
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind
- ROMANS 12:2 (RSV)
So our minds, our wills, and our emotions are in a state of being renewed. They are not there yet.
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So when Paul says that all things have become new he is not referring to our body or our soul. He is
referring to our spirit, which now has the Holy Spirit dwelling within (See Romans 8:10, 16). We are new
creations in our spirit, as now the Holy Spirit has taken up residence. We are not new creations in our mind.
This requires the process of sanctification.
(c) Another verse is often mentioned,
forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for
the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- PHILIPPIANS 3:13 (RSV)
So, apparently, we are to forget what is past and press on Paul, however, is not speaking here of his past
where he succumbed to the depths of sin and depravity. He is talking here of his past where he succeeded.
In the world he was counted a great man. In Christ, this counted for naught. So, ignoring the apparent
successes of his past, he presses on towards his goal. It is incorrect to use this verse to tell someone bound in
iniquity and failure, to forget the past and press on
(d) No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you
be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that
you may be able to endure it.
This passage does not negate the effects of iniquity. Each individual will ultimately have to answer to God
for every thought, word and action. No matter how hard the temptation is to endure, we are given a way of
escape that allows us to choose. We, individually, choose either to sin, or not to sin.
(e) So if the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
- JOHN 8:36 (RSV)
This verse is easy to quote out of context, for two verses before, Jesus says that, Everyone who practices sin
is a slave of sin. Ask anyone in the Church whether Christians will or can practice sin, and if they are
honest, they will admit that they do. Logically then, the Son has not set them free!
9.
Some other verses that speak of iniquity

I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is
none that does good.
- PSALMS 53:1 (RSV)
Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin.
- PSALMS 85:2 (RSV)
But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. He will bring back on
them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.
- PSALMS 94:22-23 (RSV)
who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be
blotted out!
Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They
have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
- ISAIAH 1:4 (RSV)
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For behold, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
- ISAIAH 26:21 (RSV)
For the fool speaks folly, and his mind plots iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error
concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of
drink.
- ISAIAH 32:6 (RSV)
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but
your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face
from you so that he does not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with
iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness. No one enters suit justly, no one
goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and bring forth
iniquity. They hatch adders' eggs, they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from
one which is crushed a viper is hatched. Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover
themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their
hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts
of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay, yea, I will repay into their
bosom their iniquities and their fathers' iniquities together, says the LORD; because they burned
incense upon the mountains and reviled me upon the hills, I will measure into their bosom payment for
their former doings.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; they have
gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my
covenant which I made with their fathers.
And if you say in your heart, 'Why have these things come upon me?' it is for the greatness of your
iniquity that your skirts are lifted up, and you suffer violence.
And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they
dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their
adversaries, and they all fell by the sword
- EZEKIEL 39:23 (RSV)
Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the
transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to
seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
- DANIEL 9:24 (RSV)
But he will say, I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of
iniquity!
- LUKE 13:27 (RSV)
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your
members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness
for sanctification.
- ROMANS 6:19 (RSV)
10. Greek and Hebrew

Listed below are both the Hebrew and also the Greek definition (or one of the definitions since there are
many) of the word sin, to compare the meanings.
Sin: Chata' (transliterated OT Hebrew meaning/word) meaning, to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur
guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
a. (Qal)
1. to miss
2. to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
3. to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
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b. (Piel)
1. to bear loss
2. to make a sin-offering
3. to purify from sin
4. to purify from uncleanness
c. (Hiphil)
1. to miss the mark
2. to induce to sin, cause to sin
3. to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
d. (Hithpael)
1. to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
2. to purify oneself from uncleanness
Sin: Hamartano (Transliterated NT Greek meaning/word)
1. to be without a share in, to miss the mark, to err,
2. be mistaken to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour,
3. to do or go wrong
4. to wander from the law of God,
5. violate God's law, sin
When you read the definitions listed from both the Hebrew and Greek Lexicons you can see that both
definitions are very similar in meaning. In fact, if you could write a simple definition for the word sin, IMO,
it could be too miss the mark.
Iniquity: Avon (Transliterated OT Hebrew word/meaning)
to bend, twist, distort
1. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
2. (Piel) to twist, distort
3. (Hiphil) to do perversely
to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert
1. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
2. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity
Iniquity: (paranomia, poneria, anomia, adikema, adikia Transliterated NT Greek words/meaning)
1. breach of law, transgression, wickedness
2. depravity, iniquity, wickedness
3. malice
4. evil purposes and desires
5. the condition of without law because ignorant of it
6. because of violating it
7. contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
8. a misdeed, evil doing, iniquity
9. injustice, of a judge
10. unrighteousness of heart and life
11. a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Blessings
3. Curses
3.1 Evidences of a curse

3.2 Curses are released by words
3.3 Sources of curses
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Curses from God
3.3.2
Cursed Objects
3.3.3
Cursed houses and cars
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Cursed land
3.3.5
Generational Curses
3.3.6
Professional curses
3.3.7
Ourselves
3.4 Curses and the Cross
3.5 Should we curse others or even return curses?
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Introduction
There are at least 195 references to curses in the KJ Bible and 463 references to blessings. With so many
references, it is a wonder that the church today makes so little reference to them. There are fewer
references to law, commandments, Abraham or angels. There are 76 references to baptism, yet most
people are fairly aware of baptism, to the point that it has split denominations. So what are blessings, and
what are curses?
Blessings and curses originate mainly in our words. Negative words bring curses. Positive words bring
blessings.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
- PROVERBS 18:21 (RSV)
It seems that all the miracles, signs and wonders, including creation, recorded in the Bible came about after
someone spoke. In creation, God spoke everything into existence, including light itself. Jesus spoke, and
the storm was stilled, the sick were healed, and the demonised were delivered. The disciples spoke, and
brought about healing and deliverance.
2.
Blessings
Blessings have been misrepresented. Today, we have watered down blessings to mean something that is
mumbled before a meal, or parroted in ancient churches, or it is something meaningless that is said by old
people. There is the inference that, Real people dont do blessings. It is similar to, Real men dont eat
quiche, which is a shame.
Blessings are the active intervention by an all powerful God to bring good things on and to a person,
family, town or nation. Blessings can be wealth, power, knowledge, skills, wisdom, or any one of a host of
good things. And blessings can go on and affect future generations also.
Without doubt, western countries have been blessed. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to see the
good things we have, compared to most places. Countries that do not have as their foundation our
Christian God do not have the evident wealth and prosperity that we have. We have clearly been blessed.
It seems so self-evident that it is a wonder that evangelism is not more effective today. Quite simply, our
God works and theirs does not!
Isaac verbally blessed Jacob after he pretended to be Esau. The power of this blessing was clearly known
to all in that family. It was highly sought after and prized. (Genesis 27:28f) Esau, as well as his father
Isaac, was heartbroken when they discovered the deception.
Abraham was blessed by God: Genesis 12:3 (RSV) I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses
you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves." Abraham was promised
that those who cursed him, or Israel today, God will curse. And those that bless Israel, God will bless.
Bearing in mind that the Christian church is the new Israel today, this also means that God will bless
Christians.
It is unfortunate that with the constant distancing by many in our country today from the Christian God,
this blessing may not continue for much longer. We can see cracks forming if we look.
The authority to bless has been given to us also. Jesus told his disciples to go out two by two, and to bless
the houses they went into. He also told his disciples to teach us whatever he had commanded them to do.
This includes blessings.
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the
close of the age.
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house!'.
- LUKE 10:5 (RSV)
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This power is not to be taken lightly. We have the power to bring peace, and good things to people and
places. This is not some fuzzy feel-good thing. It is Gods power being unleashed into a place or person.
We can bless:
Our home (Anoint the boundary markers and doorways with oil, claim the house and land for God,
Ask God to fill all with the Holy spirit.)
Our motor vehicle (at purchase, anoint with oil and pray Gods blessing on it. If the vehicle is old,
revoke and renounce any curses on it also.)
Classrooms (Anoint chairs, doorways with oil and claim the area for God. Ask that the blood of
Jesus would cleanse all areas, and that it be filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit.)
Workplace (Pray for peace, prosperity, harmony. Anoint your own work area the whole
workplace if you like - with oil and claim it for God, etc.)
Each person under our authority at work (Pray over regularly.)
Our boss (Bless with clear mind, honesty, peace, etc.)
Friends, shops, animals, you name it
Our food
For what we are about to receive Is your grace before meals a rote and meaningless affair? Does it
exist at all? Is it only said because your parents did too? Asking for Gods blessing on a meal is a definite
pathway to health and physical well-being. We would do well not to ignore it. Always be aware of what
you are asking for. It should not become a ritual that absolutely must be carried out before any meal, but a
definite act of asking God to bless our food.
Because blessings are not a problem, and curses are, most of this section will be about curses.
3.
Curses.
Biblical cursing is more than using the type of language you wouldnt speak in front of your mother. The
word today has a different connotation than it did for Bible characters.
A curse is in place when there is an active withdrawal by God and an active intervention by Satan in some
area of a person, family, town or nation. It goes without saying that active intervention by Satan will not be
pretty. When something is blessed, God brings life. When it is cursed, Satan brings death.
A curse is most likely evident in someones life when there is continued failure in some area of their life,
yet there may be no obvious reason why. A curse is not simply speaking evil of someone, but a curse is in
place when evil is actually on someone.
Derek Prince defines a curse as a word spoken with some particular form of spiritual power and authority
either for good or evil that sets in motion something that will probably go on from generation to generation.
3.1 Evidences of a curse

Everything mentioned below can be caused by things other than a curse. Naming the things on the list
below in no way limits the cause of anything mentioned to a curse. However, a curse may be the cause.
Uncontrollable behaviour
Depression, on-going fears
Mental confusion
Mental exhaustion
Mental illness
You or someone in the family is always sick
Infertility, unable to fall pregnant, or cannot stay pregnant
Other womens problems (for example, excessive PMS )
Family history of divorce
Family breakdown or family always fighting
Poverty always short of money
Cannot hold a job
Things always going wrong. Defeat and failure are the rule. Never able to succeed
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Accident prone. You are an accidents looking for a place to happen

Family history of premature deaths
Family history of suicides
You seem to wear a badge looser, take me for a ride, Im available, etc
Cannot hold a friendship
Family history of illegitimacy
3.2 Curses are released by words.

Because we are created in Gods image, just as he created the universe with his words, so too, we have
creative power in our words. The saying, Sticks and stones will break your bones, but names will never
hurt you, is totally wrong. We can speak out blessings or curses.
but no human being can tame the tongue -- a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless
the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same
mouth come blessing and cursing.
- JAMES 3:8-10 (RSV)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
This is not a figurative death, or a symbolic death, or a metaphoric death. It is real death, and real life. Our
tongues can create and destroy.
Curses can be spoken by us or by others over us. They can also be written. In many countries, they will be
invoked by a third party - the equivalent of a witchdoctor. This may involve incantations, invocations,
mixing of various herbs and potions, the use of personal items from the intended victim, placing of cursed
items within the house of the victim, and any number of other evil options.
In these countries one must be careful at places such as births and weddings, not to receive a curse from
some disgruntled person. Their curses are very real, and must be treated with care. It is interesting,
however, to see that many non-Christians in these countries are finding that curses are a lot more difficult
and often impossible, to put on Christians; they are often protected from the curse.
Curses can continue on down through generations. They usually will, and perhaps always do, include
demonic interference to assist the curse.
Curses spoken by others over us need not necessarily alight.
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
People would have cursed Jesus in his day, yet nothing could stick. There was no open doorway in his
life that allowed entry for a demon.
It seems that if there are no grounds, or appropriate area of sin in that person, then the curse will not fall.
Many believe that the curse will then reverse back onto the person sending the curse, like a sparrow or
swallow flitting around, and returning to its nest.
3.3
Sources of curses
3.3.1 Curses from God

Old Testament thinking was that God was the source of all things. This included evil spirits, curses,
blessings, - the lot! There was little understanding of Satan. Perhaps they understood that God had to
allow these things to occur. In fact, in many cases, God commanded it to occur. This can be termed a
legitimate curse, and is still today a totally valid cause for a curse.
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Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.
- 1 SAMUEL 16:14 (RSV)
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem
dealt treacherously with Abimelech;
- JUDGES 9:23 (RSV)
Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the
LORD has spoken evil concerning you.
- 1 KINGS 22:23 (RSV)
If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed
them, because you do not lay it to heart.
- MALACHI 2:2 (RSV)
Perhaps the greatest chapter on cursing in the Bible is Deuteronomy 27. Here, God has the Levites stand
on Mount Ebal as the Israelites enter the Promised Land and pronounce curses upon themselves, should
they fail to follow his commandments. These curses are very comprehensive. Equally, some were to stand
on Mount Gerizim and pronounce blessings on the Israelites if they followed Gods commandments.
Chapter 28 makes it very clear that it is god who both blesses and curses. He controls, or allows curses to
occur, and he brings blessings.
Certainly God allowed Satan (or a demon) entry to Saul, the men of Shechem, and the prophets (verses
above). In God allowing these things, they are most certainly under Gods control.
3.3.2 Cursed Objects

Objects can and do affect us. Paul, when at Ephesus, blessed handkerchiefs, thereby healing and delivering
people of demons. Many simply touched Jesus garments to be healed.
so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left
them and the evil spirits came out of them.
- ACT 19:12 (RSV)
and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it
were made well.
Achan too, had cursed objects. These affected the Israelites so much that they lost an unlosable war.
The LORD said to Joshua, "Arise, why have you thus fallen upon your face? Israel has sinned; they
have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things;
they have stolen, and lied, and put them among their own stuff.
- JOSHUA 7:10-11 (RSV)
Many today have cursed objects in their home. It is not uncommon for people to buy objects purchased in
foreign countries that have had curses put on them to aid in their sale while in the shop. Through words
and prayers to demonic gods spoken over these objects, the object can be cursed with a hidden helper to
assist in some area, such as its sale. Of course, to them, they prayed a blessing on it.
Some examples of cursed objects will be:
Objects used as a vehicle for demonic worship, such as masks or figurine idols
Music from Satanic music groups, or groups sold out to Satan
Any representations of gods. For example, Sun gods, Egyptian gods, Hindu gods such as Shiva,
etc
Pictures of dragons, demons, snakes, gargoyles
Occult literature
New age crystals (for healing, etc)
Jewellery or objects formed into satanic or occult symbols:
o The Egyptian ankh (a cross with a loop at the top which was an ancient fertility symbol)
o Zodiac, or star sign jewellery
o Pentagrams and hex signs; (Hex for hexagram a six pointed star)
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The ancient witchcraft sign of the upside down broken cross, popularly known as the peace
symbol
o All kinds of Polynesian tikis, and totem poles
o Protectors from the evil eye
o Yin and yang
o Mexican sun god
o A hand with the index and little fingers pointing up (a satanic witchcraft sign)
o A great variety of crosses, clovers, stars, wishbones, lucky coins, mystic medals,
horseshoes and other items
Buddha statues
Prayer wheels
Items dedicated to other gods
Be wary of anything purchased from non-Christian temples
Superstitious objects such as rabbits feet, lucky items, religious figures, horoscopes, charms
This writer is not comfortable with cabbage patch dolls there have been too many stories
Some computer games, such as Dungeons and Dragons
Some Oriental decorations
Incense sticks (for burning)
Ouija boards and other occult paraphernalia, such as tarot cards, occult games
Religious fetishes and statues
Occult books
Indian dolls (Kachina dolls)
Wreaths and Hawaiian leis (these are part of a fertility goddess rite)
o
People who make images of other Gods are specifically targeted in scripture.
'Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing
made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say,
'Amen.'
Speaking of images of other gods, God commanded Israel,
And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house, and become accursed like it; you shall
utterly detest and abhor it; for it is an accursed thing.
This can explain the reason for the poverty and poor health experienced by many people in third world
countries.
Many bring objects from foreign temples and items used in other worship ceremonies, seeing them as cute
ornaments. God sees these things as cursed. They have the potential to have a dramatic impact on us.
3.3.3 Cursed houses and cars

Perhaps a home itself is cursed through some defilement in it or on the property. Most have had an
experience of walking into rooms or houses and felt uncomfortable for no apparent reason. When it
becomes more obvious, they may feel cold, or fear, or as if someone is watching them. This may occur in
one room only, a passageway, or even in one spot in a room. Perhaps only one person will be aware of
this. Often the whole family is aware. A cursed house is a house where Satan and / or his demons have
been given legal right to inhabit.
Houses can become cursed and even haunted through various ungodly means. Some of these can be:
Conducting Satanic or witchcraft activities within the house
Untimely death or murder occurring on the property
Carrying out an on-going iniquity within the house
Continued abuse of a person within the house
Having the house built on old burial grounds
Disturbing old burial grounds through digging footings, or even a pool
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Painting occult symbols - such things as pentagrams - on any part of the house
Bringing cursed objects inside the house
One area that is worth mentioning is our motor vehicles. Many will have had the experience of having had
a car that never seemed to go right. Either it was always involved in accidents, or mechanically it was a
dog! Sometimes cars are cursed by past owners, sometimes by the people who maintain or repair them. If
a past owner had an accident for instance, perhaps words were spoken over it in haste that condemned it to
a life of being accident prone. This, of course, can be reversed by a Christian through prayer. Of course
the car might simply be a lemon, made with many faults. These days this is rarer than it was twenty of
thirty years ago.
3.3.4 Cursed Land

God makes it quite clear that through sin the land can become cursed.
The LORD could no longer bear your evil doings and the abominations which you committed;
therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is
this day.
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest
I come and smite the land with a curse.
- MALACHI 4:6 (RSV)
For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the
wilderness are dried up.
Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before
you defiled themselves; and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land
vomited out its inhabitants. But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these
abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (for all of these
abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled); lest
the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
The land can clearly be cursed because of sin. The effects of this are that the land becomes dry, desolate
and unproductive. Yet there is a way out.
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 (RSV)
But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers I will remember the land.
This verse makes it clear that we can repent of the sin committed, on behalf of those who sinned before us,
and God will restore the land.
For those who are renting, or for those who own land or a house, it is always a good idea to pray through
the house and over the land.
Claim full responsibility and / or ownership of the land and house.
Accept responsibility for the sin that has been committed by all previous owners and tenants on the
property. This is not saying that you committed the sin, but that you accept responsibility for it.
To the best of your ability confess the sins that have been committed there. I confess that the
previous owners and tenants sinned by I ask for your forgiveness for this sin
Repent for their disobedience.
Cut off and renounce all curses that may be on the land and house.
Ask Gods forgiveness for any spilt blood on the land.
Ask God to direct his angels to conduct any spirits / demons to the place of his choosing.
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(The Bible is not entirely clear whether, after death, the spirit of a non-Christian can roam the earth
until demons cart them away, or whether there can only be demons and angels on earth in the spirit
realm.)
With oil, anoint the top of each outer door in the house, and the corner markers of the property. It
does not hurt to anoint the windows as well.
Ask God to cleanse the land and house with the blood of Jesus and wash it clean.
Ask for the Holy Spirit to take up residence on the land and house.
Speak out blessings over the land and house.
3.3.5 Generational Curses

All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you, till you are destroyed, because
you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he
commanded you. They shall be upon you as a sign and a wonder, and upon your descendants for ever.
- DEUTERONOMY 28:45-46 (RSV)
Curses can and do come down generational lines upon us. These are consequences for generational sin,
and they have nothing to do with salvation. They are usually dealt with separate to salvation.
Noah spoke out a curse on his youngest son after his sons sexually inappropriate behaviour. This
produced a generational curse on Canaan. Noah says,
"Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.
Ancestral or generational sin can bring on us, not just a bias to sin, but also a curse as well. These curses
cause negative things to occur in our life, rather than a bias toward a particular sin area. As stated earlier,
likely areas will be, mental or emotional break down, repeated chronic sickness, barrenness, a tendency to
miscarry or conceive, breakdown of family and marriage, poverty, being accident prone, suicides and early
deaths.
Ancestral worship of heathen gods, and ancestral dedications to these gods, will always carry curses.
Usually these dedications are carried out at birth, so a person goes through life not knowing any alternative.
Illegitimacy creates a curse that goes for ten generations.
No bastard shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his
descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
It is interesting that illegitimacy is cursed to ten generations, yet having other gods before our God, creates
a curse that goes only for four generations. This shows the gravity with which God views having
children out of wedlock.
Today illegitimacy is largely glossed over and ignored by the church. With the prevalence of illegitimacy
in the world, it feels as if the church has collectively breathed a sigh of resignation, accepted the inevitable,
and has moved the goal posts accordingly. After all, most in the church would simply see that this as just
another child to be loved into the kingdom. And that part is true. But there is more.
God stated that no illegitimate child was allowed to come before God for ten generations. If this curse is
not automatically dealt with at the cross, how does it outwork in peoples lives? With the prevalence of
illegitimacy today, it is a question that needs answering. Logically, illegitimate children should find it
difficult to feel close to God. There will most likely be a brick wall between them and God. God will
always seem distant. If this is the case for you, then praying through this generational curse cannot hurt.
Many sins in the OT were punishable by death. God most likely invoked the death penalty on these sins
because the curses would go on for longer than ten generations. These would so infiltrate the nation of
Israel, that the contamination would probably be total. Today we let these people go free. Theoretically,
Christians should have the keys to stop the contamination now that Jesus has given us the power and
authority to break generational curses. Unfortunately, most of us are unable to do this, so these sins run
rampant in our community. This causes sin to escalate.
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3.3.6 Professional Curses

In many countries people can pay to have curses put on others. These people go by different names in
different cultures - medicine man, kadaicha man, herbalist, witchdoctor, to name a few. For a price, these
people will create or speak a curse. They have learnt that curses are powerful. In many countries they have
learnt also that curses need not alight on their intended victim. Christians often have immunity! It depends
on how central in Gods will the Christian is. For many non-Christians, particularly in other cultures, the
threat of being cursed is fearful, and they must seek other witchdoctors to negate the curses. Many see this
stuff as white magic and black magic. All is from Satan. If God is not sought in the remedy, it is evil.
There is evidence in the Bible of curses being sought for money. Moab was fearful of the Israelites, after
seeing what they had done to the Amorites. Knowing the power of curses, he sought the help of Balaam to
curse Israel, so that they could be defeated.
Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I shall be able to
defeat them and drive them from the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he
whom you curse is cursed.
- NUMBERS 22:6 (RSV)
Balaam, though, found himself unable to curse Israel, for God had blessed them.
3.3.7 Ourselves
The Bible gives many ways in which we can bring curses upon ourselves. These are mainly set out in
Deuteronomy 27.
Cursing or dishonouring our parents (Leviticus 20:9, 16)
Setting up an idol in secret (Deuteronomy 27:15)
Moving a land border marker (Deuteronomy 27:17)
Misleading a blind man (Deuteronomy 27:18)
Perverter of justice (Deuteronomy 27:19)
Sex with his fathers wife (Deuteronomy 27:20)
Sex with an animal (Deuteronomy 27:21)
Sex with his daughter (Deuteronomy 27:22)
Sex with his mother in law (Deuteronomy 27:23)
Kills another, or takes payment to kill another. This covers abortion, as well as other types of
murder (Deuteronomy 27:24,25; Jeremiah 7:6, 22:3)
Judas was cursed (Psalm 109) because he, and his father and mother, did not show kindness and
mercy to the poor
People are cursed if you trust in man rather than God (Jeremiah 17:5)
Adultery curses the land (Jeremiah 23:10)
Doing the Lords work with slackness (Jeremiah 48:10)
Keeping our sword from bloodshed (probably refusing to fight in war) (Jeremiah 48:10)
Stealing, lying (Zechariah 5:3)
Preaching an incorrect gospel (Galatians 1:8)
3.4 Curses and the Cross
The logical question to ask is, Did not all these things get dealt with on the cross?
The bottom line is that many believe that everything was dealt with automatically when we were saved.
Jesus, they say, took all curses in our place, for Galatians 3:13 tells us that Jesus redeemed us from the
curse of the law. Thus, curses can not fall on Christians.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us -- for it is written,
"Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree" -- (a quote from Deuteronomy 21:23)
- GALATIANS 3:13 (RSV)
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a
hanged man is accursed by God; you shall not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you
for an inheritance.
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To use the Galatians verse, is taking it somewhat out of context. The curse of the Law was that OT
sacrifices could only cover up our sin, and had to be repeated often. Jesus once-for-all sacrifice took away
our sin, permanently. Jesus, therefore, redeemed us from the curse of repeatedly having to sacrifice for our
sins. It has little to do with obtaining freedom from other curses.
But the reality is that Jesus also potentially dealt with all other curses on the cross, because he himself was
cursed by being hung on a tree. But this is not automatically conferred at salvation. Rather it may be
appropriated at a later time, dependant on circumstances. Such circumstances might be:
Is there an apparent curse in our life?
Is there sin that allowed this curse to alight?
Is there generational sin that may have allowed the curse to alight?
Do you now want to deal with it and get free?
Because curses are a natural spiritual consequence of certain sinful actions, and this often because of
actions that may not be our own, it has little directly to do with forgiveness of our sins. Upon repentance
we receive forgiveness of sins through the shedding of Jesus blood (Hebrews 9:22; Matthew 26:28; Acts
3:19). We receive freedom from curses by appropriating the full work of Jesus on the cross. Forgiveness
of sins was accomplished by the shedding of blood. Freedom from curses was accomplished by Jesus
being hung on a tree.
Spiritual and physical consequences of our actions, such as the outworking of curses, iniquities and
ungodly soul ties, inner healing and physical healing, can occur irrespective of forgiveness and salvation.
In the same way that the people in the OT could still be cursed, even though they had offered sacrifice for
sins, we today can be cursed, even though our sins have been dealt with by Jesus death. As in the OT
times, curses are a natural consequence of certain sinful acts, where God causes consequences to fall upon
children and their children for the actions of their ancestors. These consequences have nothing to do with
Gods forgiving us our sin. It happens apart from salvation. We will no longer suffer eternal separation
from God, because of our sins, for Jesus has forgiven us. We have been redeemed. However consequences
of sins can still occur.
3.5 Should we curse others, or even return curses sent upon us?
There are Biblical evidences of people cursing others:
Jacob unknowingly cursing his wife, Rachel, with death in Genesis 31:32 and 35:16-19
Rebecca cursing herself to Jacob, when Isaac stole his brothers birthright in Genesis 27:13
Paul cursed Elymas the magician with blindness for a time in Acts 13:6-11
Peter to Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-10
Elisha cursed the mocking boys in 2 Kings 2:24, and 42 were killed
The king of Moab attempted to have Balaam curse Israel, for he knew the power of Balaams curse
Numbers 22:6f
Joshua cursed the man that rebuilt Jericho in Joshua 6:26. This curse happened in 1 Kings 16:34
Joshua cursed the Gibeonites for fooling the Israelites in Joshua 9:23
The Jewish people cursed themselves at Jesus crucifixion. His blood be on us and our
children Matthew 27:24-25
So are we allowed to curse them? Some verses that speak on this are:
Jesus:
Bless them who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
- LUKE 6:28 (RSV)
You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, Do not
resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if
any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well. MATTHEW 5:38-40 (RSV)
Paul:
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.
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See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
- 1 THESSALONIANS 5:15 (RSV)
Peter:
Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have
been called, that you may obtain a blessing. For "He that would love life and see good days, let him
keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile; let him turn away from evil and do right;
let him seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 PETER 3:9-11 (RSV)
So quite clearly we are not to curse people, even if they curse us. There is no doubt that we as Christians
are able to curse others, but Jesus, Paul and Peter tell us not to.
Some people return curses that have been placed on them, apparently with dramatic effect. However, the
verses above make it clear that we are not to do anything that will deliberately bring about evil. Even if we
can!
Jesus did not curse anyone. When he spoke, Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
(Matthew 23), he was saying that they would have anguish, sadness and despair due to their actions. He
was, in effect, stating what would naturally occur. He was not placing a curse upon them.
Jesus did curse the fig tree (Mark 11:13-21). Using this as a model, we may be allowed to curse inanimate
objects, and perhaps even animals.
The verse below, whatever its meaning, has connotations of doing something that is evil.
certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith, among them Hymenaeus and Alexander,
whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
- 1 TIMOTHY 1:19-20 (RSV)
As we have the power to bind and loose, (whatever you bind on earth Matthew 16:19), in effect,
binding them to Satan must mean that the person is effectively cursed.
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1.
Introduction
2.
Givens
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Common Misunderstandings
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Words of warning
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Demons are no longer active today

Christians cannot be affected by demons
What the early church saw as demonic activity,
we now know to be mental illness
Demonic activity is only evident in third world countries,
where other gods are worshipped
Once Jesus left this earth there is no reference to
the disciples doing deliverance
Satan and demons are not our real enemy

Do not go looking for demons under doormats
Remember the reason for it all
Know who you are in Christ
This is not a fix-all approach to replace psychology
The Christian and demons

Demons: What do we know about them?
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They are spirits

They may be fallen angels that rebelled with Satan
They were originally created by God through Jesus Christ.
Demons have rankings
Demons are under the authority of God and Christians
What is the role of demons?
What are demons capable of doing?
Demons obeyed Jesus
Demons fear their final judgement
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Demons cannot affect a person unless they have a legal right
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Deliverance: Who does it? Do we ask God to, or do we?
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Jesus model on deliverance.
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Praying for deliverance and healing
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Guidelines in prayer
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Praying for deliverance
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Appendix A: Evidence of deliverance in the early church
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Appendix B: Possible Areas of Concern
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Appendix C: Occult Check List
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Appendix D: Summary of Satanic Legal Rights and Demonic Doorways
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I dont always like my methods either; but I like the way Im doing it better than the way youre
not doing it.
Moody, after being criticised for his approach to evangelism:
(Kraft, Charles, Confronting Powerless Christianity, 2002, p215)
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1.
Introduction.
Lets face it. The Western evangelical church today is by and large powerless. We say we follow Jesus.
But Jesus commanded his disciples (and us) to Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have
leprosy, drive out demons (Matthew 10:8 NIV). And Jesus also said, And these signs will accompany
those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up
snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their
hands on sick people, and they will get well. (Mark 16:17-18 NIV)
Yet we accept a powerless Christianity which does none of this, and believe this to be an accurate
interpretation of following Jesus! We have created doctrines to cover our powerlessness, so we stay
deceived, all under the guise of being undeceived. If we read 2 Timothy 3:1-7, it is hard not to come to the
conclusion that it speaks of todays generation. It climaxes in verse 5: having a form of Godliness but
denying its power
While it should be those who do not do these things that have to justify themselves, instead, it is anyone who
practices these things who has to justify themselves.
It seems that if a Christian is to have any credibility in the roles that Jesus commanded us to take up, there
must never be any mistakes or slip-ups. This addiction to perfection with no allowance for experimentation
causes those who do nothing, to become the critics of those who at least try. Is it any wonder that most
people will shy away from deliverance, praying for the sick, or involvement in setting the captives free?
For some, there is a fear of excess. So the church embraces powerless mediocrity in its place, and then
actively promotes this as strength! On a number of occasions this writer has had people say that their church
majors on teaching rather than on the gifts of the Spirit! How sad, for in doing so they neither major on
teaching nor the gifts. For if they truly did major on teaching, they would have to accept and practise the
gifts!
To counter the fear of excess, many criticise ministries that attempt more than they do, as not being
balanced. Inherent in this statement, of course, is the belief that they are balanced. And usually this
balance denies many of the miraculous gifts of the Spirit. Jesus balance revolved around meeting the
needs of the people, where they were at, and right then. And if that required deliverance or healing, then so
be it. That is what he did.
An early historian, Hippolytus of Rome, indicated that new Christians were all taken through some kind of
deliverance, since they were coming out of Satan's kingdom. Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Tatian, Theophilus,
Minucius, Lactantius, Tertullian and Origen all speak of early Christians casting out demons. It was normal
then, for new Christians to be delivered of demons. Yet we do not do that anymore. Now, why is that?
We have an attitude that if we can just get people to say the sinners prayer, then God will look after the rest!
To make disciples, though, requires far more than this.
Do not make excuses for powerlessness. Jesus never made the gospel a doctrinal exercise. He demonstrated
Gods power, and commanded his followers to do likewise. Let that be our aim. Learn keys to setting
captives free. Let your commitment to Jesus include commitment to his directives. That is, to set the
captives free as well.
In all this, though, do not lose sight of the goal. We set people free to be the people God created them to be.
Free to be lost in his presence in communion with him. Free to have a living relationship with a living Jesus;
a relationship that transcends anything we have ever known.
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the
enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven.
- LUKE 10:19-20 (NIV)
May you be Gods greatest friend, and the devils worst nightmare!
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2.
Givens
There are many resources out there to help study the subject of Satan, demons, and the relevance of
deliverance today. It is not this writers intention to repeat all this. So, for the purpose of this study, givens
are:
Satan is a created spirit-being with personal identity. He was most likely created by God originally
as Lucifer, an angel of light.
Demons have personal identity also.
Satan is not omnipresent, or all knowing, or all powerful. Neither are demons.
Demons can travel at will, but are usually restricted to a geographic area.
Demons communicate, travel, make plans, remember, and vary in power.
God is infinitely more powerful than Satan. It is not a see-saw, 50-50 power play between God and
Satan. The difference is bigger than an elephant and a gnat. Far bigger! In Gods favour, of course.
Satan and each and every demon, as well as Satan himself, completely and utterly despise all people
all of the time. Nobody is exempt. Ever.
The earth has been given to Satan through Adams and Eves sin. Satan is now the God of this
world. (John 14:30; Ephesians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 4:4)
Areas of our lives can be given over to Satan / demons through sin. This allows demons to have
significant influence in these areas.
Jesus has obtained the victory over Satan and all demons, and defeated them through his death and
resurrection. Jesus has taken captivity captive! This is still outworking.
Also:
3.
The Bible does not require de-mythologising. It is correct, and prescriptive for the ills and ails of
man today. Unfortunately it is not set out in the way our Western mindset would like, so finding
answers can be difficult. The Bible will not answer all questions. It will not tell you whether to buy
a Holden or a Ford. But it will tell us to cast all [our] cares on him
As a general rule, God will only work if people pray. He will only do according to what and how we
ask. If we do not ask correctly, God will not answer. This might mean that people stay in bondage.
Demonic oppression is not Gods perfect will, no-matter what good comes out of it.
Sickness is not Gods perfect will, no-matter what good comes out of it.
Early death (less than 70 years) is not usually Gods perfect will, no-matter what good comes out of
it.
Common misunderstandings
3.1
Demons are no longer active today.
Many believe that the requirement for deliverance, and all the Holy Spirit gifts, stopped after the death of the
disciples. Many see 1 Corinthians 12:31 below, as referring to a doing away with gifts.
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the
tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal
- 1 CORINTHIANS 12:31-13:1 (NIV)
Also, 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 is taken to mean that prophesies, tongues, knowledge, etc, will be (or, have
been) done away with.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will
be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8-10 (NIV)
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The perfect, of course in this chapter, is seen as love. The gifts, they say, have been displaced by
love.
To interpret the Corinthian passages as doing away with all other gifting is clutching at straws. At best, it is
a total neglect of a plethora of other passages teaching on the use of gifts and the power of God. At worst, it
is justification for impotence; it is a rationalisation for a weak and ineffective ministry; a pathetic explanation
for their own lack of power, and demonstrates their total inability to deal with real problems of real people.
There is no other Biblical evidence to back up this belief. In fact, many times we are told to follow me
Jesus - and do deliverance, just as he did.
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age
- MATTHEW 28:20 (NIV)
What did Jesus command his disciples to do? They were given authority and told to heal, deliver, and preach
the Kingdom of God. Mark makes the command clearer.
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will
speak in new tongues.
- MARK 16:17 (NIV)
A great deal has been taught on speaking in tongues today. It is a pity that the same emphasis has not been
put on deliverance. After all, Jesus put driving out demons first and speaking in tongues second.
We cannot escape the obligation that deliverance was and still is a requirement for believers today.
It has been said that approximately 70% of Jesus ministry involved healing and deliverance. Half of Jesus
ministry in Mark was deliverance. He also commanded us to do likewise. To neglect this is to be blatantly
disobedient. Derek Prince, in And They Shall Expel Demons (p10), says,
He [Jesus] never sent anyone out to preach the gospel without specifically instructing and
equipping that person to take action against demons in the same way that he himself did. I can
find no basis anywhere in the New testament for an evangelistic ministry that does not include
the expelling of demons. This is as true today as it was in the time of Jesus.
3.2
Christians cannot be affected by demons if they exist at all!
Most people today believe that demons were an unscientific approach to sickness and disease among an
ignorant and backward people in Biblical times. The people then were really only one step above savages,
and not as advanced as we are. Now that we know better, demons can be ignored. However, in Matt 10:1
and Luke10:19 Jesus gave his disciples authority to cast out demons. On many occasions Jesus himself cast
out demons. Jesus considered demons to be real. He was either a liar, or deluded, or else demons really do
exist.
For some reason most Christian churches seem to teach its members that if they are good Christians, Satan
cannot touch them. Therefore, the best thing to do with Satan and his demons is to ignore them. After all,
God is now in us. Satan can not be there as well. The only problem is that that is not what the Bible says.
There are numerous warnings about satanic activity in the New Testament, and all of them are addressed to
believers. Peter, for example, in 1 Peter 5:8-9a (NIV) says, Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the
devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the
faith And in the Lords Prayer, we are given the model prayer which includes, deliver us from evil.
If there is no need to be delivered from evil, then why do we pray this?
Many see that there is no clear teaching in scripture on demons and deliverance, so the whole area is best left
alone. Do not stir the pot! But there is no clear teaching on many other areas either: requirements for
salvation, the place of baptism, the role of women, eschatology, the trinity, personal evangelism, the gifts of
the Spirit. These areas have been hotly debated within the broader church, to the point of splits and the
formation of new denominations. We leave the topic of demons alone, though, to our detriment.
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It seems that when people are required to come against Satan in some way, they do so and suffer adverse
consequences things go wrong in the home, arguments, breakdowns, accidents, and a general attack by the
evil one. They conclude that if they leave Satan alone, he will leave them alone, as he did before. So they
go back to doing nothing, unaware that Satan has, in fact, won.
So, can a Christian have a demon? One can try very hard to come up with categorical Biblical evidence to
prove one side or the other. Unfortunately, as stated earlier, no verses exist which will definitively finish
the argument for either side. Almost invariably, those that take the line that Christians cannot have a demon
have never been personally involved in deliverance ministry. For those that do counselling and prayer with
Christians for deliverance (as compared to prayer for non-Christians for deliverance), they find that
Christians do, in fact, have demons. It seems, too, that the balance of scripture indicates that Christians can
have a demon.
One passage, though, does seem to indicate that Christians can even be possessed! Jesus speaks:
When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in
order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live
there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first.
- LUKE 11:24-26 (NIV)
Most theologians will agree that Jesus is talking here about replacing the demons with the Holy Spirit. Now,
if we believe that Christians cannot have demons, was Jesus speaking deliverance of Christians or nonChristians?
According to this passage it is pointless praying for non-Christians, because they will not and cannot have
the Holy Spirit to replace the demons. Once deliverance has taken place once the place has been swept
clean the demons will return.
And, if it is true that Christians cannot have demons within them, Jesus could not have been talking about
praying for deliverance for Christians, for it would not apply. So what is left?
Perhaps, then, Jesus was talking about praying for non-Christians for deliverance, and then converting them,
so that the Holy Spirit can take the place of the demons. The problem here is that Christians cannot have
demons, and so conversion would have accomplished the same thing and more: salvation plus deliverance!
That way they lose their demons, and also get converted. Thus deliverance is never required, simply
conversion.
But if deliverance is done on Christians, then the passage makes perfect sense. We pray for deliverance for
Christians, get rid of the demons, and ask the Holy Spirit to fill the place evacuated by the demons.
This passage is the clearest indication that Jesus was speaking about deliverance for Christians.
If we conclude that Christians cannot be affected by demons, then we must also believe that Christians
cannot get sick, for Isaiah states that by his stripes we are healed. All would agree that the cross overcame
sickness, for sickness was a part of the fall. But we still get sick! This is obvious because we can see it. It
is not so obvious, but equally true, that Christians are still affected by demons.
Jesus commanded his disciples, and us, to do deliverance. Why would that be at all relevant, if all we had to
do was convert em? It makes no sense. In fact, Jesus would most definitely not have included in the great
commission a requirement for deliverance, if it was not needed after conversion.
More will be said on this later.
Other verses that are used to defend the position that Christians cannot have a demon are:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.
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This has been taught in many churches, without identifying exactly what has become new. We are tri-partite
beings. That is, we are body, soul (mind will and emotions) and spirit. So is Paul saying here that all things
are new for our spirit, or our soul, or our body? Or all three? Note that this comes after 2 Corinthians 4:16
which says that the inward man is being renewed day by day. So clearly Paul is not referring to this
inward man in 5:17.
Paul, in Ephesians also states:
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being
corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new
self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- EPHESIANS 4:22 (NIV)
And,
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind.
- ROMANS 12:2 (NIV)
So our minds, our wills, and our emotions are in a state of being renewed. They are not there yet.
So when Paul says that the old has gone, the new has come, or as some translations put it, all things have
become new, he is not referring to our body or our soul. He must be referring to our spirit, which now has
the Holy Spirit dwelling within (See Romans 8:10, 16). We are new creations in our spirit, as now the Holy
Spirit has taken up residence. We are not new creations in our mind. This requires a process of
sanctification.
Another verse is often mentioned,
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is
behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on
- PHILIPPIANS 3:13 (NIV)
So, apparently, we are to forget what is past and press on Paul, however, is not speaking here of his past
where he succumbed to the depths of sin and depravity. He is talking here of his past where he succeeded.
In the world he was counted a great man. In Christ his deeds there counted for naught. So, neglecting the
apparent successes of his past, he presses on towards his new goal. It is incorrect to use this verse to tell
someone bound in iniquity and failure that they are to forget the past and press on
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you
be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so
that you can stand up under it.
This passage does not negate the effects of iniquity. Each individual will ultimately have to answer to God
for every thought, word and action. No matter how hard the temptation is to endure, we are given a way of
escape that allows us to choose. We, individually, choose either to sin, or not to sin.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- JOHN 8:36 (NIV)
This verse is easy to quote out of context, for two verses before this, Jesus says that, Whoever practices sin
is the slave of sin. Ask anyone in the Church whether Christians will or can practice sin, and if they are
honest, will admit that they can and do. Logically then, many are not free!
3.3
What the early church saw as demonic activity, we now know to be mental illness.
This is to say, in effect, that Jesus was either ignorant, or a liar. Jesus modelled and taught his disciples the
reality of demons. At no time did he make any statement or even hint, to the contrary. One can reasonably
assume that if demons were anything else other than demons, then Jesus would have given some
indicator towards this. The disciples did not either, and the writers of the epistles do not at any time lead us
to believe that attacks from Satan are only mental problems.
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3.4
Demonic activity is only evident in third world countries, where other gods are worshipped.
Other gods are worshipped in our culture too. New Age philosophies are abounding. It is rather in, or
cool to be into Hinduism, Buddhism, or some esoteric religion that is out there. Children are playing with
ouija boards as a parlour game. Tarot cards and meditation teach children that occult power is for real, and
that it has, in fact, far more power than the insipid Christianity that is bandied about today in most Western
churches.
Inherent in this statement is the belief that Satan will make his presence obvious. Satan does not advertise
his, or a demons presence. He is not out there in a red suit with a pitchfork doing a song and dance routine
yelling the roof off. One does not have to be particularly clever to realise that the most effective methods
Satan could employ involve deception to the point of apparent disappearance. If a person thinks that their
actions stem solely from their own doing, then Satans cover is not blown; he has won.
3.5
Once Jesus left this earth, there is no reference to the disciples doing deliverance.
This argument is easily dispelled. A simple search of a Concordance will show the following:
insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches,
that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them. And there also
came together the multitudes from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick folk, and them that
- ACT 5:15-16 (KJV)
were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they
heard, and saw the signs which he did. For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came
out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
- ACT 8:6-7 (KJV)
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: insomuch that unto the sick were carried
away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out.
- ACT 19:11-12 (KJV)
In fact, the seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, attempted to copy Pauls method of deliverance. That
they failed is not the point here. Pauls deliverance ministry was obviously so well known and clearly seen
by outsiders, that they attempted to copy him. Deliverance was a normal part of Pauls ministry.
4.
Words of warning
4.1
Satan and demons are not our real enemy, for he has already lost. As Liberty Savard points out
(Breaking the Power, Introduction, p10), the real enemy are those parts of our soul that have not been
surrendered to God. No one, either devil or human, can get a Christian to do any wrong thing he doesnt
have an inward source driving him towards. (ibid, p68) Through sin, we open doorways that allow demons
the right of access to the sinful parts of our lives. We give in to sin a bit, and demons egg us on to further
extremes. In any area, we give an inch, and demons take a mile. Our real task is to seek out, and surrender,
those parts of our lives that have a weakness. Once the doorways are closed, deliverance may not even be
required.
It is preferable to deal with the underlying problem areas, and leave the demonic alone, rather than
specifically look for demons. Charles Kraft clarifies it well with the statement that, demons are like rats,
and rats go for garbage. (Kraft, Charles H. Deep Wounds, Deep Healing, 1993, p45) Deal with the
garbage, and the rats will have nowhere to feed. In fact, in many instances, it may not be necessary to deal
with the demons at all. Dealing with the garbage may be all that is required. Deliverance is not the only
way to deal with demons.
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4.2
Do not go looking for demons under doormats. If you do, they will make sure that they are found.
Rather, if there is an obvious problem, then look at the possibility of demons.
To find a balance, we must keep focussed on the Bible. How did Jesus act or respond? What did the NT
believers do? Jesus did not go around casting out thousands of demons from any one individual. (He cast
seven demons out of Mary Magdalene. See Mark 16:9) While there may have been thousands of demons
affecting any one person, Jesus dealt with the obvious problem. In this is a key we should follow. If there is
no presenting problem, leave it alone. Do not look for demons if there is no problem. However, be aware of
the possibility of their presence, and know that our God has already won the war.
4.3
Remember the reason for it all. Do not lose focus. Stay focussed on Jesus. The following verse is a
good one to memorise.
- LUKE 10:19-20 (NIV)
4.4
Know who you are in Christ. In the first section is an appendix of the I ams of scripture.
4.5
This is not a fix-all approach to replace psychology. Trained psychologists will usually understand
the human mind of man far better than Christian counsellors. However, psychology neglects or denies the
spiritual nature of man. In this, where possible, they must work together. Of course, the ideal is a Christian
psychologist who understands and works with the spiritual side of man as well. These people, though, are
not thick on the ground.
5.
The Christian and demons
At conversion the Bible makes it clear that Christ dwells within.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you,
your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of
him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give
life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
In fact, the Holy Spirit dwells within our spirit.
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children
- ROMANS 8:16 (NIV)
So Christ, through the Holy Spirit indwells our spirit, and our souls (our mind, will and emotions), and our
bodies are being sanctified as an ongoing process from conversion until the time we die.
Mind
Will
Emotions
Spirit
Body
Soul
The three parts of man
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To what extent, then, can a Christian be affected by a demon? Some speak of:
Temptation, Oppression, and Possession, or
Temptation, Opposition and Bondage
And there are others descriptions. In fact there can be many grades in between. There is a continuum
between simple temptation and total possession / bondage / demonisation. When we talk about possession
for the Christian, this cannot be possession of our Spirit, because the Holy Spirit dwells there. In fact, some
people speak of demons admitting that they were expelled from a persons spirit at their conversion. (Kraft,
Charles, I Give You Authority, 1997, p250)
But neither our bodies nor our souls are totally regenerated. So demons can still affect and infect our bodies,
our minds, our wills, and our emotions to some degree.
Ephesians 4:26-27 tells us not to give place to the devil.
In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil
a foothold.
- EPHESIANS 4:26-27 (NIV)
The word foothold means a spot, generally in space. It is a military term as in a foothold taken in warfare.
And as Satan is already prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2) and prince of the world (John
14:30), the only place left is within people. The foothold referred to is in us Christians because that is
who Paul is talking to.
In fact, all warnings in scripture regarding Satan and his demons are to Christians. (For instance: 1
Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 4:27, 6:11; 1 Timothy 3:6-7, 4:1, 5:11; 2 Timothy 2:26;
James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8) With so many warnings, it seems unrealistic to believe that Satan cannot do the same
as he demonstrated when Jesus was on earth. It is up to the Christian to survive these attacks of Satan with
the tools given us by God, and not allow Satan a foothold. We must therefore, be very aware that Satan can
and will affect us.
To the question, can a Christian be totally possessed? The short answer is no. Possession implies total
ownership, and for a Christian this cannot happen. Can we be affected in the areas of our body or mind?
Yes. Is this from without or within? It seems, from within as well as from without. Scripture often speaks
of casting demons out. There are 18 references to casting out demons or Satan in the King James
Version of the bible. The only way they can be cast out is if they were in, in the first place. While the
examples in the Bible were pre-cross, they are meant as a model for us also.
As mentioned in the introduction, the early church practised deliverance as part of its normal repertoire. For
example, from Peter Horrobins book, Healing Through Deliverance 1 The Biblical Basis, p21:
Tertullian, writing about 200AD, comments in his De Spectaculis, We have the case of this
woman - the Lord himself is witness - who went to the theatre, and came back possessed. In the
outcasting, accordingly, when the unclean creature was upbraided with having dared to attack a
believer, he (the evil spirit) firmly replied, And in truth I did it most righteously, for I found her
in my domain!
(ibid. p271) A report of the Seventh Council of Carthage in AD276 by Crescens of Cirta stated
that, all heretics and schismatics who wish to come to the Catholic Church, shall not be
allowed to enter without they have first been exorcised and baptised. Vincent of Thibaris
reports similarly from the same council that firstly by imposition of hands for exorcism, and
secondly by baptism, they may then come to the promise of Christ.
In her summary of the early church practices Evelyn Frost, in her book Christian Healing
states that At the beginning of the Christian life stood Baptism, preceded usually by exorcism
(my italics), when the old life as a member of the fallen race was superseded by the new life
which partook of the resurrection of Christ.
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To the early church, deliverance was a part of both salvation, and the on-going life of the believer. Clearly,
demons were affecting and infecting believers even then around 200AD.
Demons enter as a consequence of sin, and claim the right to stay until the sin is dealt with. They will affect
people to the degree that they surrender any aspect of their life to Satan. How much into that sin are you?
Is that area of sin an occasional problem only? Or perhaps you cannot keep your thoughts and hands away
from it, and it consumes every waking moment.
It is true that there does not appear to be any clear reference to a Christian being possessed in the Bible.
However, there are many warnings in the epistles to being wary of Satan.
Interestingly, in the following verses, deliverance is regarded as healing. If this is done elsewhere, and we
cannot be certain, then other references to healing may well be references to deliverance also.
So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various
diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene)
from whom seven demons had come out
- LUKE 8:2 (NIV)
At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to
many who were blind.
- LUKE 7:21 (NIV)
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing
good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- ACTS 10:38 (RSV)
(For similar references, see also Matthew 12:22, 17:14-18; Luke 6:18, 8:2, 8:36, 9:42; Acts 5:16, 10:38.)
So the James 5:16 exhortation to, pray for one another that you might be healed, may well refer to
deliverance also. And this relates to Christians. Remember that many of Jesus deliverances related directly
to healing. Jesus, in the next verse to that above (V22), says to tell John:
what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are
cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised
- LUKE 7:22 (NIV)
Even Jesus equates deliverance to healing, for many of these were healed through deliverance.
We must also remember that in the worst case of possession in the Bible the Gadarene demoniac the
man rushed up to Jesus and bowed at his feet. This is not something the demons would have voluntarily
done. The last person they would have wanted to confront was Jesus. The man must have had some control
to do this. To what extent, then, was he possessed? The short answer is that we do not know, but it was
clearly not total possession. Unfortunately popular movies have portrayed possession in terms that are not
consistent with the Bible.
Christians, or non-Christians for that matter, can never use the excuse that, It is not my fault... a demon
made me do it. God makes it abundantly clear that he will require from all of us an accountability for our
words, thoughts and actions. It was not my fault will not cut it there.
6.
Demons: What do we know about them?
6.1
They are spirits. They do not have physical form, but can, like angels, under certain conditions, take
on physical form.
6.2
They may be fallen angels that rebelled with Satan. The Bible does not give a clear account of what
actually transpired. The passages that are commonly thought to tell of Satans fall from Heaven are:
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Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and
emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and
mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were
anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you
walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in
disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery
stones.
Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because
of your splendour. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire
come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight
of all who were watching.
All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be
no more.
- EZEKIEL 28:12-19 (NIV)
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down
to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to
heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of
assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the
clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the grave, to the
depths of the pit.
- ISAIAH 14:12-15 (NIV)
He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven
- LUKE 10:18 (NIV)
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the
dragon and his angels fought back But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in
heaven. The great dragon was hurled downthat ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan,
who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- REVELATIONS 12:7-9 (NIV)
Passages that probably refer to demons being angels are: Matthew 25:41; Revelations 12:7-9
(above); 1 Peter 3:18-20; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6.
6.3
They were originally created by God through Jesus Christ.

For by him [Jesus] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
- COLOSSIANS 1:16 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made
that has been made.
- JOHN 1:1-3 (NIV)
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Demons have rankings.

As stated above: For by him [Jesus] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were
created by him and for him.
- COLOSSIANS 1:16 (NIV)
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms.
- EPHESIANS 6:12 (NIV)
The fact that there are principalities, powers, world rulers, and spiritual hosts of wickedness,
demonstrates that there is a hierarchy within the demonic realm.
6.5
Demons are under the authority of God and Christians.

Satan was defeated at the cross. In every encounter between Jesus and demons or Satan in the Bible,
Satan and his demons had no power over Jesus. When Jesus rose again he said that All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me therefore [you] go (Matthew 28:18 NIV). The
implication is clearly that now Jesus has all authority, we are to go out in that authority. We are now
to do as Jesus did.
6.6
What is the role of demons?

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He
said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?
The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say,
'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch
it, or you will die.'
You will not surely die, the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of
it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
- GENESIS 3:1-5 (NIV)
Satan tempted Eve to sin, and she eventually succumbed.
Make no mistake. Satan and all his demons completely and utterly despise all humans. They totally
hate and loathe us. Man was given another chance when he rebelled. This way is through Jesus
Christ. When Satan rebelled, he was not given a second chance to come back to God. His future
destruction is certain. His end is even now known. Satan knows this. There will never be a
situation where a demon does anything other than despise us. Any apparent variation of this
principle will be a lie. In any pact with Satan, the person will ultimately lose.
Their job is to tempt you to sin. They seem to get their kicks from making you sin in certain areas,
according to that demons nature. Often they will then accuse you, to make you feel guilty. Feelings
of guilt may well reduce over time. Given the chance, they will control you, defile you, torment you,
and harass you. They will drive you to do things that you would rather be set free from. If they have
their way, you will always lose. Always!
6.7
What are demons capable of doing? From the Bible:

Matthew 8:28
Legion many demons can attack one person at a time. This
man demonstrated unusual strength, and went around naked.
Matthew 8:31
They can go into animals (pigs, in this case)
Matthew 9:32-33
Spirit of Dumbness
Matthew 12:22
Spirit of Blindness and Dumbness
Mark 1:23-26; Luke 4:41 Possessed a man
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Luke 9:38-39,42
Caused convulsions
Luke 13:10-13
Spirit of crippleness
Acts 8:7
Paralytics and cripples
Acts 19:13-17
They respect only Jesus and Christians
Acts 6:16
Predict the future
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Masquerade as angels of light
2 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 24:24; Revelations 16:13-14
Perform counterfeit miracles
2 Corinthians 4:4; Matthew 4:13-15
Blind the minds of unbelievers
John 10:19-10
Steal, kill, destroy
2 Corinthians 12:7
Messenger of Satan to Paul. most likely a demon.
Added to this is the authority of Satan.

John 12:31, 14:30; Ephesians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 4:4
Satan is god of this world, prince of this world and prince of the
power of the air.
1 John 5:19
The whole world is under the control of Satan
To summarise what demons demonstrated they could do, we have:
Physical illness
Exchange of Personality
Clairvoyance
Unusual Strength
Moral Impurity
Seizures and Convulsions
Transference to others, including animals
Multiple demons inhabiting one person
Affecting our thinking
Appearing as angels
Stopping people believing in Jesus
6.8
Demons demonstrated that they must obey Jesus. (Matthew 8:31-32; Mark 1:25-26) Similarly
they will obey Christians who demonstrate an understanding of their delegated authority.
(Mark 16:7; Acts 8:5-7; Acts 16:18)
6.9
Demons fear their final judgement, which they already know. (Luke 8:28, 31)
7.
Demons cannot affect a person unless they have a legal right
And the legal right is invariably the result of somebodys sin - your own, or another persons.
The spirit world is an extremely legal world, where God sets the legal rules. All spirit beings are bound by
these rules. When Jesus took the keys of death and Hades from Satan (Revelations 1:19), he did not have to
fight it out down behind the wood shed. Legally, Jesus had already won on the cross. Satan could not
refrain from giving the keys over.
Satan did not become god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), prince of the power of the air (Ephesians
2:2), prince of this world (John 12:31), or ruler of this world (John 14:30), until he had tempted Adam
and Eve to sin. This gave him legal right to the earth. So when Satan tempted Jesus and offered him all the
kingdoms of the world, they were Satans to give. Jesus did not dispute this. Demons, too, know that they
can lay claim to come and stay in and on a person through a legal right. Similar to Adam and Eve, if we sin,
then demons will gain legal rights in our lives.
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But now, through confession, repentance and forgiveness, we can revoke these rights.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness.
- 1 JOHN 1:9 (NIV)
Once the legal right has been dealt with, it is easier to evict demons.
To evict a demon before the legal right has been nullified, while possible, is usually difficult. The demons
know, too, that because the legal right has not been dealt with, they can come back, and this can produce a
worse state than before.
When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept
clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and
they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it
will be with this wicked generation.
- MATTHEW 12:43-45 (NIV)
The legal right is almost invariably, sin your own, or someone elses. If someone is affected by demons,
either they are a sinner themselves, or they are a victim, and have responded wrongly. Either one can open a
doorway that allows demons to enter. They may or may not enter, but the doorway has been opened. The
only way it can be closed is through the cross: confession, repentance, forgiveness.
Most of any so-called deliverance session is not spent in casting out demons, but in repentance and
forgiveness.
Some of the legal rights that demons will use are:
(a) Deliberate sin.
Just as Satan only gained rulership over earth through Adam and Eves sin, so too Satan can gain the
right of access through our sin.
In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give
the devil a foothold.
- EPHESIANS 4:26-27 (NIV)
If you are living in deliberate rebellion, you are open to demonic attack. You must confess, repent,
forgive others, and forgive yourself.
(b)
Deliberate involvement in the occult.

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices
divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a
medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
Involvement in the occult breaks the first commandment (Exodus 20:2) of having other gods before
him. Seeking any advice or help from demons places them before God. This is spiritual adultery,
and is, in effect, a direct invitation for a demon to enter. It does not matter if you did not believe in
it, did it for a joke and a laugh, or were one of a dozen others involved, the results are that you have
opened a doorway in your life where demons may or may not enter. The doorway can only be
closed through repentance and forgiveness from Jesus.
Sometimes, those in authority over us, such as parent, teachers or leaders, can invite demons to enter
us through dedications and satanically empowered blessings.
(c)
Inherited or generational iniquity.

Generational iniquities, or bondages, are passed from parent to child down through the generations.
They will usually show up as compulsions that occur in each succeeding generation. They are not a
punishment for sin, but a natural consequence of sin. Often, demons will be linked to these
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compulsions. Having Christian parents does not seem to stop the iniquities of their parents affecting
us. We can even manufacture our own iniquities through deliberate wilful ungodly actions.
Becoming a Christian means we are forgiven, and that the penalty of our sins is taken by Jesus. But
it does not necessarily remove the consequences of past sins. In our natural physical world our
actions have consequences. For example, if a child breaks something, then apologises to us, the
broken object does not miraculously become whole again. The consequences must still outwork,
independently of our forgiveness (or otherwise). If a person sins before God, and asks for
forgiveness, God will forgive. He will even forget the sin. But the consequences of that sin (for
example, pregnancy) will still outwork in the natural world, regardless of Gods forgiveness. The
same occurs in the spirit world. The OT states that grievous sins, or iniquities produce
consequences that are visited down to the third and fourth (and in one case, the tenth) generation.
This occurred even after they had been through the sacrifice system for a covering of their sin.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and
transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
- NUMBERS 14:18 (MKJV)
Iniquities will distort some aspect of our being: our body, our soul or our spirit. It will often create
an inner nature that finds it easy to sin in one area. We cannot get free. This bias will be handed
down to our children. When we sin in this area, which we now find far easier to do, it will also open
us up to the influence of demons, and strengthen, or reinforce, the generational iniquity.
(d)
Deep hurts.
Abuse sexual or otherwise, anger, hatred, bitterness, jealousy, fear, rejection, worthlessness,
inadequacy, guilt, resentment, fear, rebellion, etc are all examples of this. Often shame covers all
this, and many events may be forgotten by the person. (2 Corinthians 4:2) For some, regularly
praying this verse can bring to remembrance the hidden memories.
Figures for sexual abuse are rather staggering. Very approximately, one in five women under the
age of 16 have been abused sexually in some form or other. In churches the figures are
approximately one in four. (In prison, the figures are worse! One in three women and one in ten
male prisoners have been victims of sexual abuse.)
This does not mean that people within the church abuse more, although logically it must go on, but
rather that they come to the church looking for help. On average, help is not found.
The reason the victim becomes affected by a demon is through their ungodly emotional response to
the act carried out against them. Anger, rage, hatred, fear, resentment, unforgiveness, guilt,
revenge the list can go on. These are sinful responses, and allow demonic entry. Sexual abuse is
the ultimate violation. Their gender identity is at the core of their being; it is who they are. To
violate this is to violate the core of their being. And the persons response allows demons the right
of entry.
This sounds like it is not fair. Remember though, that nothing Satan ever does is fair! His hatred for
us knows no bounds. It is total. And until the person is willing to hand these responses to Jesus and
be forgiven they cannot obtain freedom.
This means, of course, that when Jesus was tortured, abused, probably homosexually raped, and
slowly killed on the cross, he did not respond with hatred, anger, revenge, fear or even a shrinking
away from pain. The Bible says that he willingly went this path, freely offering himself to be
sacrificed, knowing that the final outcome would be potential freedom for all of us. Imagine the
temptation to sinful feelings. Yet still Jesus did not sin. It is no wonder that Jesus sweated tears of
blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, knowing what unbelievable temptation was in store for him.
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Sexual sin
Any of the following can cause an entry point for demons.
Sex before or outside of marriage
Generational sexual sins
Sexual abuse: This can be any one of a host of areas
Homosexuality / lesbianism
Pornography (written, video, internet)
Bestiality
Transvestism / trans-sexuality
Fantasy
A largely un-talked about area that may be a problem for some Christians Some single Christian
women who have not found a husband will be approached by a Jesus, usually at night in bed,
promising to be their husband, and be married to him - Jesus. Sex will occur, and may continue on a
regular basis. This will always be a demon. Always. It is called an incubus, and is well known in
history. One woman who reports this experience, after questioning others in the church, found that
nine out of ten of the women questioned had had this experience at least once. Men can have this
experience also, but clearly the demon cannot make out that it is Jesus, for Jesus would then be a
female. These demons are called a succubus.
(f)
Ungodly soul ties.

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.
Probably the most common ungodly soul tie today occurs through sex outside marriage. But
there are many sources for these ties. They must be repented of, cut, and the parts of you in
the other person brought back to you, and the image of the other removed from you.
Non-sexual soul ties can be formed through such things as domination of one person over
another, extreme admiration (for example, a rock star), very close friendships, and vows of
friendship, to name a few.
(g)
Curses and cursed objects.

Curses may be from us, or from others. Our words have power, because we were made in the
image of God, and his words have power also. Words such as, You will never get a job, or
You will never get married or You are always broke / ugly / childish can condemn a
person in the area spoken of. The saying, Sticks and stones will break your bones, but names
will neve hurt you, is wrong. We can do enormous damage with our tongue. When James
speaks of blessing and cursing, he is not speaking metaphorically.
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we
praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
- JAMES 3:8-10 (NIV)
Equally, we can condemn ourselves with similar statements aimed at ourselves, I will always
look ugly, I will never be loved, Ill be better off dead, All the men in my family die
before they turn 50, will affect ourselves by putting a curse on ourselves.
A curse, though, need not land.
Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest
- PROVERBS 26:2 (NIV)
This verse states that there needs to be an openness through a cause, for the curse to alight.
Curses that do land will most likely carry demons with them.
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Objects can also be cursed. It is not uncommon for people bringing objects purchased in
foreign countries that have had curses put on them to aid in their sale while in the shop.
Objects such as heathen masks, brass and other representations of gods, pictures of dragons,
demons, snakes, etc, jewellery made into some satanic / occult symbols, Buddha statues,
prayer wheels, anything purchased from temples, will usually have a demonic attachment.
If you have been to a temple of another god, and taken off your shoes to enter, you have done
obeisance to the god of the temple; you have worshipped their god. This may open a doorway
for a demon. It does not matter that you did not believe in it. (1 John 5:21)
Houses can be inhabited by demons to the point of awareness, so a ghost or a haunted
house is born! Often you might simply feel terribly uncomfortable in a room or passageway.
This can occur through witchcraft involvement, sances, spells, even untimely death.
After death, many keep their fathers Masonic lodge paraphernalia. This is highly cursed, and
should be burnt. Do not give these things away. What price do you put on freedom?
Some generational iniquities cause not just a bias, but also a generational curse to come down on
succeeding generations. Inherent in this curse will usually be a demon. We know that many
sicknesses pass from one generation to the next. The same applies to spiritual sickness.
Witchcraft can produce a problem with blasphemy and anger. Sexual promiscuity can produce skin
disorders. A generational trend of poverty, or being accident prone, is likely be sourced in an
iniquity. These curses are passed down from parent to child, and will usually carry demons. They
can only be broken through the power and the name of Jesus.
(h)
Ungodly dedications.
Many children, particularly in other cultures, are dedicated to their gods as babies. Perhaps a
vow is spoken over the child also.
(i)
Loss of control over ones body.

This area is not necessarily your sin, but may be through others sin. For example, hypnosis,
anaesthesia, accident, unconsciousness, trauma, etc.
(j)
Phobias or unnatural fears.

Fears of flying, swimming, out in the open, and the plethora of other phobias and fears can
respond well to deliverance. Many fears, however, stem from childhood experiences, and
healing will be required before prayer for deliverance.
(k)
Addictions:
(i) Addictions to pornography, sexual areas, and the like
(ii) Excessive behaviours, such as washing of hands, tidiness, etc
(iii) Drugs, smoking, alcohol
(iv) Food
These may or may not cause entry points for demonic influence. It will largely depend on the
degree of sin in any area. Mostly, the underlying area must be assessed and dealt with before
deliverance can be achieved. In all these there will be an underlying area.
(l)
Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) and Dissociative Identity Disorder (Formerly known as Multiple
Personality Disorder, or MPD).
These areas have come to be recognised in official circles in the last 15 years. They are
extremely complex areas, and beyond the scope of these notes. Unfortunately it is also an area
that is far more prevalent than we have in the past believed. In any one average sized
congregation, there can easily be at least half a dozen (usually) women with DID through
childhood sexual abuse. And this figure is probably conservative.
(m)
A list of other possible areas of concern is listed in an appendix.
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Once a doorway is closed (usually through confession, repentance, renouncing and forgiveness), demons
may choose to leave of their own volition. Deliverance is not the only way to rid a person of demons.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
- JAMES 4:7 (NIV)
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers
throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 PETER 5:8-9 (NIV)
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not
love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
- REVELATIONS 12:11 (NIV)
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you,
young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome
the evil one.
- 1 JOHN 2:14 (NIV)
8. Deliverance: Who does it? Do we ask God to, or do we?

Who actually does the deliverance? Do we ask God to do it, or do we do it ourselves?
At the end of Jesus ministry here on earth, he commissioned his disciples to: (Matthew 28:20) teach
them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. What had he commanded them to do?
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons
He appointed twelve - designating them apostles - that they might be with him and that he might send
them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.
- MARK 3:14-15 (NIV)
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons
and to cure diseases.
- LUKE 9:1 (NIV)
- LUKE 10:19-20 (NIV)
The gospel of Mark further records that Jesus stated,
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will
speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it
will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.
- MARK 16:17-18 (NIV)
While the textual authority of the Mark 16 passage is open to debate, there can be no question as to the early
churchs intention in this area. Deliverance was an integral part of their ministry. (See Appendix A)
God has clearly given authority to us to do the work. It is us who are to take that authority and command.
To ask God to heal or cast out demons is not in line with scripture. We are to do the healing and casting out.
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
- ROMANS 16:20 (NIV)
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9.
Jesus model on deliverance.
From Jesus ministry we can deduce a number of facts:
(a)
Jesus allowed the demons to speak occasionally. He also conversed with Satan directly, at his
temptation in the wilderness. When Jesus forbade demons from speaking, it was because he did
not want the demons to reveal who he was. With the Gadarene demoniac, Jesus conversed with the
demons and obtained valid information that appeared to help in the deliverance of the person. It may
be reasonable for us to do that also.
(b)
Knowing the demons name appears to give added authority. It certainly is necessary when doing
deliverance to narrow the focus down to a demon of _______. When the demons refused to leave
the Gadarene demoniac a fact interesting in itself - Jesus asked him his name (Luke 8:30 Jesus
asked him, What is your name?). The demons responded by giving their name. But was Jesus
asking for the demons name, or the persons name? The fact that Jesus asked probably indicates
that Jesus was seeking the persons name, rather than the demons name. We can be sure that Jesus
did not ask this question out of idle curiosity. Knowing the demons name appeared to give Jesus
something more to bring about deliverance.
(c)
In front of Jesus, demons manifested. Manifestations, while usually not desirable, will often confirm
to a person the reality of the demons. We must, however, limit these manifestations to our very
narrow specified boundaries. We have the authority to determine and set these boundaries.
(d)
Jesus did the commanding. He did not ask God to do it. The Great Commission and other
passages imply we should do the same. (See Matthew 10:8)
(e)
Demons once refused to follow Jesus instructions (Luke 8:29 Gadarene Demoniac). We must use
our authority in Jesus to command obedience.
(f)
Jesus cast the demons out. This means they must have been in. While the people were technically
not yet Christians (the cross had not occurred), Jesus model was so that we could learn how to do it.
Jesus modelled deliverance with the intention that the disciples (and us) would learn.
(g)
Demons can be expelled at a distance (Mark 7:29). But it seems better that it not be done this way,
because generally, Jesus did it this way. Jesus, for the most part, delivered people who were in close
proximity.
(h)
Healing includes deliverance. Sickness can be caused by demons. As stated earlier, Jesus actually
refers to those requiring deliverance as being sick. In Luke 7:22 Jesus says to tell John of the sick
people healed. Many, though, were healed by being delivered. Luke (Luke 8:2) states that they
were healed of evil spirits.
(i)
Jesus, and we can assume, the disciples, did not use dramatics to deliver someone. It is all about
authority.
10.
Guidelines in Prayer
So, some keys to prayer in areas such as deliverance are:
(a)
Know who you are in Christ Jesus. (See the section elsewhere for the I Ams of scripture.)
(b)
While no-one is yet perfect, leave no ongoing sin between you and God before ministering to
another. If you have an area of unconfessed and ongoing sin, it is an open doorway for Satan and his
demons to attack you.
(c)
Know your authority. Jesus said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore [you] go (Matthew 28:18-19 NIV) We are to go out in that authority. Not because we
are perfect. Not because we have it all together. But because we are now children of God. He sees
us as pure through Jesus, and we have that authority. We DO have that authority. Believe it!
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I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of
the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
- LUKE 10:19-20 (NIV)
(d)
Stand on the above two verses. Memorise them. Jesus gives us authority over all the power of the
enemy.
(e)
Be under a spiritual covering. For most, this will mean to be a member of your local church. By
doing this there is a level of spiritual protection. If you are involved in this type of ministry, keep
the minister fully informed of who you pray for. Make sure it is done with his blessing. Do not be a
lone ranger. We can be hit big time, unless we treat this seriously.
(f)
Have prayer backup. Ask people you trust, to pray for you during any time of prayer. These last
two are important for your own survival. Satan would love nothing more than to see you fall big
time. Being a legal system, if Satan has access to you, he will use it. It is very important.
(g)
In praying for deliverance for a person, either we are in tune with the Holy Spirit enough to be
shown by him what demons require dealing with, or we are not. Most of us are not. Some that this
writer knows, see these things in living colour, even as movie clips on large screens. Probably in
3-D! Who needs home theatre? And yes, I am envious. I do not have that gift of discernment. That
is not to say that God does not reveal anything to me. I find that God does show me certain things,
but only occasionally.
So either we pray for people in the presence of these gifted people who are shown things from God
with extreme clarity, or we command the demons themselves to reveal themselves to the person.
Puddling around in the dark, naming possible demons, hoping to hit the mark, is not really the best
way to achieve victory. It is like sword fighting with a blindfolded on.
(h)
Some believe that visualisation and seeing pictures in their mind is wrong. Like everything else
that Satan has done, he has also taken visualisation and polluted and twisted it to suit his evil ends.
The Bible, though, regularly speaks of people having dreams and visions. Jacob (Genesis 28:10-17),
Joseph (Genesis 37:5-11), Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-15), Isaiah (Isaiah 6), Peter (Acts 16:9), and John
(Revelations). Visualisation and guided imagery, when used in new age meditation will be demonic.
However, being created by God, it can also be used for good, if it is God centred and God focused.
(i)
The main tools of the Christians are repentance and seeking Gods forgiveness. Jesus saw it as so
vitally important for us to forgive others, that he added an addendum onto the Lords Prayer. If
we do not forgive others, we stand in grave danger of not receiving Gods forgiveness.
Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. but if you do not forgive men their
sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
- MATTHEW 6:12,15 (NIV)
(j)
It is futile to tell a demon what to do, unless the command is backed up by the victim's agreement
and aggressive resistance to Satan. Deliverance will be unsuccessful without a persons cooperation,
both on the day, and afterwards, as temptations arise. The person must still stand (Ephesians
6:13).
(k)
When people think of deliverance today, it conjures up bizarre and horrific pictures of people
screaming, being held down, or slithering up walls and across ceilings in various displays of snake or
animal-like behaviour.
True deliverance need not be like that. It can be a gentle ministry. As long as the person doing the
deliverance knows who they are in Christ, and the authority he has given them, manifestations can be
totally controlled. They will be as much or as little as the leader dictates. Generally, it is best to
reduce this to zero. Some manifestation may not be a bad thing, to demonstrate to the person the
reality of what they have been playing with. Jesus generally tried to restrict manifestations, but on
some occasions they occurred.
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Be very careful not to overstep your God-given authority. We do not have the authority to go into a
foreign temple and bind and cast out demons. We do not have the authority to go into a town and
cast down territorial spirits. We also do not have the authority to cast demons out of strangers,
including the Prime Minister! All these people have made their own choice, and it is not up to us to
deny those choices. Our limits, I believe, stop at those things that directly affect us, our family, and
with our ministers approval, our church. And, of course, a believer seeking help. Sometimes,
through much prayer and fasting, we may obtain authority for greater things. But be very careful! If
we step out of line in this area, we are very likely to get hit big time! If we work within our
allowed God-given licence to operate, we are protected. Outside this is very big trouble.
Be very cautious about confronting Territorial Spirits. Jesus never did. While there is scriptural
evidence for them being there, there is no scriptural precedent for coming against them. Be very sure
of your leading if you do this.
Stepping outside these limits can cause extreme problems. This writer is aware of a marriage breakup, also a bedridden sickness that incapacitated one person for a year until prayer released them,
family strife and bickering after each prayer ministry time, and for another, repeated hospitalisation
for an illness after deliverance sessions until this person left town. It then stopped. Another almost
resulted in the persons death, until they repented of stepping outside their authority, and received
prayer from friends. It is the writers opinion that these hits were the result of either stepping
outside the set boundaries for this ministry, or known sin in the life of the one or more of the team
members. It is not a game!
(m)
Often we might see a need to pray for someone such as a loved one in the area of deliverance,
binding and loosing, etc, but it is impossible to pray with them (due to distance, unbelieving
marriage partner, etc ). If the person is willing to allow us to pray, ask for their authority to stand in
the gap for them, and to pray in any way we see or feel led. The spirit world is a legal world, so the
question must be clear, and they must give a clear Yes. They need to give informed intelligent
permission. With this, you have the authority to pray for them. Standing in the gap is a biblical
thing, where we pray for others by owning their burdens, repenting where appropriate, and seeking
Gods forgiveness. (See Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30)
(n)
We can pray to take any demons power and authority, and give it back to Jesus, the source of all
power and authority. The demon will get smaller and less powerful. It makes it easier and less
daunting on the person being delivered if they are shown by God that the demon is small. We can do
this for all demons anywhere, with safety. This can be a very effective tool. Prayer commanding
that a demon be isolated from all sources of power can help also.
(o)
Never pray commanding angels to do anything. Ask God if he would send angels to do the task.
We do not have authority over angels. Their task is to minister to us, not answer to us.
(p)
If possible, rely on a member of the team having the gift of discernment. It is better to rely on God
for information, than to rely on Satan. As a rule, never request information from demons other than
information directly related to their eviction. Anything further than this is too close to using the
person as a medium. Occasionally, Jesus may command the demons to reveal other information, but
be very careful in this. Follow the leading of God on this. An absolute: never engage in a lengthy
conversation with demons.
For those who feel that having two way conversations with demons is too close to holding a sance,
look at the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the people who practice this method. If they are
practicing what God hates, the blessing of God will not be on their lives or ministry. Generally, we
would have to conclude that Gods blessing is there. But we must be careful.
(q)
Apart from Jesus, very few people will get to deal directly with Satan. There may be other demons
named Satan, just as there are many people named Mohammed after Islams prophet of the same
name. This may fool some people into believing that they are dealing directly with Satan, but it is
doubtful that ordinary Christians will be required to deal directly with him.
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Be wary of casting demons out of non-Christians. Without the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit
to take the demons place, the person is destined for despair. (Read Matthew 12:43-45) Only rarely
is it realistic to expect otherwise. Paul did cast out a demon from a non-Christian girl in Acts 16:18.
Here, he commanded a spirit of divination to come out of a slave girl. This occurred only after
continual harassment from the girl, who followed them around saying, These men are servants of
the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation. Notice, though, that the ensuing
fracas put Paul and Silas in prison. The result was that while the jailer - and his entire household was saved, Paul and Silas had to leave the city. Was it worth it? Only God knows.
You may bind demons in non-Christians, but this will only last a short time. For instance, in your
work environment, classroom, etc, you may bind demons within people you come across, to make
your job or life easier. Be as specific and narrow focussed as possible. Go with what you feel led by
God, in naming the demons concerned. If the demon needs to be re-bound, then it should be done
daily. Expect this to last one day only. (Jesus model prayer says, Give us this day, our daily
bread This indicates a daily prayer, and not a one-off prayer that has on-going effects that last
forever.)
(s)
When praying for someone in this area, always minister in (at least) pairs. Never do this alone.
(t)
Never be bullied into a rushed job, praying for someone with a desperate need. Always make time
to think your way through, obtain prayer backup, find team members, pray and seek God, etc. The
demon has probably been there for years. Take the time to think and pray your way through.
(u)
Sometimes when we plan to, or actually do something big for God, things seem to fall apart. The
wheels fall off our life. Accidents occur, sicknesses happen, depression comes like a blanket, minor
(or major) calamities follow, or family problems arise. There can be many reasons for this. But
somewhere there will be an opening allowing Satan and his kingdom entry into your life / family.
Some of these might be:
Is there known sin that you are hiding (or in the life of a team member)?
Have you overstepped your authority?
You may not be covered by your church. Do they support what you are doing? Is it with
the ministers approval?
Is your home life in line with Gods authority structure? (Before God: Husband Wife
Children). If you are single, what do you do to pray for Gods protection over yourself
(and perhaps, each child)?
Have you prayed through your house recently? Have you anointed the doors, windows,
and house-block corners? Have you prayed for Gods blessing on your house?... car?...
possessions?
Check for cursed objects in your home. (trinkets from overseas Asian / Indian / etc shops,
new age jewellery, occult equipment, etc)
What ungodly soul ties are still in place?
Might there be curses on you or on your family? What grounds are there for a curse to
alight?
Jesus walked in intimacy with God. He was permanently in the center of Gods will, and Satan had
absolutely nothing on him. Satan had no avenue of access into Jesus life. He could still tempt
Jesus, but that was all. The closer we are to this central point (and none of us will ever be there
perfectly, as Jesus was), the less unexpected interference will arise.
(v)
For generational sin:For sin done to us:For our own sin:-
(w)
Bereavement:-
Confess as sin the parents / grandparents actions, repent (We have

sinned), renounce their sin, cut it off.
Express our hatred of the sin, forgive the sinner, identify our reactions to the
sin and ask Gods forgiveness for our reactions.
Own the sin, confess, repent, renounce and receive Gods forgiveness.
Cut the ungodly soul ties to the person they grieve for, break the power of
false guilt, release the departed to Jesus. This, however is somewhat
simplistic, as hurts may well need healing.
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Guidelines in prayer
Always pray beforehand for Gods empowering and to set the scene.
(b)
Question the person to determine what they actually want.
(c)
Ask when the problem started.
(d)
Ask what was happening in their life at that time.
(e)
If the problem was there always, it might be generational. Is there a family history? Do other
siblings have the same problem?
(f)
We may accept responsibility for our ancestors sin. Pray along the lines, I stand in the gap for my
parents family, and assume responsibility for this sin. I repent of their disobedience in (the area). I
ask that you, father, would remove the stain and consequences of this sin from myself and my
children.
(g)
Look for any event that may have caused the problem. Particularly those things mentioned in the
Legal Rights section earlier, and the Appendix on this at the end.
(h)
Deal with the legal rights.
(i)
Pray with a narrow focus. Broad focussed prayer does not work.
(j)
Yelling, ranting and raving at demons does not achieve much, except demonstrate a perceived lack
of authority. A man by the name of Hans Nielsen Hauge said, The devil sees nothing more
abominable than a truly humble Christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own
image. It is not really a power encounter, as we have already won! It is our humility and faith in
God that achieves victory.
Reviling demons only gives them power. Evil is how they desire to be. The more evil they are,
the better. In Satans kingdom, it is a kingdom of power; the more evil, the more power. There is
absolutely no shame in his world. Telling them that they are vile, or similar, will please them
immensely.
(k)
A number of practices should be mentioned:

Binding before casting out
Praying against transference to another
Refraining from laying on of hands when doing deliverance
Commanding demons to the pit
Commanding them never to return
None of the above are set in stone in scripture, in fact, except for praying for a demon never to return
(and that only in Mark 9:25), none are done at all. This does not mean that the above are not
beneficial. Do not have a formula set in concrete to follow. Be led by God in what you do.
12. Praying for deliverance

Either we pray for a person for deliverance with someone present who clearly is shown what is happening in
the spirit world by God through the Holy Spirit, or we look at the following method.
One method detailed on a sheet attached in the Prayers section is largely based on what is taught by Peter
Toth (Anazao: www.anazao.com.au) and by Dr Ed Smith (www.theophostic.com), and probably others.
Basically, under strict control, we can command the demons to reveal to the person, their grounds for being
there, deal with the grounds, then expel them.
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Appendix A:
Evidence of deliverance in the early church:
Buz Milosh of Warrior Ministries "INTRODUCING DELIVERANCE" exerts:

Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book II, 32:4 (190 A.D.) - "For some Christians do certainly and truly drive out
devils, so that those who have thus been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe and join
themselves to the church." DELIVERANCE is also implied to be done by Christians in Book II, 31:2.
Justin Martyr, Second Apology, Ch. 8 (153 A.D.) - This apology was addressed to the Roman Senate. "And
they (demons), having been shut up in eternal fire, shall suffer their just punishment and penalty. For if they
are even now overthrown by men through the Name of Jesus Christ, this is an intimation of the punishment
in eternal fire which is to be inflicted on themselves and those who serve them."
Justin Martyr, Second Apology, Ch. 6 - "And now you (Roman Senate) can learn this from what is under
your own observation. For numberless demoniacs throughout the whole world, and in your city, many of our
Christian men exorcising them in the Name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, have
healed and do heal, rendering helpless and driving the demons out of men, though they could not be cured by
all the other exorcists, and those who used incantations and drugs."
Justin Martyr, Dialogue With Trypho, a Jew, Ch. 30 (150 A.D.) - "For we call him (Jesus) Helper and
Redeemer, the power of whose name even the demons do fear; and at this day, when they are exorcised in
the Name of Jesus Christ, they are overcome."
Dialogue With Trypho, Ch. 76 - "And now we, who believe on our Lord Jesus, who was crucified under
Pontius Pilate, when we exorcise all demons and evil spirits, have them subjected to us."
Dialogue With Trypho, Ch. 85 - "For every demon, when exorcised in the Name of this very Son of God...is
overcome and subdued. But though you exorcise any demon in the name of any of those who were amongst
you--either kings, righteous men, or prophets or patriarchs--it will not be subject to you. Now assuredly your
(Jewish) exorcists, I have said, make use of this craft when they exorcise, even as the Gentiles do, and
employ fumigations and incantations."
Tatian, Address of Tatian to the Greeks, Ch. 16 (160 A.D.) - "Sometimes they themselves (demons) disturb
the habit of the body by a tempest of folly; but, being smitten by the Word of God, they depart in terror, and
the sick man is healed."
Theophilus, Theophilus to Autolycus, Book II. 8 (160-180 A.D.) - Theophilus is refuting the false teachings
of Homer and Hesiod who were famous Greek poets. "...And this clearly appears from the fact, that even to
this day the demonized are sometimes exorcised in the Name of the living and true God and these spirits of
error themselves confess that they are demons who also formerly inspired these writers (Homer and
Hesiod)."
Tertullian, Apology, Ch. 23 (197 A.D.) - "Let a person be brought before your tribunals; who is plainly
under demonic possession. The wicked spirit, BIDDEN TO SPEAK by a follower of Christ, will as readily
make the truthful confession that he is a demon, as elsewhere he has falsely asserted that he is a god."
Tertullian, Apology, Ch. 37 - "Who would save you (Roman Rulers), I mean, from the attacks of those
spirits of evil, which without reward or hire we (Christians) exorcise?"
Tertullian, To Scapula, Ch. 4 - "The clerk of one of the courts who was liable to be thrown upon the ground
by an evil spirit, was set free from his affliction (by Christians); as was also the relative of another, and the
little boy of a third. How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been DELIVERED
from demons, and healed of diseases?"
Minucius Felix, The Octavious of Minucius Felix (210 A.D.) - "A great many, even some of your own
people, know all those things that the demons themselves confess concerning themselves, as often as they are
driven by us (Christians) from bodies by the torments of our words and by the fires of our prayer." (The
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV, p. 190).
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Origen, Against Celsus, Book I, 46 (230-254) A.D.) - "And there are still preserved among Christians traces
of that Holy Spirit which appeared in the form of a dove. The Christians expel evil spirits, and perform many
cures, and foresee certain events, according to the will of the Logos."
Origen, Against Celsus, Book I, 67 - "And the Name of Jesus can still remove distractions from the minds of
men, and expel demons, and also take away diseases and produce a complete change of character..."
Lactentius, The Divine Institutes, Book II, 16 (250-320 A.D.) - "But they (demons) fear the righteous, that is,
the worshipers of God, adjured by whose name they depart from the bodies (of people); for being lashed by
the Christians' words, they not only confess to be demons, but even utter their own names." Also
DELIVERANCE is mentioned in Book V., 22, and in The Epitome of the Divine Institutes, Ch. 51. Cyril of
Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecturer, 16:12 (350-375 A.D.) - "For he (Holy Spirit) employs the tongue of one
man for wisdom; the soul of another he enlightens by prophecy, to another he gives power to drive away
demons..."
Lactentius, The Divine Institutes, Book V, 22 For these (demons), as long as there is peace among the
people of God, flee from the righteous, and fear them; and when they seize upon the bodies of men, and
house their souls, they are adjured by the Christians, and at the Name of the true God are put to flight. For
when the demons hear of this name they tremble, cry out, and assert that they are branded and beaten; and
being asked who they are, whence they are come, and how they have insinuated themselves INTO a man,
confess it. Thus, being tortured and excruciated by the power of the Divine Name, they come out of the
man.
From, Clinton Arnold, Three Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare, Baker, 1997:
While we do not build doctrine on church history, the most reliable of the accounts of the early
practice of the church, Apostolic Tradition, preserved by Hippolytus of Rome, indicates that
new Christians were all taken through a kind of deliverance since they were coming out of
Satan's kingdom. (chapter 2) Many later writers speak of the ability of Christians to cast out
demons (Justin Martyr, Tatian, Tertullian, Origen), and Clinton Arnold says, "It appears that the
primary context for the casting out of evil spirits was in the classes for new Christians" (p107).
Justin Martyr uses his ability to deal with demons as an argument in his argument for
Christianity and against heresy.
Peter Horrobin, Healing Through Deliverance, p21, 1991

There are many well-documented accounts of deliverance being a normal part of Christian
ministry throughout the history of the church. For example, Tertullian, writing about 200AD,
comments in his De Spectaculis, 'We have the case of this woman - the Lord himself is witness who went to the theatre, and came back possessed. In the outcasting, accordingly, when the
unclean creature was upbraided with having dared to attack a believer, he (the evil spirit) firmly
replied, "And in truth I did it most righteously, for I found her in my domain!.."
Origen, in his work Against Celsus (about 250AD), says, "It is not by incantations that
Christians prevail over evil spirits but by the Name of Jesus ... and by the use of prayers and
other means which we learn from Scripture, we drive them out of the souls of men, out of places
where they have established themselves, and even sometimes from the bodies of animals; for
even these creatures often suffer from injuries inflicted upon them by demons."
Lactantius quaintly adds in the Epitome of the Divine Institutes (about 315AD), As he himself,
before his passion, put to confusion demons by his word and command, so now, by the name
and sign of the same passion (the cross), unclean spirits, having insinuated themselves into the
bodies of men, are driven out, when racked and tormented, and confessing themselves to be
demons, they yield themselves to God, Who harasses them.
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The following is from Peter Horrobin, Healing Through Deliverance, 1991, p271.
A report of the Seventh Council of Carthage in AD276 by Crescens of Cirta stated that, all
heretics and schismatics who wish to come to the Catholic Church, shall not be allowed to enter
without they have first been exorcised and baptised. Vincent of Thibaris reports similarly from
the same council that firstly by imposition of hands for exorcism, and secondly by baptism,
they may then come to the promise of Christ.
In her summary of the early church practices Evelyn Frost, in her book Christian Healing
states that At the beginning of the Christian life stood Baptism, preceded usually by exorcism
(my italics), when the old life as a member of the fallen race was superseded by the new life
which partook of the resurrection of Christ.
From Neil Anderson, The Bondage Breaker, p185, (quoting Ferguson, Demonology)
Tertiullian wrote:
Mock as you like, but get the demons if you can to join you in your mocking; let them deny that
Christ is coming to judge every human soul .... Let them deny that, for their wickedness condemned
already, they are kept for that very judgment day, with all their worshipers and their works. Why, all
the authority and power we have over them is from our naming the name of Christ, and recalling to
their memory the woes with which God threatens them .... Fearing Christ in God, and God-in Christ,
they become subject to the servants of God and Christ. So at our touch and breathing, overwhelmed by
the thought and realization of those judgment fires, they leave at our command the bodies they have
entered, unwilling and distressed.
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Appendix B:
Possible Areas of Concern
(From http://www.sw-mins.org/oppressi.html)
Please note: If a person can say Yes to any of these areas, all that may be required is confession and
repentance. Deliverance will not always be required if, for example, all one has to do is get
rid of some object in the home! If problems continue, then deliverance may be required.
Compulsive Thoughts
Extremely low self-image (unworthy, a failure, no good - a constant undermining of the selfidentity.)
Constant confusion in thinking (sometimes great difficulty in remembering things)
Inability to believe (even when the person wants to)
Mocking and blasphemous thoughts against preaching/teaching of the Word of God
Perceptual distortions - perceiving anger, hostility, in others when it does not really exist - seeing
only judgment in the scriptures
Horrible nightmares causing fear (often having demonic images)
Violent thoughts (suicidal, homicidal, encouraging self-abuse, etc.)
Compulsive Feelings
Hatred and bitterness toward others for no justifiable reason
Tremendous hostility or fear when encountering someone involved in deliverance work
Deep depression and despondency (frequently and sometimes timely)
Panic attacks
Irrational anger - rage
Irrational guilt - self-condemnation to the extreme
Irrational Fears and Phobias
Swimming, flying, water, open spaces, etc, etc etc.
Compulsive Behaviour
Desire to do what is right (inability to carry it out)
Sudden personality and attitude changes (severe contrasts - appears schizophrenic)
A strong aversion toward scripture reading and prayer (especially one on one)
A dark countenance (steely or hollow look in eyes - contraction of the pupils - sometimes facial
features contort or change - often an inability to look at your directly
Lying, exaggerating, or stealing compulsively (often wondering why)
Drug abuse (especially when there is demonic hallucinations)
Eating obsessions - bulimia, anorexia nervosa
Compulsive sexual sins (especially perversions)
Irrational laughter or crying
Irrational violence - compulsion to hurt self and/or someone else
Sudden speaking of a language not previously known (often an ethnic language of ancestors)
Reactions to the name and blood of Jesus Christ (verbally or through body language)
Extreme restlessness (especially in a spiritual environment)
Uncontrollable cutting and mocking tongue
Blasphemy and vulgar language
Consciousness Problems
Loss of time (from minutes to hours - ending up someplace, not knowing how you got there regularly doing things of which there is no memory also usually evidence of DID)
Extreme sleepiness around spiritual things
Demonstration of extraordinary abilities (either ESP or Telekinesis)
Voices are heard in the mind (they mock, intimidate, accuse, threaten or bargain)
Voice speaking from subject - refers to him/her in the third person
Supernatural experiences - hauntings, movement or disappearance of objects, and other strange
manifestations
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Abnormal Medical Problems (See a doctor first!!!)

Seizures (too long and/or too regular)
Pain (without justifiable explanation - especially in head and/or stomach)
Blackouts
Physical ailments can often be alleviated immediately by a command of spiritual authority (For
example, epileptic seizure, asthma attacks, various pains)
Sudden interference with bodily functions (temporary) - buzzing in ears, inability to speak or hear,
sudden severe headache, hypersensitivity in hearing or touch, sudden chills or overwhelming heat in
body, numbness in arms or legs, temporary paralysis
The following from http://www.christianwarfare.co.nz/bdmquest.htm and

http://shatterdmen.com/Counselor%20Sheet.htm
Destructive Habits
Lying, blasphemy, smoking, drinking, have you ever had an abortion, temper, lust, anorexia/bulimia,
stealing, constant criticism, gossip, gluttony, fear, etc
Traumatic Experiences
In uterus, in childhood, in teenage years, in adulthood, sudden death of loved one, post operative
shock, shock due to accident, physical attack, extreme fear.
Immoral Conditions
Homosexuality / lesbianism, bi-sexuality, sodomy, indecent exposure, masturbation, adultery,
fornication, incest, rape, bestiality, pornography.
Objects in the home: See section on Blessings and Curses for a list of possible objects
Drug involvement
Involved in any cult
Occult Activity
Can be very broad. Any involvement in the occult can (and usually will) produce demonic
interference. See next page.
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Appendix C:
Occult Check List 1
(from http://christian-faith.com/forjesus/occult-check-list)
Possible Demonic Entry Points:

Abstract art (under hallucinogenic stimulus)

Acupuncture
Alcohol problem
Amulets (tigers claw, sharks tooth, horseshoe over door, mascots, talisman (magic picture)
Ankh (a cross with a ring top used in satanic rites)
Apparitions - occultic
Astral travel
Astrology
Augury (interpreting omens)
Automatic writing
Birth signs
Black arts
Black magic (involving hidden powers for bad ends)
Black mass
Blood subscriptions (pacts)
Cartomancy (using playing cards)
Chain letters
Channelling
Charming or enchanting (attempts to use spirit power)
Charms and charming for wart removal
Chinese astrology
Clairaudience (ability to hear voices and sounds super-normally - spirited voices alleging to be those of
dead people giving advice or warnings)
Clairsentience (supernormal sense perception)
Clairvoyance (ability to see objects or events spontaneously or supernormally above their normal range
of vision - second sight)
Colour therapy
Concept therapy
Conjuration (summoning up a spirit by incantation)
Coven (a community of witches)
Crystal ball gazing
Crystals
Death magic (where the name of the sickness plus a written spell is cast into coffin or grave)
Demon worship
Disembodied spirits
Divining rod or twig or pendulum (Hosea 4:12)
Dowsing or witching for water, minerals, under-ground cables, finding out the sex of unborn child using
divining rod, pendulum, twig or planchette
Dream interpretation (as with Edgar Cayce books)
Drugs mind altering
Dungeons and dragons
Eastern meditation/religious - Gurus, Mantras, Yoga, Temples etc
Ectoplasm (unknown substance from body of a medium)
Enchanting
E.S.P. (extra sensory perception)
Findhorn Community
Floating trumpets
Fortune telling
Gothic rock music
Gurus
Gypsy curses
Hallucinogenic drugs (cocaine, heroin, marijuana, sniffing glue etc)
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Handwriting analysis (for fortune telling)

Hard rock music - Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones
Heavy metal music - AC/DC, Guns and Roses (all heavy rock)
Hepatoscopy (examination of liver for interpretation)
Hex signs (hexagrams)
Horoscopes
Hydromancy (divination by viewing images in water)
Hypnosis
Idols
Incantations
Iridology (eye diagnosis)
Japanese flower arranging (sun worship)
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (Reincarnation, Hinduism)
Kabbala (Occult Lore)
Karma
Levitation
Lucky charms or signs of the Zodiac or birthstones
Magic (not sleight of hand but use of supernatural power)
Mantras
Martial arts (Aikido, Judo, Karate, Kung fu, Tae Kwan Do etc)
Matthew Manning
Mediums
Mental suggestion
Mental telepathy
Mental therapy
Mesmerism
Metaphysics (study of spirit world)
Mind control
Mind Dynamics
Mind mediumship
Mind reading
Moon-mancy
Motorskopua (mechanical pendulum for diagnosing illness)
Mysticism
Necromancy (conjuring up spirits of the dead)
New Age Healing
Numerical symbolism
Numerology
Occultic games
Occult letters of protection
Occult literature, eg The Greater World, The 6th & 7th Book of Moses, The Other side, The book of
Venus, Pseudo-Christian works of Jacob Lorber, works by Edgar Cayce, Aleister Crowley, Jean Dixon,
Levi Dowling, Arthur Ford (The Overt Worship of Spirit Beings), Johann Greber, Andrew Jackson
Davis, Anton Le Vay, Ruth Montgomery, John Newborough, Eric Von Daniken, Dennis Wheatley.
Ouija board
Pornography
Psychic experimentation
Sances
Spells
Tarot Cards
Telepathy
Witchdoctor visit
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Appendix C:
Occult Check List 2
Based on http://orderofsaintpatrick.org/PDF/occultck2.pdf
Have you ever- just for fun, out of curiosity or in earnest- done any of the following:

Have you ever used LSD, marijuana, crack cocaine or any other mind-expanding or mind-altering
drugs?
Have you ever abused prescription drugs? (This is sorcery)
Have you ever viewed abstract art while under hallucinogenic stimulus?
Have you ever had a problem with alcohol?
Have you ever exposed yourself to pornography in magazines, pictures, Internet, TV or stage shows,
books, topless bars or X-rated movies?
Have you ever looked at Hentai or cartoon pornography?
Have you ever had a problem with habitual masturbation?
Have you ever participated in cybersex, phone sex or anonymous sex?
Have you ever taken interest and/or been involved in sexual deviation, homosexuality or lesbianism?
Have you been involved in group sex, bestiality or paedophilia?
Have you ever had sexual contact with a person who was not your legal spouse? If possible, recall them
by name (first name or initial is sufficient).
Have you had an abortion? Have you fathered a child who was aborted?
Have you been involved with an abortion in any way?
Have you ever had a fetish?
Have you ever had your future predicted through tea leaves, palm reading, crystal ball, fortune teller or
psychic?
Have you ever read or followed horoscopes, or had a chart made for yourself to predict your future?
Have you ever read any other types of birth signs?
Have you ever been hypnotized, practiced self-hypnosis, yoga, transcendental meditation, chanting?
(Hypnotism was spoken of as "casting a spell" in Bible days, and a hypnotist was called a "charmer")
Have you ever been involved in charming or enchanting (attempts to use spirit power)?
Have you ever attended a sance or a spiritualist meeting?
Do you believe in reincarnation? Have you ever had a reincarnation reading?
Have you ever tried to communicate with the dead? (Necromancy) (Could be a cultural thing)
Have you ever played with a Ouija board, crystal ball, Dungeons & Dragons, Pern (Harper's Tale) or
other games involving occult subjects? (witches, warlocks, wizards, magical powers, spirits, etc.)
Have you ever had a Tarot card reading or practiced cartomancy (using playing cards for fortune telling
or other magical purposes)?
Have you ever played games using ESP, telepathy, hypnotism, etc.?
Have you ever consulted, or acted as a medium, psychic, spiritualist or numerologist?
Have you ever sought to locate someone or thing by consulting someone with psychic powers?
Have you ever practiced channelling spirits?
Have you ever seen and/or communicated with apparitions that were evil or of questionable origin?
Have you ever sought healing through magic spells or charms, a Christian Scientist, new age healer,
spiritualist, witch doctor, or shaman?
Have you ever been involved in martial arts, karate, acupuncture?
Have you ever practiced table lifting, levitation of objects, pendulum swinging, lifting of bodies, astral
travel, automatic writing or soul-travel? telepathy, telekinesis, or other forms of ESP? Dj Vu?
Have you ever used pendulums to determine the sex of a baby?
Have you ever used a charm, amulet of any kind, or crystal for protection, power or good luck?
Have you ever participated in chain letters?
Have you ever practiced water-witching or divining to find out information such as where to dig a well?
Have you ever practiced any other kind of black arts?
Have you ever practiced seer stone divination?
Have you ever visited a town or location known for its occult activities or supernatural phenomenon?
Have you read or possessed books on Wicca, astrology, non-Christian interpretation of dreams, augury
(interpretation of omens), cults or other religious groups which deviate from scriptural Christian
doctrine? (examples: Mormonism / LDS Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Unity,
Scientology or Mind Science)
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Have you ever read or possessed books or materials on witchcraft, fortune telling, magic, ESP,
clairvoyance, psychic phenomena or possession? (Harry Potter materials, Steven King novels, the
Cabala, the Satanic bible, books on casting spells, hexes or curses, witchcraft, etc..)
Do you have anything in your home that was given to you by someone in the occult?
Do you have anything in your home of an occult or pagan religious nature? (Indian dream catchers,
Buddha statues, new age crystals, pagan / brass statues depicting gods, etc)
Have you followed the writings of Edgar Cayce, Jean Dixon, Shirley MacLaine, L. Ron Hubbard, Anne
McCaffrey, Nastrodamus, or New Age authors?
Have you watched movies or television shows with demonic themes? (The Exorcist, Rosemarys Baby,
The Omen, etc.)
Have you watched horror movies? (Friday the 13th, The Amityville Horror, The Silence of the Lambs,
Faces of Death, Tales from the Crypt, etc.)
Have you watched films or television shows that promoted occult practices? (Star Wars, Lord of the
Rings, The Seventh Sign, Poltergeist, Teen Witch, etc.)
Are you fascinated with evil or the occult?
Have you ever believed the idea that man is self-sufficient and does not need God?
Have you ever listened to hard rock, heavy metal or acid rock music with a Satanic influence or music
with a new age influence?
Have you ever visited or worshipped in a shrine or temple of a non-Christian religion? Do you possess
any books, articles or statues from any of these religions? (examples: visiting Mayan ruins, Egyptian
pyramids, or Buddhist temples; attending Hawaiian luaus, Indian rain dances or other pagan
celebrations)
Have you played or do you own games (video or other) that involve characters with superhuman or
supernatural powers? (Harry Potter, Zelda, Pokemon, Diablo, Powerball, Doom, Dungeons & Dragons,
Atmosfear, etc.)
Have you ever practiced sorcery, white magic, black magic, voodoo, corroborees, etc?
Have you ever practiced mind control over any person or animal, cast a magic spell or sought a psychic
experience?
Have you ever consulted voodoo in order to bring harm on another person, to protect yourself, or to
cause someone to fall in love with you?
Have you ever been involved with Santera, or Lucum (AKA The Order of the Orishas or The Order of
Lucum)?
Have you ever made a pact with the devil or been involved in or witnessed Satan worship, a Satanic
ritual or black magic?
Have you ever been involved with anyone in The Brotherhood, The Illuminati, the Sisters of Light, or
any other group associated with Satanism?
Have you ever worn, owned or had in your home the symbol of the ankh (a cross with a ring top that is
used in satanic rites)?
Have you ever had or worn pentagrams, star sign, new age or satanic jewellery?
Have you ever celebrated or witnessed a black mass? (real or depicted)
Have you ever participated in or witnessed a ritual sacrifice?
Have you ever made a blood covenant or pact? ..blood brotherhood?
Have you ever invited spirit gods, or other beings into your body?
Have you ever asked for a spirit guide to help you?
Have you ever asked the devil to help you?
Have you ever attended witchcraft or voodoo activities?
Have you ever been involved in Wicca, New Age, Freemasonry, Eastern Star, De Molay or Rainbow
Girls?
Have you ever wished you or someone else were dead?
Have you ever planned or attempted suicide?
Have you ever planned or attempted to kill someone?
Have you ever sent a curse, hex or spell on someone?
Have other family members had problems with alcohol or drugs?
Do you know of any relatives or ancestors who have been into Wicca, witchcraft, pagan religions,
fortune telling or strong superstitions, or used magic spells or potions?
Has anyone in your family been involved in Freemasonry, Eastern Star, De Molay or Rainbow Girls?
Has anyone in your family been involved in any of the activities mentioned in this inventory? If so,
please note the family relation and the activities involved.
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Have you had experiences of things going bump in the night, yet have not personally been involved in
any of the things mentioned here?
All forms of occult involvement are absolutely forbidden by Scripture; both practice and participation in
them are condemned by God. even if it was just for fun, and/or you didnt believe in it! Occult
involvement breaks the first commandment, and invokes God's curse: (Ex.20:3-5) A weakness in this
area can be passed down to the 3rd and 4th generation.
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Appendix D:
Summary of Satanic Legal Right and Demonic Doorways
(a) Personal sin / iniquity

Can be anything
Any and all occult involvement, active or
passive
Unforgiveness toward others / God
Puncturing, cutting or marking your body
(not all just some)
Alternative Medicines
Some Wacky ones
o Any involvement in Halloween
o Some computer games
o Independence
o Visit temples
o Ungodly laying on of hands
o Trauma
(b) Generational sin / iniquity. Sinful bents
of one generation handed on to the next:
Sexual sins: incest, illegitimacy,
perversions, paedophilia, etc
Anger, unforgiveness, violence, etc
(c) Ungodly Soul Ties
Sexual liaisons, voluntary or not
Pacts with others, particularly those
sealed with each others blood
Wrong ties to Mother, Father, Partner,
child or friend
Over the top friendship
(d) Curses:
Words spoken over yourself (I am a
failure)
Words others have spoken over you
(You will never succeed)
Family cultural history
Cursed objects
Curses put on you by others
Curses that come down through the
generations: That is, Gods judgement on
the sin of ancestors (AOT iniquity)
o Familial sicknesses
o Accident prone
o Poverty
o etc, etc, etc
(e) Ungodly Vows

Ungodly promises, oaths and covenants
o Words spoken over yourself
o Promises made to anyone outside a
Godly environment
o Written promises / vows
(f) Cultural Bondages
Following other gods
Participating in heathen practices
Generational iniquities
Other ungodly cultural ties
(g) Loss of control over ones own body or mind
Hypnosis
Astral Travel
Dissociation
Unconsciousness (eg. car accident)
Using mind altering substances
Anaesthesia
(h) Physical acts carried out on, or against
yourself, or in your presence
Sexual Abuse
Satanic Ritual Abuse
Physical abuse
Emotional abuse
(i) Anything that happens to us that causes an
extreme negative emotional response.
eg. fear, abandonment, shame, rejection,
anger, rage, lust, hatred
(j) Cursed objects
All these things open spiritual doorways and give legal right whereby Satan may (or may not) gain entry at
some stage. These doorways cannot be closed apart from the cross of Christ.
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Worthwhile Reading:
The following authors have had significant influence on myself. Any other books these authors have written
will almost certainly be worth reading also.
Banks, Bill and Sue. Breaking Unhealthy Soul.
Impact Christian Books, USA, 1999.
Gibson, Noel and Phil. Deliver Our Children From the Evil One.
Sovereign World, Chichester, England, 1992.
Gibson, Noel and Phil. Evicting Demonic Intruders.
New Wine Press, England,1993.
Horrobin, Peter J. Healing Through Deliverance Volume 1 - The Biblical Basis.
Sovereign World, England, 1991.
Horrobin, Peter J. Healing Through Deliverance Volume 2 - The Practical Ministry.
Sovereign World, England, 1995.
Koch, Kurt. Occult Bondage and Deliverance.
Kregel, Grand Rapids, USA, 1970.
Kraft, Charles H. Confronting Powerless Christianity.
Chosen Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2002.
Kraft, Charles H. Deep Wounds, Deep Healing.
Servant Publications, Michigan, 1993.
Kraft, Charles H. I Give You Authority.
Kraft, Charles H. Defeating Dark Angels.
Regal, California, 1992.
Lawrence, Peter H. Doing What Comes Supernaturally.
Kingsway Publications, Eastbourne, E. Sussex, 1992.
Mcall, Kenneth. Healing the Family Tree. 2nd Ed.
Sheldon, 1986.
Perretti, Frank E. Piercing the Darkness.
Crossway, Illinois, 1989.
Perretti, Frank E. This Present Darkness.
Crossway, Illinois.
Prince, Derek. Blessing or Curse You can choose.
Prince, Derek. They Shall Expel Demons.
Subritsky, Bill. Demons Defeated.
Sandford, John and Mark. Deliverance and Inner Healing.
Sandford, John and Paula. The Transformation of the Inner Man.
Victory House Inc, Oklahoma, 1982.
Savard, Liberty. Breaking the Power.
Bridge Logos, NJ, 1997.
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My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

To the true Lord Jesus Christ be ALL the glory.

3. Godly Soul Ties

4. Ungodly Soul ties

6. The image of another

7. Effects of Ungodly Soul Ties

8. Dealing with Soul Ties

Appendix A: Organ Transplant Cellular Memory Cases

The following verses from John 17 spell out Gods intention.

3.3 Parents to their child

4.2 Ties through sex outside of marriage

4.3 Ties through ungodly relationships

4.4 Ungodly ties between parents and children

4.5 Ties through witchcraft and Satanism

-HOSEA 4:17 (MKJV)

Ties through ungodly vows

4.6.1 Verbal vows

4.6.2 Throw away statements

4.6.3 Legal requirements to make a vow

4.6.4 Lodges and other secret organisations

4.6.5 Ear piercing

the life of a person is in the blood.

- EZEKIEL 35:6 (NIV)

Through being tortured and flogged,

4.6.7 Ties through blood covenants

4.6.8 Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters

4.6.9 Ties to organisations

Ties through Ungodly Judgements and Expectations

An example of an ungodly vow may be,

4.9 Ties to objects

4.10 Ties to a name

4.11 Ungodly ties between our soul and our spirit

4.12 Ties through organ or tissue transplants

4.13 Ties to authoritative figures

4.15 Other possible ties

Second hand clothing

- PSALM 106:20 (NIV)

- JOHN 8:36 (NIV)

Organ Transplant Cellular Memory Cases

The difference between Sin Transgression and Iniquity

Things to look for are in our lives:

Biblical Characteristics of Iniquity

People and incidents in the Bible affected by iniquity

Iniquity and the Cross

Dealing with iniquity

Verses seeming to Deny Iniquity

Other verses on Iniquity

Greek and Hebrew

- 1 CORINTHIANS 6:18 (RSV)

- EPHESIANS 4:26 (RSV)

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

- MATTHEW 5:48 (RSV)

And lead us not into temptation

- MATTHEW 6:13 (RSV)

- JAMES 2:17 (RSV)

There are three common mistakes:

Paul speaks of it:

- JOHN 15:5 (RSV)

- MATTHEW 11:30 (RSV)