Healing of BondagesCol. 2:13-15

A Story of Healing of BondagesIntro.

Are We or the Devil Responsible for Our Bondages ?1.

1. Are We or the Devil Responsible for Our Bondages ?

• We cannot do anything about what happened to us; we have to accept them.

• But we can do something about how we respond to what happened to us.

• When we respond wholesomely the demonic have no influence over us.

How Can Christians Be Demonized?2.

2. How Can Christians Be Demonized?

1. Doesn’t internal demon-ization imply the believer is demon possessed? • KJV poorly translates the

Greek verb “daimonizomai” as “demon-possessed.”

• But “demonize” means “to be subject to demonic influence.”

2. How Can Christians Be Demonized?

2. How can a Christian who has the HS living in him have the demons in him?• First, to be filled with the

Spirit is not primarily about space.

• Second, Scripture also talks about degrees of yieldedness to the HS,

How Exactly Did Jesus Defeat the Devil?3.

3. How Exactly Did Jesus Defeat the Devil?

• By erasing the record that stood against us and satisfying its legal demands.

• By liberating us from sin, He has also liberated us from Satan’s bondage.

How Then Should We Defeat the Devil?4.

4. How Then Should We Defeat the Devil?

1. We need to appropriate the blood of Jesus. 2. We follow the pattern of Jesus’ victory: forgiveness first, then freedom. 3. We deal with the person; not the demon. 4. We may have to confront the devil. 5. We pray for the filling of the HS.