WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT DELIVERED?

1. INTRODUCTION:

One possible way for a person to get healed is through deliverance. Jesus, during His earthly visit, ministered healing to the spirit, soul and body of people as well as delivering them from the powers of darkness. Actually, Luke 4:31-36 recorded His first act of healing which involved the casting out of a demon.

II. TERMS DEFINED;

A. Healing - came from the Greek word "therapeuo" which means to relieve of decease; to cure; to heal (Matt. 8:16).

- restoration of God's order to the spirit soul and body.

B. Deliverance) - came from the Greek word 'ekballo', meaning to throw out or cast out (demons) forcibly. (Luke 4:31-36).

111. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.-

A. Healing the sick and casting out demons.

1. Mark 8:16

2. Mark 1:32-34

3. Luke 4:40-41

B. Demons entering a herd of swine

1. Matt. 8:28

2. Mark 5:1

3. Luke 8:26

C. Curing a demon-possessed, blind and mute man.

1. Matt. 12:22

2. Luke 11:14

D. Casting out an unclean spirit.

1 . Mark 1:23

2. Luke 4.-33

IV. REASONS WHY PEOPLE MAY NOT BE HEALED OR DELIVERED:

In deliverance, there are questions such as: Why some people, after deliverance are yet still not delivered? Why some are not set free after they have been ministered? Why some are not healed when they have been prayed for?

If a person is not set free or healed, there are always some reasons why.

1. The counselor must be spiritually prepared. (Mark 9:29)

2. The counselee must be firm of his belief or faith, and not dual in spirit. Mark 9.-23-24).

3. Our 'western world view' is a major contributor to the ability of demons to stay with their hosts.

The whole subject of spiritual beings has been relegated by western societies to the realm of superstition and make-believe.

Furthermore, our churches and training institutions have been infected with western assumptions such as: "If you can't see it, it either doesn't exist or can't be very important, and 'If a thing can be explained scientifically, neither God nor Satan is involved.'

4. Our ignorance of evil spirits.

A related reason is our own ignorance concerning the ways in which the & enemy' does his job.

Satan's primary strategy is to keep us "ignorant".

People interpret the pressures put on them by demons as that of their own natural desires and their difficulties in opposing such pressures as their own weakness. 'And they get discourages.

5. Our failure to deal with internal garbage.

Whether because of ignorance, unwillingness, or laziness, a certain number of people never deal with internal garbage.

Often they feel that's just the way things are for them.

They don't seem to know God can give freedom and that God can heal.

Since they don't deal with the garbage, they continue to harbor any demon attached to it.

6. Some suspect they have demons but are unable to get help.

This problem speaks of the discouraging inability of some churches to deal with demonization.

7. Some who have demons choose to keep them.

Often these are people who have been given special power by demons to know certain things or control certain situations.

If they consider getting rid of the demons, they hear lies such as, 'If you get rid of me, you will have no more ability to control your life or to know things others don't know.

Out of fear of loosing such advantage they hang onto the demons.

They have been told they also have special protection - "You will lose all your protection if you abandon me".

8. When wallow negative reactions to emotional wounds.

Retaining reaction to abuse such as anger, bitterness, un-forgiveness, and self-rejection weaken our system to such extent that demons are able to retain. Ephesians 4:26-27, 'harboring the type of feelings that give the enemy a foothold and a reason to retain'.

9. Un-confessed sin.

Apparently, hidden and unconfessed sin gives the enemy the right to live within.

Whether it is an obvious sin such as adultery or abortion, or a less recognized sin like un-forgiveness or anger, when we hide sin we are in grave danger that the demon will live within.

10. Praying for the wrong thing.

Those who are praying are only praying about the symptoms, whereas they should be praying about the situation that underlies the symptoms. They are not at all interested in God bring order to all areas of their life and it is not surprising therefore, that healing or deliverance usually eludes them.

11. Ungodly soul-ties are still in place.

12. There are occult powers in place whose control has not been broken either in the counselee or in those with whom there is a close linking.

13. There is little or no anointing in the place of ministry - due to unclean ground, buildings or organizations.

14. Curses of sickness or death are still in place.

15. Generational sin anct/or demonization has not been dealt with.

16. The counselee is living in denial of the real problem.

17. The counselee has made inner vows which need to be renounced.

18. The counselee is in disobedience over something God has already told them to do (which they are not agreeing to do).

19, The counselee doesn't really want to be healed.

20. Legalism.

21. Blocked memories that need to be released.

22. The ministry team are not in a right relationship with each other and are blocking the anointing.

23. God's timing.

24. The person is suffering from a sickness that is unto death and needs to be prepared to meet the Lord.