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Why Some Demons Are Harder to Expel

It would appear that some demons are more powerful than others, or for various reasons have a more powerful hold on the person's life. In that case, more prayer is needed: that means more prayer during the deliverance session, and more time spent in personal prayer and fasting as a general rule. Some of the reasons that certain "kinds" of spirits are more powerful may be...

There is a Curse or a Cross-Generational Bondage. This sounds even more implausible to the modern mind than the rest of the business of casting out demons, but it's given a lot of credibility in the pages of Scripture. In fact, the Bible mentions cursing 181 times, and that doesn't count all the references where the word "curse" is not actually used, but a curse is nevertheless placed upon someone.

Take a quick look at the Scriptures. God cursed Adam, Eve, and the serpent. He also cursed whole peoples, such as Amalek. Deuteronomy chapter 27 is all about various curses. Paul cursed a sorcerer in the New Testament, striking him blind. Jesus cursed a fig tree in Mark 11, as well as the Pharisees who resisted his ministry in Matthew 23.

Very often, curses are brought on by the sins of the parents. Numbers 14:18 says, "The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation." It's no accident that children who were abused grow up to abuse their own children. It's sowing and reaping--not just in the realm of learned behavior, but in the realm of the spirit. The Bible suggests a cross-generational curse, familial demons passed on from father to son, and oftentimes deliverance is next to impossible until you uncover and break those curses. Sometimes parents curse their children with their mouths. "You're stupid and you'll always be stupid," can be a curse that stays with a child for an entire lifetime. An individual must often renounce that curse in order to get completely free.

Although "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us..." (Gal 3:13) that redemption is not automatic, but like any other aspect of our salvation it has to be appropriated and received by faith. You can break a curse by simply identifying it, having the person repent and renounce it, and then declaring it to be null and void in the name of Jesus. Any stubborn demons related to the curse will come out relatively easily after that. (see also Spiritual Warfare, Part III on Curses)

Sometimes a demon may be aided by other stronger spirits, either inside or outside of the person you're praying with. If you suspect this is the case, just verbally cut off the demon in question from any other demons, forbidding them to assist him, and breaking any assignments he might have on the person's life. Sometimes demons jump from sibling to sibling, or husband to wife, and two people need to be dealt with at once--there is a demonic spiritual bond that needs to be broken between them.

Finally, the person may not be truly repentant. This gives the demon an almost unbreakable hold--remember, there is no deliverance without repentance. Then it's back to counseling and "garbage removal," getting rid of that which attracted the demons in the first place.

Spiritual warfare--the hand to hand variety of casting out demons--is a very real part of the Christian life. Examine your own heart and life--you may need deliverance. Then go out and minister to others. We could use a few more well-equipped Holy Ghost commandos out on the battlefield.

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