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Exposing the End-Time Apostasy – There Is No Need to Wage Spiritual Warfare: Apostasy in the Christian Church. #9

Exposing the End-Time Apostasy – There Is No Need to Wage Spiritual Warfare: Apostasy in the Christian Church. #9. In this chapter, we will discuss the topic 'There Is No Need to Wage Spiritual Warfare: Apostasy in the Christian Church.' Part of this apostasy is the belief that there is…

Pastor René Castillo Picazo · 48 min

In this chapter, we will discuss the topic 'There Is No Need to Wage Spiritual Warfare: Apostasy in the Christian Church.' Part of this apostasy is the belief that there is no need to wage spiritual warfare.

So very many churches, so very many all over the world, follow the doctrines of men. They follow what they heard from their denominations, and if the denomination says there's no need to fight the spiritual battle, they simply believe it. But should we follow what man says, or do what the word of God says?

Some of the points we will be covering in this chapter are:

1) There is no need to wage spiritual warfare (another false doctrine, a doctrine of demons).

2) Satan is not to be rebuked.

3) Jezebel does not exist.

4) There is no need to fast to be saved (and to excuse themselves from having to fast, they say: 'To be saved, you don't need to fast. If you fast, you get sick. If you fast too much, you'll get sick.')

5) Men have no power to heal.

6) Ministering deliverance with a cross or using an object (supposedly to cast out demons).

These are the key points we'll be covering. Now let's look at the word of God.

1) There is no need to wage spiritual warfare.

The first point is the claim that there's no need to wage spiritual warfare. Is this what the word of God says?

The Lord came; Jesus Christ came; God came in the form of a man, because Jesus Christ is God. He came, and the first thing He did, before beginning His ministry, was select 12 disciples. He selected 12 disciples, but then made 70-some disciples, and then hundreds of disciples. By the time of His Ascension, He said, 'Go and make more disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.' Therefore, we are called to be disciples. A disciple is one who is like the teacher. A disciple is faithful to the teacher. A disciple keeps the teacher's doctrine. A disciple learns, imitates, and tries every day to be more like the teacher.

Now, the teacher is the Lord Jesus Christ. He came and went about preaching, but the word says: 'how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good, healing the sick, and casting out demons, for God was with Him.' The teacher went about healing, preaching, and casting out demons. The ministry of Jesus Christ did not consist only in words, because the kingdom of God does not consist only in words, but in power. And just as He went about healing and delivering, He then sent His disciples to heal and deliver.

But the word says in 2 Corinthians 4:4:

"whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them."

That glorious gospel of Christ is not merely words; a gospel of words alone is a cold gospel, a dead gospel. That was not the gospel the Lord preached. The gospel the Lord preached consists of power, not only of words. The Lord went about undoing the works of the enemy. But Satan, the one who deceives the whole world, has blinded people's minds.

And now the churches of apostasy believe that all you have to do is preach, that all you have to do is talk about the word of God. And certainly, sharing the word is very important, but if we set aside healing, casting out demons, if we set aside fighting the spiritual battle, we are not doing the work that Jesus Christ did. Nor are we doing the work He entrusted to His disciples, for He told them, 'go and preach, go and heal, and go and deliver.' He said, 'these signs will follow those who believe.' He did not say only that those who believe will preach — no. 'These signs will follow those who believe.' He doesn't even mention speaking. He says, 'in My name they will heal the sick, cast out demons, speak with new tongues.' One of the signs of those who believe is not merely preaching; those who truly believe receive power.

The word says in Ephesians 6:11-12:

"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

So who says we're not fighting? The word clearly tells us here in Ephesians 6:11 that our struggle is not against flesh and blood. Who is doing the wrestling? Someone who is fighting. But it clearly tells us that we are not fighting against people. Yes, he'll use the uncle, the cousin, the wife, the husband, the sibling, the child, someone at work. He uses acquaintances or coworkers. On the street, suddenly, he uses a person who wants to attack you. But our struggle is not with them. The word says our adversary is the devil. We do not fight against flesh and blood; behind those situations that rise up against us are Satan and his demons.

But if we're not fighting against them, then how? By going to the doctor? That's why they're enslaved to medicine. By arguing? No. By going to court? Well, whoever wants to take someone to court can do so, but we fight our fight in the spirit, because our struggle is not against flesh and blood. Behind every adverse situation that rises up against us is the devil using people. It's Satan.

1 Peter 5:8-9 says:

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world."

It says 'our adversary.' What is an adversary? It's an opponent, an enemy. How can it be said that we aren't fighting? How can it be that there's no need to fight? How can it be that there's no need to wage spiritual warfare? So do we just let our adversary, the one who wants to devour us, devour us, while we sit there saying, 'yes, Satan, devour us, destroy our children, destroy our marriage, destroy the church, destroy our finances'? And we just sit with our arms crossed? Satan laughs. He wants it that way — that's why it's apostasy, because they're doing his will. It's he who wants the church to be lukewarm, it's he who wants the church doing nothing more than talking, singing little songs, and dancing in church. And the devil dances with them in church too. The devil starts singing along with them in church too, because that doesn't hurt him at all — them singing, them dancing; the devil dances with them, sings with them. That doesn't hurt him. The word commands us to pray, to fast, to take authority in the name of Jesus Christ to destroy the works of the devil.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 says:

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."

Here it speaks more clearly: though we walk in the flesh, that is, though we are in the world, though we are in this fleshly body — because if we are born again we are not of this world, we have been born in the spirit. But just as we are not of this world, we don't fight with the weapons of this world either. The word says that though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. Who wars? Soldiers do. In short, if we are truly Christ's, we are at war. Those who are not fighting are not fighting because they are slaves of the devil. The churches that are not fighting — that's why they are in apostasy, they are enslaved to the devil.

I know some are going to be offended; many will say, like the Pharisees, 'Pastor, I have never been in bondage, the Lord made me free.' And the Lord answered the Pharisees, 'if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.' Because they wanted to be free, but they were enslaved.

Likewise, in this time, nothing has changed. The Pharisees, the religious ones, the deception; the church in general, unfortunately, is in apostasy. And many resist: 'no, pastor, I am free; pastor, I don't have demons.' That very 'I don't have demons' is a demon making you believe you don't have demons. Even that phrase, 'I don't have demons,' is a demon speaking through your mouth.

Pastors say, 'no, pastor, we don't need to heal, we don't need to deliver, because we are free.' But they don't know that even when they speak, when they're preaching, demons are being transferred from their mouths to their flock. Pastors who say they don't have demons — their flock has them. They are vessels through whom, when they speak, demons put a whole bundle of demons into those who listen to them. That's called 'demon transference.' And everyone who is unbelieving and deceived, and every pastor who says his flock has no demons, is deceived. The devil uses them to transfer demons into the flock. Everyone who listens to their unbelieving sermons and prayers is full of demons.

And yes, my words are strong. I understand that, yes. I know many don't want to hear that they have demons. Yes, I understand they don't want to hear that the devil uses them to transfer demons to their flock, but the truth will set them free.

If you don't believe me, come into the prayer room, and it won't be me saying it — it will be Satan speaking through their mouth, laughing at you, because he mocks. Come into the room and watch what God is doing, and you'll see how Satan mocks those of you who believe you have no demons, because he deceives. He deceives. The truth will set you free.

They can say 'I have no demons,' but they can prove nothing. Those of us who do believe, like me, who are disciples of the Lord, since we have power over the devil, we make that liar who speaks through the mouths of unbelievers manifest and be forced to kneel in the name of Jesus Christ. Because the Lord gave us power and authority over demons. We are in the flesh, but we do not war according to the flesh, because the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, they are mighty in Christ for the destruction of strongholds.

In 1 Timothy 6:12 the word says:

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses."

'Fight the good fight of faith.' If you notice, there are many scriptures that speak of war, that speak of battle, that speak of warfare, because we are fighting.

Our adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion. The word says that even the beast rises from the abyss and will fight against the saints. He will fight against the saints — he will not fight against the religious; the religious are his slaves. The beast will use the religious, and they will cause the disciples to be killed, will persecute and kill us, and will believe they are doing God a favor. It is the religious ones who are not fighting — they believe they aren't fighting, but they actually are. They are the ones who are on Satan's side and don't know it. They believe they aren't fighting because he deceives them. They are Satan's soldiers.

Whoever is not gathering is scattering. Those who do not repent of being lukewarm, those who do not repent of carrying a gospel given by man instead of the gospel of Christ, are going to be vomited out of His mouth.

Time is running out and the Lord will judge Babylon. The Lord will judge the lie. We must repent; this is the time. The time of lukewarmness is ending, the time of the Lord's patience is ending. The Lord will judge the religious, the Lord will judge even the church itself. That's why the word says in Revelation, 'come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her plagues,' because Babylon, the mother of all abominations, has taught many lies within the churches. Plagues will come upon her and she will be judged. And if they do not come out of Babylon — that is, the false churches, the churches that are in apostasy, the churches that have a different gospel from that of Jesus Christ — they will receive her plagues.

The Lord will judge the unbelievers, the Lord will judge the rebels who created gods for themselves, who created a different gospel for themselves and do not follow the gospel the Lord Himself taught His disciples.

2) Satan is not to be bound.

Another false doctrine that many teach is that Satan is not to be rebuked, that he's not to be bound, and Satan mocks that. 'Yes, don't bind me, leave me loose, don't rebuke me,' says Satan, 'because that way I can destroy more.' He laughs.

The wonderful thing is that for those of us who are disciples of the Lord, the Lord Himself bears witness to our word with the signs that follow. I'm going to read you several scriptures, but I'll also share a little, because there are so many testimonies. Satan can not only be bound, he can also be commanded to kneel in the name of Jesus Christ.

In our virtual gatherings, which we hold every day in prayer for many hours, almost every day, Satan manifests. Sometimes he manifests five or six times, in five or six different people, in a single day. But the good part isn't just that he manifests, or just that a person like me, with authority in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, binds him. The Lord, in His mercy, even opens the eyes of the people, of many who are watching, and they see Satan on his knees, they see him tormented, see him burning.

Indeed, the word says they will say of him, 'is this the man who made the nations tremble?' — referring to Satan. Because the one the world thinks is such a big deal is fallen. Satan — the Lord has given us power and authority over him and over all the fallen angels, but we receive that authority through faith. We receive that authority when we accept true doctrine, when we come out of religions to be disciples of Jesus Christ, because that is what we are called to, that is what the Lord came to do: make disciples. It is time to separate from religions, it is time to come out of apostasy.

What do you mean Satan can't be bound? The word says in Luke 10:18-20:

"And He said to them: I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions..." That serpent is the devil, and the Lord said, 'I watched him fall like lightning. I have given you power and authority to trample on serpents.' That serpent, Satan — we can crush his head. "...and serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

Clearly, the Lord tells us that He gave us power and authority over Satan. Satan was up there on his throne, but the Lord saw him fall like lightning and said, 'I give you power and authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy.' All the power — except Satan? Is he the one exception, the only one I'm not giving you power over? That's not what the word says. The word says the Lord gave us power and authority over all the power of the enemy. Is Satan not an enemy, or is Satan a friend? He is an enemy too. The Lord is not a man that He should lie, and He said He gave us power over all the power of the enemy. That includes Satan.

In 1 John 4:4, it says:

"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world."

The lying devil, the one who deceives the whole world, is in the world. The word says we have overcome him.

Romans 16:20 says:

"And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."

'The God of peace will crush him under your feet.' Another passage says we receive power and authority to trample on serpents. Here it doesn't say the Lord will put Satan under His feet, but under your feet. The Lord is using His little ones — us, the most insignificant of this world — to humble those who thought themselves so great, even Satan himself. He uses the little ones among us, who repent of sin, who give our heart, our life, our soul, and our whole being to Him, and who say, 'Lord, here I am.' He uses us to trample even the chief of the wicked, who is Satan.

Matthew 12:29-30 says:

"Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad."

Satan is a strong man. Isn't he the strongest of the wicked? A 'strong man' means a demon of high authority. A strong man means the demon in charge of a demonic spiritual stronghold — in a person, in a family, in a city, in a country, or in the world. Satan is practically the strongest man there is.

The strong man must be bound, the word says. How are you going to enter the house? That is, how am I going to deliver someone if there's a high-ranking demon there and I don't bind it first? But if we bind the strong man, the demon in charge, like the general, the chief, the king who holds that spiritual stronghold in that person — when we bind that strong man, when we bind that demon of authority, whether it's Satan, Jezebel, the Beast, the Antichrist, Beelzebub, autism, cancer, a tumor, whatever demon it is — we bind it, the strong man, in the name of Jesus Christ, and then we can plunder his house. That is, then we can destroy their works.

Satan is a strong man, and he must be bound. If we don't bind him, how are we going to plunder his house? That is, if we don't bind Satan, how are we going to be able to deliver that person? How are we going to cleanse that person if he isn't bound? That doctrine that Satan isn't to be bound, that doctrine that he isn't to be rebuked, is the very one that has been given to the church — it is a doctrine of demons. That doctrine comes from Satan himself, because the only ones who benefit from him not being bound are him and those who follow him.

Every day, suddenly, say I'm praying for a headache right now, and Satan is the one who manifests, because he always comes to fight, trying to prevent the person from being healed. I pray for cancer, I pray for another illness, and Satan manifests, because he comes to try to resist. When he sees that the spirit of headache, or of cancer, or whichever one he's dwelling through, is defeated, he then comes to try to resist, to try to prevent me from casting out that demon and that person being healed or set free. Satan always comes to fight, defending his soldiers, and if we don't bind him, we won't be able to deliver that person. Therefore, such a doctrine is a diabolical doctrine.

Many speak of what they don't understand; many say what they believe according to the flesh, because they are not fighting in the spirit, and the word says that spiritual things seem like foolishness to the carnal man, because he cannot understand them. Many cannot understand how it is that when we are praying, they even see Satan kneeling, they see him bound in chains, because these are spiritual things.

Now, these are spiritual things, and he causes blindness and puts up obstacles so that people cannot understand the spiritual. But the Lord has given power to His disciples, and even those diabolical blockages, meant to keep people from seeing in the spirit and from understanding, are burned up by the fire of God. And even those chains are broken. I invite you to listen to the prayers we have on our channel, and you'll be witnesses. Now you're going to confirm my words. If you listen to the prayers, if you also come into the meeting room, those diabolical chains over your spiritual eyes and ears that can't see will be broken. Yes, you will be my witnesses. 'Yes, pastor, I saw the devil just now.'

I tell many people they have to leave Babylon. They have to leave those false churches, those lukewarm churches. Many of the people who came into the room this very week — one of the people I ministered to saw her church. She came from a Pentecostal church, and I told her that church was wrong, that she didn't have to go back there. She saw her church full of demons. While I was ministering to her, the Lord opened her eyes in the spirit, and she saw the church looking as if it had been vandalized with graffiti, because it said falsehood, falsehood, lie. I don't know, on every wall in the spirit it said falsehood, falsehood, lie. A Pentecostal church — because they are in apostasy. Those churches are deceived; the devil makes them believe they're in the truth, but they're in apostasy. Those churches are a den of demons.

Some time ago as well, I ministered to another person from another Pentecostal church, and I told her she didn't need to go there either. That church looks all pretty on the outside, but they're whitewashed tombs, as the Lord told the Pharisees: pretty on the outside, but full of skeletons and bones on the inside. And while I was ministering to that lady, the Lord also opened her eyes, and she saw the church as it truly was. The demons were dancing on the altar, and the church was full of demons. And she saw all the members of that church who were her brothers and sisters there (they aren't my brothers and sisters, because if they don't repent of being Pentecostal they aren't my brothers, because my brothers and sisters go to heaven, and those who are Pentecostal go to hell, if they don't repent), and she saw that the pastor, the pastor's wife, they were all chained. She saw the church absolutely full of demons, and they were all chained.

Others have seen how, even as the pastor preaches, demons keep entering into the people. They've seen how practically everything they do in the church is controlled by demons, from the so-called worship singing — which is not the praise or worship God wants — to everything else they do, which is like entertainment for demons.

These are things the Lord is showing again and again, because the Lord is opening the eyes of His people. The Lord is telling them: get out of there, run from there, My children, get out of there so that His plagues do not touch you. Get out of there. You have to leave Babylon, you have to leave the daughters of Babylon — the Pentecostal church and all the other denominations. The Lord did not come to create religions; the Lord came to make disciples. He did not come to make religions. We have to come out of them, we have to turn our hearts back to God, we have to go back to the beginning, we have to go back, renounce religion to be disciples of the Lord. That's what the Lord came to do: make disciples. We must leave religions to be disciples.

Hebrews 4:12 says:

"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

That two-edged sword pierces Satan, and Satan weeps. That sword, that word of God, is powerful when we understand it.

When I received the revelation of that word — I'll tell you, that was one of the words the Lord used to wake me up. That was already about seven-some years ago. I had read the word, but it was as though I read it like it was any ordinary book. But in those days, the Lord, in His mercy, was beginning to remove the scales from my eyes. And when I read that word, that the word of God is alive, it was as if I understood: wow, the word of God is alive! In short, the word is alive; the word does what it promises, or what the word says it will do, that's exactly what it does when we speak it in faith.

I'll tell you, that was transformative for my life. It was transformative when I understood that the word of God is truly alive. And I want you to understand that in this teaching. The word of God is alive because He lives, because the King lives. He lives because He is on His throne, and He is not a man that He should lie, and He is powerful enough to make every one of His words come to pass exactly as He has promised.

The King lives, the word is alive, He gave power and authority to His disciples. He said, 'Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, let them anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will heal the sick.' He is not a man that He should lie; He is powerful to fulfill His word. It is up to us to believe that He fulfills His word; it is up to us to believe that He blesses those who believe in His promises, and He is faithful, He is faithful.

3) Jezebel does not exist.

Another doctrine of demons is the doctrine of Jezebel. Some say Jezebel does not exist. That's what some say — about a church like this one, which is waging war against Jezebel. They say, 'that pastor only ever talks about Jezebel, that pastor only ever prays against Jezebel.'

Jezebel is Satan's right hand, as if she were the vice-president of darkness; she is second in authority, as far as I understand it. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so, because I've fought against that demon for seven-some years now. She is the second authority after Satan, but the churches say Jezebel doesn't exist. What do you mean she doesn't exist? Whoever says Jezebel doesn't exist is saying that God is a liar, because the word says in Revelation 2:20-23, where the Lord is speaking to one of the churches:

"Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent..."

What do you mean the Lord is giving that woman time to repent, the one who teaches her children to fornicate? If she doesn't exist, why is the Lord giving her time to repent? Is the Lord just speaking there for no reason? Is the Lord making up a story? The Bible isn't a story, it's the word of God. The Bible is true, because the Lord is truth. The word says the Lord has given her time to repent. And it says:

"...And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Behold, I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds."

That is, there are many people who are committing sexual immorality with Jezebel.

"...I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works."

The Lord searches the mind and the heart.

Jezebel is indeed very active. Jezebel has many churches enslaved. If you want to see the evil of Jezebel, we're going to talk more about that soon. I'll also talk soon about how this is a doctrine of demons. The women who are pastoras — Jezebel is enthroned, seated in them; that is Jezebel speaking through them. Yes, they seem very kind and look like such lovely sisters, supposedly with many good qualities. That's how Jezebel is: deceptive.

That's why the Lord says, 'I search the mind and the heart, and I will give to each one according to their works.' Jezebel keeps these pastoras deceived, and they go on deceiving others, because when they preach they're deceiving many people who believe everything is fine. But the Lord says He will put those who commit adultery with her into a sickbed. Those who follow women pastoras are committing sexual immorality with Jezebel. If they don't repent, the Lord will put them into a sickbed. The Lord speaks judgment over Jezebel and over those who follow her. The evil of that demon is very great.

Soon, further on, when the opportunity arises, there will be a whole series of teachings about Jezebel, because about Jezebel I really believe many books could be written. Because if there's been one demon in constant confrontation for seven continuous years, it has been Jezebel. Jezebel has been a full cup.

That demon is enslaving; it is Satan's right hand in this time, and it enslaves the world. It carries enormous evil, but it's truly diabolical because it does what is perverse yet makes it look good. Just look at Yesenia Then — she is a vessel of Jezebel. Look at her and you already see the evil of Jezebel. However sensual she appears, that's exactly how Jezebel dresses. However kind and Christian she appears, that's what hypocrisy looks like — evil without limit. But truly, judgment is coming for that woman and for all who are like her, and if they don't repent in time, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And for those of you who follow Jezebel, who follow Yesenia Then and women like her, who is practically Jezebel in the flesh, there is judgment for you, spoken by God. The Lord will put you in a sickbed if you do not repent of your works.

4) There is no need to fast to be saved.

Another point is that 'you no longer need to fast to be saved.' That's what the devil says in the churches, because it gives people an excuse not to do what God commands. It's like when the devil told the woman, 'if you eat of that, you will be like us.' The Lord told her not to eat, but the devil twisted the situation. Now the devil tells people, 'there's no need to fast to be saved.' But the Lord said in Matthew 9:14:

"Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?' And Jesus said to them, 'Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'"

If I tell you, 'we'll eat when you visit my house,' it's because I'm expecting you to visit. When the Lord says that when the bridegroom is taken away (referring to His ascending to heaven), His disciples will fast, He's saying: 'they aren't fasting now because I am with them, but soon I will ascend to My throne, and when I ascend to My throne, My disciples will indeed fast.' It's a command from God. Does anyone find this understandable?

But the word also says in Matthew 17:21, the same Lord, once again speaking, answering the disciples, 'why could we not heal the child?' And the Lord told them, 'but this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'

Not fasting is, of course, a doctrine of demons, because if there are demons, many strong men do not go out without prayer and fasting — so if you don't fast and pray, you won't be able to cast them out. How convenient for the devil that we don't fast, so that we can't cast him out. How convenient for him that when he sets a chain with those strong demons, you can't do anything.

We must fast. The Lord expects us to fast. We cannot grow strong, nor reach the maximum spiritual capacity the Lord has placed in our hearts, if we do not fast. Fasting is like that superfood and spiritual exercise that strengthens our spirit and our soul, that prepares us for the greatest battles. The Lord uses fasting because, just as we fell through the sin of eating what we should not have eaten, now the Lord says, 'abstain from food to be blessed and to grow more.' Fasting matures us in faith; when we do it in faith and obedience, it makes us more spiritual, which makes it harder for the devil to manipulate us.

In Matthew 6:16-18 the word says:

"Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly."

Here the Lord is giving us instructions on how He wants us to fast, and it's clearly because He expects us to fast. So it is a doctrine of demons, it's a lie, it's apostasy to say we don't have to fast. We must fast. Well, the religious who don't fast are religious, and either way, they're going to burn if they don't repent. But those of us who are disciples do fast.

5) Men have no power to heal.

Another doctrine of apostasy is that 'men have no power to heal.' Very convenient for the devil, because the Lord told His disciples, 'I give you power and authority to heal the sick and to cast out demons.' If we believe we have no power to heal, that is a doctrine that kills faith. It's a doctrine that kills faith so that we walk in rebellion and don't do what the Lord commanded His disciples to do. This doctrine, if received, disqualifies people as disciples, because they no longer have faith to do what God commanded. The signs of those who believe will not be present in those who don't believe that man has power to heal.

Certainly, that power does not come from us, but 'you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.' We receive that power through God. In Acts 1:8 the word says:

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Man does have power; that power comes from the Holy Spirit. Now, man has no power until the Holy Spirit has come upon him, because that power is not man's, it's God's. The power we receive to heal and to be true witnesses of God comes from the Holy Spirit. When we are clothed with power from on high by the Holy Spirit, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, that's when we receive power.

2 Timothy 1:7 says:

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."

We have received a spirit of power. How can they say we have no power, when we have received a spirit of power? Those who say we have no power are the ones who haven't received the spirit of power. But those of us who are indeed filled with the Holy Spirit do walk in power. By their fruits you will know them. Do you really think those hundreds and hundreds of healings that happen in a church like this one come from man? Or don't they come from God? By man's own strength, people cannot be healed; by man's own strength, Satan cannot be made to kneel. Of course not — it is the power of the Holy Spirit.

James 5:16 says:

"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."

How can it be that man has no power to heal, when the word says that the effective prayer of the righteous avails much? It's the prayer of the unrighteous that has no power, but the prayer of one who is righteous before God — not righteous in the eyes of men — that does have power.

Because many justify themselves, and condemn those of us who are justified by God. They justify themselves and those who live a life of sin like theirs, but they condemn as evil those of us who are justified by God — yet God justifies us. And those of us who are righteous before God do have power to heal and to deliver, as long as we have been clothed with power from on high by His Spirit.

Mark 16:17-18 says:

"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

How can it be that we have no power to heal, when the word says this is a sign for those who believe? On the contrary, clearly those who say we have no power to heal are judging themselves as unbelievers, because the word says that those who believe will heal.

To those who claim we have no power to heal, I urge you to repent quickly, because you are judging yourselves as unbelievers against the word of God. You are unbelievers and opponents of the faith, like the modern-day Pharisees who opposed the Lord when He healed and delivered. You, who say we have no power to heal, are opponents of God; you are fighting against God. I hope you're strong, because if you're teaching false doctrines, placing stumbling blocks before those who do believe, telling them they don't need to heal and that we have no power, you are confronting God — let's see if you can win that fight.

6) Ministering deliverance with objects.

Another false doctrine is ministering deliverance with objects.

There is a man in the United States named Bob Larson, who uses a cross supposedly to cast out demons and deliver people, similar to how Catholics do it with the use of crosses in exorcisms. However, he sells that cross because he considers it 'anointed,' and he sells it for 100 dollars or more each, and people buy it hoping it will also help them cast out demons.

The word says in 1 John 5:21:

"Little children, keep yourselves from idols."

That cross is an idol, an object made by a craftsman. The word says we will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon us. It is by the power of the Holy Spirit that we can heal the sick and cast out demons, not with an idol. Yes, there is power in those idols, but it's the devil's power. It's the same as witchcraft, it's a form of witchcraft. It's like saying, 'Satan, come and cast out Satan.' And Satan mocks, 'sure, I'll come out,' putting on a show, vomiting and creating a scene, while people believe they've been delivered. And Satan is mocking them, because idols do not cast out demons.

The cross is an idol, and many times the cross has been spoken of as a representation of death. What they're actually doing is filling the person with a spirit of death and many demons, when they pray over them, supposedly with a cross — supposedly casting out the devil with a cross. As if the cross were now the Holy Spirit, as if the cross were now Jesus Christ. Where in the word does it say that? That doctrine comes from Babylon and from the Catholic Church.

The word says in Romans 1:23-27:

"and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."

That's what they do; when they use idols like that, supposedly to deliver — what they're actually doing is exchanging the glory of God, an incorruptible God, for an image, for a piece of wood or metal or bronze, carved into shape. Supposedly, that's their God. That deception — those idols don't speak, don't hear, don't see, don't understand.

The word says in Psalm 115:4:

"Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands."

That's what that cross and that object they supposedly use to cast out demons are — those are idols. To cast out demons, what we must have is faith in Jesus Christ, be His disciples, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Through the power of the Holy Spirit we can do the work of God — not with idols.

And to conclude this chapter, I'll quote 1 Corinthians 6:9-10:

"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."

The word is very clear and transparent: idolaters, those who use an idol, will not inherit the kingdom of God. We must repent of that. By the grace of God, judgment has not yet come; we all still have time to turn away from every deception, falsehood, and lie, which is the purpose of this teaching. But indeed judgment is near; the opportunity to repent is now. For many there is no tomorrow anymore; many people die every day. We must repent now.

So I invite you to repentance, I invite you to repent of false doctrines, I invite you to renounce man-made religions — there are more than 22,000 Christian religions, more than 22,000 denominations according to Google. The Lord is not a denomination, the Lord is Christ; He is God and He came to make disciples, not to make religions. I invite you to come out of those religions and turn your heart to the Lord and be His disciples just as He commanded. May the Lord bless you. Thank you for reading me.

Let's pray a little before we conclude this chapter. I invite you to stand up. Let's pray for a moment; let's rebuke those demons of apostasy, of deception, diabolical lies, demons that speak even through the mouths of pastors in the church and make people believe lies.

Prayer.

There is power in the name of Jesus Christ.

All you lying demons who make people believe Christians have no demons, who make people believe there's no need to cast out demons, who make people believe man has no authority to heal, lying demons who say Satan cannot be bound — may all the demons of deception, lies, and falsehood burn in flames in the name of Jesus Christ.

There is power in the name of Jesus. Darkness and light met in battle, and darkness did not prevail.

You, demon of 'there's no need to wage spiritual warfare,' I command you to kneel, in the name of Jesus. The entire army of apostasy kneels, in the name of Jesus Christ.

No weapon formed against the church of Jesus Christ shall prosper; the gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church of God. Greater is He who is with us than he who is in the world.

Let there be a firestorm over the enemy's entire army, in the name of Jesus. Let a great panic from the Lord fall over the whole army of apostasy, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Satan, you liar who says you cannot be bound, I bind you in the name of Jesus Christ, and I command you to kneel, in the name of Jesus. You, Jezebel, lying demon who makes people believe you don't exist, I bind you with chains of fire, in the name of Jesus.

Let there be division between Satan, Jezebel, Autism, the Beast, the Antichrist, Python, Mammon, Asmodeus, Beelzebub; let every strong man of darkness — Death, Hell, Destruction — be divided and turn against one another, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the marine strong men also be divided and turn against one another, in the name of Jesus.

It is written that even the enemy's captives can be rescued, and the Lord will contend with those who contend against us. And the Lord will make the oppressors eat one another's flesh and drink one another's blood, and they will be drunk with one another's blood as with wine, and all will know that the Almighty, the Mighty One of Jacob, is with us.

There is power in the name of Jesus.

Let there be a firestorm over the enemy's entire army, in the name of Jesus. May the flesh of every demon waste away while they stand, in the name of Jesus. May the tongue of each one waste away in its mouth, in the name of Jesus Christ. May the eyes of each one waste away in their sockets, in the name of Jesus.

I strike Satan and the whole army of apostasy's deception with light.

False doctrines, burn in flames, in the name of Jesus Christ. Falsehood, you burn, in the name of Jesus. False worship, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Beast, come out, in the name of Jesus. Spirit of Babylon, I rebuke you, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ. Great Harlot, come out, in the name of Jesus.

Idolatry, come out, in the name of Jesus. Christian witchcraft, out, in the name of Jesus. Charismatic witchcraft, come out, in the name of Jesus. False deliverance, come out, in the name of Jesus. False doctrines, come out, in the name of Jesus. False teachings, come out, in the name of Jesus. False understanding, come out, in the name of Jesus. Confusion, come out, in the name of Jesus. Mind control, out, in the name of Jesus Christ. Mind-control witchcraft operating through the churches, come out, in the name of Jesus.

Deceiving demons that mock people when they believe the lie, may you be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Let a great panic from the Lord fall over the whole army of apostasy, in the name of Jesus. Let there be terror and confusion over apostasy and its whole army, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike apostasy and those who are with it with light.

May the flesh of every demon waste away while they stand, in the name of Jesus. May the tongue of each one waste away in its mouth, in the name of Jesus Christ. May the eyes of each one waste away in their sockets, in the name of Jesus.

I strike apostasy and its army with light. Let fire come down and consume the entire army of apostasy, in the name of Jesus. May the flesh of apostasy waste away while it stands, in the name of Jesus. May the tongue of apostasy waste away in its mouth. May the eyes of apostasy waste away in their sockets.

Let the terror of God fall over all the powers of deception, in the name of Jesus. All demons that set chains and shackles through lies, deception, and falsehood, may you be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus.

I strike every darkness with light. Let fire come down and consume apostasy and its army, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike every darkness with light. Fire of God upon apostasy, in the name of Jesus.

There is power in the name of Jesus. Darkness and light met in battle, and darkness did not prevail. Darkness will not prevail against the light. If God is with us, who can be against us?

Let there be a firestorm over apostasy and its army, in the name of Jesus. May the flesh of apostasy waste away while it stands, in the name of Jesus. May the tongue of apostasy waste away in its mouth, in the name of Jesus. May the eyes of apostasy waste away in their sockets, in the name of Jesus.

May the head and heart of every lying demon explode, in the name of Jesus. Every demon of deception, every demon of lies and falsehood, may its heart and head explode, in the name of Jesus. Every lying demon of false worship, may its head and heart explode, in the name of Jesus Christ.

I strike apostasy and those who are with it with light. Let all the waters of apostasy turn to blood, in the name of Jesus Christ. I send every kind of plague over the entire army and throne of apostasy, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a great earthquake over the throne of apostasy, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let there be terror and confusion over apostasy and those who are with it, in the name of Jesus. I strike the horses and riders of apostasy's army with confusion and blindness.

I strike every darkness with light. Let fire come down and consume apostasy and those who are with it, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike every darkness with light, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let fire come down and consume the entire army of apostasy, in the name of Jesus.

I bind every sickness that enters through sexual sins, also through idolatry, also through what is received in false churches. All demons of transferred diseases, may you be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus.

You, spirit of tumor and cancer, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ. Pain of cancer, come out, in the name of Jesus. Breast cancer, out, in the name of Jesus. Brain cancer, come out, in the name of Jesus. Cancer in the reproductive area, out, in the name of Jesus. Prostate cancer, come out, in the name of Jesus. Cancer in the digestive area, come out, in the name of Jesus. Metastasis, come out, in the name of Jesus.

Let fire come down and consume every cancerous cell, in the name of Jesus. Let the whole army of cancer burn in flames, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike cancer and those who are with it with light, in the name of Jesus. Let the whole army of cancer be burned with fire, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let there be a firestorm over cancer and those who are with it, in the name of Jesus. I strike the horses and riders of cancer with confusion and blindness, in the name of Jesus.

Tumor, come out, in the name of Jesus. Tumor in the reproductive area, come out, in the name of Jesus. Tumor in different parts of the body, come out, in the name of Jesus. Unbearable pain of tumor and cancer, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ.

Let there be division between every strong man of cancer, tumor, and cancer pain, and let them be divided and turn against one another, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let them be drunk with one another's blood as with wine, in the name of Jesus.

Autism, I bind you and rebuke you in the name of Jesus. Madness, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ. Insanity, out, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a firestorm over autism and madness, in the name of Jesus. Let the whole army of autism, madness, and insanity be burned with fire, in the name of Jesus Christ.

End-time mind control, come out, in the name of Jesus. Insanity, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ. Confusion, out, in the name of Jesus. Emotional manipulation, come out, in the name of Jesus. Manipulation of character and conduct, out, in the name of Jesus. End-time madness, come out, in the name of Jesus.

False autistic and insane personalities, come out, in the name of Jesus. Multiple personalities, out, in the name of Jesus. Bipolar disorder, come out, in the name of Jesus. Mind control, come out, in the name of Jesus.

Demons that make good look evil and evil look good, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Lying tongue, come out, in the name of Jesus. Rebellion with madness, come out, in the name of Jesus. Mad hatred toward the disciples, out, in the name of Jesus. Hatred of the truth, come out, in the name of Jesus Christ. Spiritual confusion, out, in the name of Jesus. Sexual madness, come out, in the name of Jesus. Religious madness, come out, in the name of Jesus.

You, lying demon who makes people believe that fornicators, homosexuals, transvestites, and those of the LGBTQ community will still enter the kingdom of heaven without repenting, come out, in the name of Jesus.

You, lying demon who makes people believe that drunkards will enter the kingdom of heaven even if they don't repent, come out, in the name of Jesus.

You demon who makes people believe that idolaters, the effeminate, liars, and those who practice witchcraft will enter the kingdom of heaven without repenting, come out, in the name of Jesus.

False salvation, come out, in the name of Jesus. False Jesus, come out, in the name of Jesus. False gospel, come out, in the name of Jesus. Broad road that leads to destruction, out, in the name of Jesus.

You, lying demon of many roads to heaven, come out, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a firestorm over all of you, in the name of Jesus. May all the demons of deception and apostasy be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus Christ.

I cover each one of your loved ones with the blood of Jesus Christ. May all the demons that have your family bound be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a firestorm over all of them, in the name of Jesus.

The gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church of God. Greater is He who is with us than he who is in the world.

I strike every darkness with light. Let fire come down and consume all darkness, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike the enemy's entire army with light. Let fire come down and consume the enemy's entire army, in the name of Jesus Christ.

I cover every person under the sound of my voice with the blood of Jesus Christ. May there be fire and light in each one of you, in the name of Jesus.

Every disease, every illness, every ailment, every physical, mental, or emotional sickness, may it disintegrate with fire and with light, in the name of Jesus Christ.

There is power in the name of Jesus. Where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty.

Thank you all for reading me. May the Lord bless you.

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