ALTAR COUNSELOR'S GUIDE

HOW CAN I BE PROTECTED FROM DEMONIC POWERS?The most important protection is to receive Jesus Christ as Savior because demons cannotpossess a true born-again believer. Keep yourself from sin, for through sin you "giveplace to the Devil.” You provide opportunity for him to use demonic activities ofoppression against you. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Demonic spirits and the spirit ofGod cannot inhabit the same spiritual vessel.Avoid an obsessive interest in demons. It is not wrong to study what God's Word saysabout them, or courses such as this one which are based on God's Word. But do not readsecular books, attend seances, etc., to learn more about demons. Avoid any contact withthe occult. Do not consult witches, shaman, astrologers, horoscopes, card, palm, or tealeaf readers. Do not serve false gods or allow idols to come into your home(Deuteronomy 7:25-26).Control your mind, your tongue, and select your associates carefully. It is also importantto gain victory over the world and the flesh and use your spiritual weapons to wagewarfare against demonic powers.KEY VERSES ABOUT DELIVERANCEWhen the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places seeking rest, andfindeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I cam out; and when he iscome, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and theyenter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. (Matthew 12:43-44)Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, againstthe rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians6:10-13There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks,and them which were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed every one. (Acts 5:16)For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, cam out of many that were possessed with them; andmany taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. (Acts 8:7)31