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Month: March 2019

Remember Lot’s Wife

When individuals have a Personal Spiritual Encounter with me, two things are foremost on my mind. Can we objectively determine if the person is demonized, and are they prepared to receive exorcism prayers? Some who have demons aren’t ready to be delivered. They want to be free from their torment, but they are not fully resolved to follow Christ and turn their backs on evil. Jesus referenced this in Luke 9:62, when he said, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Another factor to consider, when determining one’s readiness for freedom, is Christ’s warning in Luke 11:26. After exorcism, failing to walk in the newness of life in Christ may lead to seven times as many demons returning and “the last state of that man is worse than the first.” The person set free from Satan should never again indulge in anger, rejection, pornography, promiscuity, bitterness, witchcraft, addictions or any of the old ways that facilitated demonic bondage. Remember Lot’s wife, and don’t look back.
Genesis chapters 18 and 19 tell the story of Sodom and Gomorrah’s destruction and the three angels who warned Abraham of impending judgment. His nephew Lot and his family had settled in Sodom and the angels warned that when the fire fell, “Don’t look back” (Genesis 19:17). Sadly Genesis 19: 26 tells us that Lot’s wife disobeyed and became a pillar of salt. The “Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible” points out that there were three instructions from the angels: 1) get out, 2) don’t turn back, and 3) don’t stop until you reach your destination. The destruction commenced AFTER Lot and his daughters reached safety in Zoar. His wife wasn’t with them. Some scholars speculate that Lot’s wife did more than glance over her shoulder. She returned to the city and was consumed by the sulfuric conflagration that crystallized her entire body. This story illustrates the warning to leave sin behind. Leave demonic oppression behind. Don’t look back and don’t go back. Remember Lot’s wife.
An encouraging word: GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS
I deal constantly with generational sin issues that are destroying lives due to ancestral evil. How I long to see generational blessings as prevalent, or even more so, than generational iniquity. Imagine how our culture and our country would be so different if our children were raised with parents who had an absence of drug addiction, alcoholism, and sexual abuse? What if the youth of today were inheriting the blessing of consistent faith in God and respect for authority nurtured by a loving father and mother? John Lennon “imagined” a world without religion, and we’re close to his godless goal with disastrous results. Blessings or curses, that’s the choice that was before Israel in Deuteronomy chapter 28, and it’s the same issue we face today.

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Seeing Angels and Demons

I’m often asked, “Have you ever physically seen demons?” My answer is, “No, and I don’t want to.”
“Angels?” “No, and I don’t need to, unless the Lord allows it.”
However, there is a movement in some Charismatic circles to embrace such phenomena. In fact, so-called “open” visions of demons and angels are encouraged, even teaching people how to see angels and demons in the spirit realm. Such ideas are unbiblical and dangerous, and I’ll shortly explain why.
First, let’s consider a spokesperson for an influential Christian movement today. In keeping with my policy of confronting issues, not individuals, I’ll not name the organization or the person in question. However, this spokesperson claims to regularly see both angels and demons; “The same way I would see you if you were standing in front of me,” he explains. He also reveals that he started seeing demons at the age of nine when they entered his room and tormented him. He now validates this phenomenon as a genuine spiritual gift from the Lord and teaches others to do the same. He advises those who’ve seen supernatural beings to cultivate such encounters as an invitation to understand God more.
This short blog can’t adequately address all aspects of such questionable teachings. It’s more nuanced than that. Also, I make no judgments about the motives of those who believe such things. But it’s worthy of note that the person I refer to, and his spiritual compatriots, don’t believe in exorcism and deliverance as taught in our International School of Exorcism. More than that, they vigorously oppose the idea of demonic interrogation and an objective, forensic approach to freedom from demons.
Forty years of casting out demons, and engaging in nearly 50,000 documented exorcisms, leads me to certain conclusions about seeing into the supernatural. I don’t personally know the individual whose writings prompted this article, but I opine that he is seriously deceived. The experiences he describes are more likely demonic than heavenly and probably the product of an undetected generational curse of witchcraft. Can a person love Jesus, preach the gospel, and have spiritual fruit, and simultaneously be operating in a false spiritual gift? Certainly. I’ve ministered to some well-known preachers who’ve done just that. It’s time to be more cautionary about so-called “seer” gifts (an occult word borrowed from witchcraft) and reconsider what is and what is not of God, when it comes to the supernatural.
I’m not opposed to spiritual gifts outside the box of conventional evangelicalism. I’ve received revelation from the Lord many times when ministering deliverance. And I do acknowledge the instance in 2 Kings 6:17 when Elisha prayed for the eyes of his servant to be opened that he might see God’s angels. But that’s different from encouraging people to follow floating orbs, to welcome shadowy beings, or to desire seeing angels and demons in combat. Insight into the spiritual realm should be only approached with great caution and maximum objectivity. The possibility of deception is just too great. Satan is easily changed into an “angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14) to bring doctrines of devils ( 1 Tim. 4:1). In the last half-century, the Charismatic movement has done much to awaken many to the immediacy of God’s presence. It would be tragic to see this legacy tarnished by an unwise embrace of things that go bump in the night.

An encouraging word: ETERNAL WEALTH

In Psalm 17:14 David comments concerning evil men who achieve temporary success, “whose reward is in this life” (NIV). It’s true by observation that those who reject God sometimes acquire immense wealth. But remember, that financial accomplishment is the best they are ever going to have. Christ compelled us to rather “store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, where thieves do not break in and steal” (Matt. 6:19 NIV). When you are tempted to feel jealous of the money accumulated by sinners, recall that eternity is a lot longer than our time on earth and it is much more rewarding for the godly.

Generational Curses Confirmed

I am deeply saddened that, with all the supportive evidence from the medical and psychological fields, the concept of inherited behavior is still denied by many Christian leaders. Our book “Dealing with Demons” alludes to the burgeoning interest in the neurobiological science of epigenetics. In a section called “cracking the genetic code of curses,” I refer to research reported on in the professional journal “Biological Psychiatry.” This organ reports that environmental factors, such as extreme trauma, can affect one’s DNA, which in turn is inherited by successive generations; thus, the words of Exodus 20:5 regarding the visitation of generational evil are validated. In my book, I also quote Lee Bitsoi, Ph.D. Research Associate in Genetics at Harvard University, who says that epigenetic changes may be linked to the “development of illnesses such as PTSD, depression, and type 2 diabetes.”
More recently, a posting in “The Wall Street Journal’ (March 1, 2019) further validates these findings. Patricia East, Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, writes regarding research concerning the surviving children of war-refugee, Somalian mothers who immigrated to the U. S. These Somalian mothers who were tortured in refugee camps later gave birth to children in America, born here with no exposure to such horrors. Dr. East says that the mothers who suffered PTSD had children with psychological disorders passed on from mother to child. By way of further conclusion, Dr. East says that “the effects of trauma can linger across time and across generations.”
I would add that, from my experience, such emotional trauma also generationally transmits various states of demonization. This is one reason why we encounter evil spirits in the offspring of those who have suffered rape, incest, molestation, and serious sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Science now confirms what those of us who minister inner healing and deliverance already know. Ancestors who suffered various trauma pass on to successive generations the potentiality and actuality of demonic torment. My plea to pastors everywhere is stop denying it with religious clichés and start doing something about it with inner healing and deliverance!
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION READ OUR BLOGS “BOB LARSON PROVES GENERATIONAL CURSES” (9/3/15); GENERATIONAL CURSES ARE REAL PART 1 & PART 2 (6/1/15 & 6/8/15); ANCIENT CURSES (9/17/18)
An encouraging word: HEAR MY PRAYER
“Hear my prayer!” David’s cry in Psalm 17:6 is echoed throughout Scripture. “Hear my prayer” (Psalm 102:1); “Hear my voice” (Psalm 119:149); “Hear my voice” (Psalm 130:2; 141:1); “Hear my prayer” (Psalm 143:1). Very consistent. Do you ever pray like this, crying out for the Lord to really listen to what you say? God wants to hear your fervency, your insistency, your desperation when you cry out to Him. Unfortunately, a lot of prayers are droll, lifeless, and almost cavalier. I encourage you. The next time you come before the Lord, let Him know you are serious. Start out by boldly and forcefully by saying, “Hear me!” That may be the time you finally get an answer.
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Demonic Legal Rights

Those of us extensively involved in deliverance and exorcism may become so absorbed in the more sophisticated aspects of spiritual warfare that we forget something important. Other Christians who are new to this area of ministry may not be aware of the basics regarding confronting the demonic. There are three basic truths that are sorely misunderstood by the general community of believers:
  • Christians may be spiritually oppressed and can be demonized.
  • Not all generational curses are removed by salvation and baptism.
  • Satan can and will attack Christians if he has the legal right to do so.
Our books, and especially our International School of Exorcism, deal with these three issues. My purpose for this blog is to focus briefly with the third one: legal rights. The concept that evil spirits will operate where they have authority to do so, regardless of the faith position of their victim, is little understood and almost never taught in most churches. Consequently, many Christians suffer needlessly from spiritual attacks that could have been avoided. These assaults are emotional, physical, and spiritual, and often all three.
The entire universe is bound by spiritual laws. For example, what a person morally sows, that he will reap (Galatians 6;7). Confess Christ as Lord and you will be saved (Romans 10:9). The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Obedience to God brings blessings and disobedience brings curses (Deuteronomy 28). In the same manner legal rights are both a protection (if the Word of God is adhered to) and an opening (if spiritual rebellion is present with an individual).
Among the ways that Satan gains legal rights to operate in the life of a Christian are: grievous generational sin, personal moral failure, covenant rights granted by ancestors, abandonment by a parent who neglects the responsibility to spiritually protect a child, covenant bloodline rights (such as a family member practicing witchcraft), trauma resulting from egregious abuse, ungodly soul-bonds with unbelievers or morally corrupted individuals, to name a few.
If you are a Christian and feel spiritually attacked, don’t dismay. Don’t believe preachers who say that you aren’t really saved or that you must be deliberately harboring evil or the devil would stay away. Your freedom may be a simple matter of correctly canceling legal rights. Stop living in false guilt, condemnation, and torment. Reach out today! Schedule a Personal Spiritual Encounter. Enroll in our School of Exorcism. Let us refer you to one of our trained ministry teams. Cancelling that legal right is a prayer away, if you know what to do and how to do it. As I’ve often said, to engage in spiritual warfare, you must think like a judge and act like a lawyer. Know YOUR legal rights to fight back against the devil.
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An encouraging word: GOD WILL ANSWER PRAYER

I’m afraid that too many people pray out of obligation or to have a general sense of well-being. Do they really believe God hears and answers? King David did. He wrote in Psalm 17:6, “I call on you, O God, for you will answer me” (NIV). No if, ands, or buts. God WILL answer. Isn’t that the purpose of prayer, the expectation of an answer? Otherwise, prayer is a platitude, a social grace, like asking, “How are you?” So, don’t tell someone, “I’ll pray for you,” unless you mean it and you do it!

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