Essentially, the reason for someone not being
delivered is not meeting the conditions stated above, it’s just that simple.
Derek Prince once said that, for the people that choose to be involved in this
ministry, “deliverance is not a test of your Spiritual power but a test of
whether or not the people to be delivered have met the pre-requisite
conditions.” Don’t focus on yourself
when someone isn’t delivered; focus on getting the person being delivered to
meet the conditions necessary to have God deliver them!
1) Lack of Repentance
(Self explanatory)
2) Lack of Desperation
– Deliverance is for the desperate; Passivity. This is especially common in
people that have been involved in Buddhism or other ‘Oriental’ false religions.
They are encouraged as a part of their training to put their mind in neutral –
the result is a very passive attitude. This goes against everything that is
basic with deliverance. A person has to will themselves to seek out help.
3) Wrong Motive
– James 4:3 states “You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so
that you may spend it on your pleasures.” We are not delivered to ‘get
off the hook’, we are delivered to better serve God! People who come to
be delivered to simply get free, without having a purpose to serve God, may not
be delivered at all.
4) Self-Centeredness
– Some folks won’t be delivered simply because they are selfish, want to be the
center of attention, and if delivered would have to give that up for some
reason or another. These people fall under the ‘poor me’ syndrome – they need
(and want) to be delivered but are content to be at the center of negative
attention. Self-centeredness is also the most common characteristic or trait of
all demons and creates an open invitation for demons to come into a person. These
people can also be ‘repeat customers’, returning again and again to be
delivered, without results. Sometimes you will just simply have to cut these
people off by telling them that they know what the answer is and can do it
themselves if they give up their selfishness.
5) Failure to Break From Occult
(Idols) – These can include statues of Buddha, lucky
charms, pyramids, horseshoes – anything that favors a superstition. Moses told
the Israelites that if they brought a cursed thing into their homes that they
would become cursed. The same is very true today. All Christians should go
through their homes and throw out everything that even resembles anything
superstitious or of the occult. Do not keep anything in your house that
dishonors Jesus or that honors Satan or his influence. This could be something
as simple as a piece of art that includes a drawing of a dragon – anything that
honors Satan.
6) Failure to Sever Relationships or
Influences – Sometimes we have to totally break
ties to old relationships if they are either evil or cause us to do, speak or
partake in evil.
7) Under a Curse
– Some people don’t believe in curses, they consider them to be fairly tales.
These folks should spend some time with Cathie, who has done Spiritual battle
with local witch doctors in Haiti, for example. The forces of darkness that
enable witches or witch doctors to curse somebody are very real…and so are the
curses. Those that are under a curse will not be delivered or healed until that
curse is broken.
8) Failure to Confess a Specific Sin
– When confessing sins to God, be sure not to leave anything out. Some people actually think that if they don’t confess
a sin that God won’t know about it…huh? This might include something that the
person doesn’t even think is a sin – abortion would be a good example. Some
people today think it’s perfectly ok to kill an unborn baby. News flash: In
God’s eyes you have committed murder – confess it as murder, repent and move
on! Remember, God cannot be shocked by your confessions.
9) Not Water Baptized
– Just as the Israelites were separated from Egypt by water, Christians must be
separated from evil. 1 Peter 3:21
tells us that “baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt
from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ” People that refuse or are not willing to be water
baptized are not qualified to stay free. This is not an option but a direct
command from God and therefore is not a denominational issue either – it is a
command from God. Derek Prince believed
so strongly in this that he refused to be a part of any deliverance where the
subject had not been water baptized.
10) Part of a Larger Battle Requiring
Corporate Action
(Very Rare) – There are those people that fall under what my folks used to call
‘Satan’s battlefield’. In other words, Satan will not let them go because of
what they stand for – and the whole body has to take responsibility for them.
An example would be a young man who had Hodgkin's disease, an incurable form of
cancer that attacks the lymph system. My Father died from this disease at the
age of 37 – it is an incurable killer. So, this man was part of a fellowship
that, when the church flourished, he was just fine, he wasn’t sick. But, if
anything went wrong with the fellowship, Spiritually speaking, he would get
sick again. Ultimately Satan got into the mix, split the fellowship down the
middle on a Spiritual issue. The man died as a result. The man’s physical
condition was an accurate barometer of the Spiritual condition of the church.
Even though I’ve never come heard of
this specific instance (and neither had my parents that I know of) but Derek
Prince had a few experiences with people that fit this description.
May
The Blood of Jesus cover, bless & protect you!
~Mark
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