I think you made good points to your wife and yes since as believers our old self is dead because of what Christ has done so nothing from the past can impact this unless she believes it can. As with all things in the spiritual life with Christ, it is either living through God's Spirit by faith or not. Any problem that exists is always going to be a faith issue. If someone is angry, it is because they don't have faith that they are already the new creation that they are. If demons bother someone, it is because that person believes they have the power to, rather than believing that God made a mockery of them.Okay.. let me get into the details.. Bear with the long post! This is something personal.. This is a sensitive topic for me.. Because this is about my wife.. So I kindly request everyone to respect before any bashing..
My wife was saved from a Hindu family.. She comes from a small village and the village is filled with idol worship and many kind of witchcraft.. She got saved when she was in college.. Now we are in US.. For many yeas, she has had bad dreams/visions and many times felt like someone is pressing her while sleeping.. She has a very closer walk with God than me.. I know that by her fruits (not by her works!!).. The work of Holy Spirit in her life is so evident..
She has been telling about her experiences to some people and relatives.. And also what we have been going through with the pregnancy.. And everyone has commented that there are some strong evil forces behind this.. And almost everyone has tied her experiences to the problems we are going through.. And have called it a spiritual warfare..
Yesterday we had pastor from another Church come over to our house to pray.. The day before that, I just mentioned 3 things to my wife.. Have you felt the urge to tell something to someone? Like you will explode if you don't? I told her these specific points,
1) He who is in us is greater than he who is in this world.. It is about Him and not us..
2) Devil has NO authority over life.. He has to get permission from Lord for everything.. God is sovereign and in absolute control of everything
3) As a believer we both are indwelt by Holy Spirit and there is zero chance for evil spirit to get into her.. All an evil spirit can do is threaten her (which is what is happening).. And we have to put the armor of God.
4) Generation curses will have no effect on her.. If they can have, then Christ's work on cross is not sufficient..
The Pastor came yesterday.. These are the things that happened,
1) He preached from Mark chapter 1 about the demon possessed man in synagogue.. His point was, Christians can be influenced by demonic spirits (different from possession)
2) He made her repent for all her sins and all kind of witchcraft performed in her family
3) After praying for some time, he made her stop praying.. Asked her to keep quiet.. Then all of a sudden asked her "Who are you".. My wife innocently said her name "so and so".. He prayed for some more time and stopped..
4) He said he left some kind of spirit of death playing here..
And again I feel that same urge in me to talk more with her.. I don't have anything against the Pastor.. A very nice person with all nice intentions.. But I don't think it is Biblical.. We are called to resist the devil.. Though he said my wife cannot be possessed, I felt like he performed exorcism on her!
I do not believe Bible calls us to rebuke the devil.. The NT pattern shows us that clearly.. Paul talks about the thorn in his flesh. He did not rebuke the devil.. There is no case of rebuking spirits out of believers.. Unbelievers, yes.. There were many cases in Bible.. For a believer, the only instruction is to put on the Armor of God..
What do you guys think?
"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross" (Colossians 2:13-15).
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). Now I know you know this verse, but remember your wife's struggle with demons that seem physical are no different than any struggle, whether physical or mental your wife is still struggling against dark powers, dark authorities etc.
Also, why do you think the dreams are even from demons. I could list earthly things that could be causing it and the demon is lying and trying to convince her of its power if that is happening. Either way, whatever the cause doesn't matter, what matters is that your wife put her full trust in God and not believe the manifestations. It isn't even about God taking away the problem, but rather about her believing that God has already triumphed over the demons having disarmed them. The only power they have is that what she gives them by believing their lies. This is the earth lesson. Trusting God over believing the lies of Satan. It wasn't Satan's sin that caused the fall. It was the human believing in Satan's sin.
"God has allotted to each a measure of faith" (Romans 12:3).
"if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.…" (Matthew 17:20).
Does your wife know that she is infinitely, eternally, in every way more powerful than all evil and all evil spirits. Every believer is, Christ triumphed and disarmed. She needs to say it, believe it, and ask God in faith to make that real to her.
She needs to believe and say, I am infinitely, eternally, in every way more powerful than all evil and evil spirits combined.
God is infinitely, eternally, at all times, in every way more powerful than everything combined.
All my dreams, visions, focusing, and thoughts are from God.
I am engulfed in God's goodness.
Anytime she lives in faith of these confessions they will be truth to her because they are truth in God's Spirit. Satan is not in God's Spirit, that is where she needs to be. Satan does not have any power in God's Spirit. Satan does not live in God's Spirit, only in this world. When your wife by faith walks in God's Spirit, she will naturally know that demons have no power over her and they can't influence her. Fear is not in God's Spirit. God's Spirit has power and love and a sound mind.
"For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline" (2nd Timothy 1:7 NIV ).
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2nd Timothy 1:7 KJV).
When the mind is disciplined it does not believe by fear, but believes the truths that God has set forth in his word.
In God's Spirit she is free from harm, burdens, and darkness.
"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36).
Your wife is saved, she is no longer a slave to sin, she is no longer a slave to evil. She is free, but that freedom is in God's Spirit, not in herself.
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