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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: A New Doctrine


>A New Doctrine
> 
> Demons Going To Church
> 
> 
> By Phil Scovell
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> 23  And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;
> and he cried out, 
> 24  Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
> of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou
> art, the Holy One of God. 
> 25  And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of
> him. 
> 26  And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a
> loud voice, he came out of him. 
> 27  And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among
> themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this?
> for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and
> they do obey him. 
> 28  And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the
> region round about Galilee," (Mark 1:23-28).
> 
> 
> 
>     We generally consider church a place of safety and a place we
> go to be encouraged.  It is a place we pray and worship God.  The
> last thing we would expect is for a demon to be in church.  It
> didn't seem to surprise Jesus.
> 
>     One Sunday, I felt quite discouraged.  I didn't feel like
> teaching that morning but I went over the notes I planned on using
> and familiarized myself with what I had written and planned on
> sharing that day.  Yet, I didn't feel comfortable about it.
> 
>     As I sat in my office thinking, I felt the Lord directing me
> to a totally different passage of Scripture with a totally
> different theme.  I dialed up the miracle on the computer, typing
> in the reference, and began to read the text.  I immediately knew
> that was what I was supposed to teach on that morning.  I still
> didn't feel right emotionally or spiritually but I decided it was
> simply due to discouragement.  I jotted down a handful of notes
> about what I would say that morning.
> 
>     Before church, everyone sat and visited for awhile as we
> often do.  I said little as I listened.  I just wasn't feeling
> well.  In fact, by this time, I felt right down rotten, to tell
> the truth, but soon it would be over and I could go home and try
> and relax for the rest of the afternoon.  I should have been more
> spiritually alert.
> 
>     The closer we came to beginning our Sunday service, the worse
> I felt.  As we began to sing, it finally hit me what was wrong.  I
> sensed the demonic presence near.  I could also hear his words in
> my thoughts and felt his unholy feelings.  "You don't have to
> sing.  You don't need to worship today.  Just stop singing. 
> Don't do it any more.  You feel bad enough and aren't well.  No
> one will criticize you for not singing today and worshipping the
> Lord because you are the pastor.  Stop.  Stop singing."  My chest
> flushed and tingled as the anxiety of the demonic presence
> intensified.  My stomach felt nauseous.  Maybe I really was sick. 
> There had been some virus or colds or something in the family that
> past week.  His words and thoughts mixed with my thoughts, an the
> feelings of fear and anxiety, mixed with even the physical
> sensation of illness, gave him away.
> 
>     Trying to pray and sing at the same time is difficult but in
> this particular living room sitting, we were meeting in a home,
> and not my home, it was a little different so getting up to go to
> another room to pray wasn't convenient.  I tried to get the Lord
> to run the demon off for me, or at least to hold him at bay until
> after church.  Jesus wasn't interested in doing my job for me and
> made that clear.  What I should have done was stopped the singing
> and prayed out loud because later, I learned, I was not the only
> one feeling the demonic presence in church.  Next time, by the
> way, I will do exactly that.  I will stop the service and pray out
> loud for others to hear in case they are being attacked as well.
> 
>     Silently, I finally prayed the following prayer which is
> normally what I do when becoming aware of any attempt of demonic
> infiltration or intrusion.
> 
>     "Dear Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of the True
> Lord Jesus Christ, your only begotten son.  If I have listened to
> any lies of Satan's or his demons, If I have listened to any of
> their words and repeated them as though they were true, if I have
> thought any of their thoughts as if they were my thoughts, if I
> have felt any of their feelings as though they were my feelings,
> I confess this to you as sin.  I ask you to forgive me.  I take
> back all the ground I have given them and I give it back to you
> for your honor and glory.  I now call this lying spirit to
> attention and all those under his authority that might be working
> with him against me.  I dismiss them from all of their assignments
> against me.  I bind all of their words and utterances they have
> spoken against me, or are trying to carry out in my life, and I
> now bind them all together as one.  I command them to leave now
> and to go to the place the True Lord Jesus Christ wants them to go
> in the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ I pray.
> 
>     "Did they leave?" someone is asking about this time.  No,
> they didn't leave.  "So what did you do?"  I started singing. 
> "Why?"  Because I know this lying spirit, and any others operating
> under his authority, would leave because I had told them to do
> exactly that in the name of Jesus because I was using His
> authority and not mine.  I, therefore, ignored him following my
> prayer.  Yes, it was hard to sing.  I could hardly get any sound
> out of my throat but I forced myself to sing.  The louder I got,
> the easier it became.  Within less than a minute or two, the
> spiritual sensation of malevolence faded, my stomach returned to
> normal, my chest stopped tingling, and by the time I opened my
> notebook to begin teaching, I felt perfectly normal.
> 
>     First of all, the prayer is a combination of more than one
> prayer I use when a demon is trying to gain a foothold in my
> thinking.  My version of the prayer came from a man I know who has
> been in the Christian counseling ministry for several decades and
> are a mixture of prayers the Lord gave him.
> 
>     Secondly, demons always begin with your thoughts.  Let's look
> at a passage of Scripture.
> 
> "3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the
> flesh: 
> 4  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
> through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 
> 5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
> itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
> every thought to the obedience of Christ; 
> 6  And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when
> your obedience is fulfilled," (2 Corinthians 10:3-6).
> 
> 
>     Thirdly, since we do indeed have this authority in Christ,
> the 6th verse, which says, "And having in a readiness to revenge
> all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled," means pushing
> your authority in Christ to the limit.  You see, your authority in
> Christ is based upon Him and His authority which He has given you. 
> Therefore, we are complete in our Lord's authority over the
> demonic realm according to Colossians 2:10 which says, "And you
> are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and
> power."
> 
>     The people who witnessed what Jesus did thought this was some
> new doctrine.  Do you think the same?  As you can see, it is not. 
> Demons go to church just like you do.  They come to cause
> confusion, discouragement, deception, and to do as much spiritual
> damage as possible.  The question is, how much are we going to
> allow them to do before exercising our authority.
> 
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