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Trademark of a Christian - Driving out demons


Many Christians feel that because of Satan’s ultimate defeat as foretold in

The book of Revelation, that we should not bother ourselves with spiritual battle. They go on to state that focusing on spiritual battle is giving Satan a stage; giving him attention that we should be giving to God alone. Jesus did not feel this way. We are told in the Bible that a primary purpose of Jesus’ coming was to destroy the devil’s work:



The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s

work.

1 John 3:8-9



We see all through Jesus’ life confrontation with Satan and the demonic. Charles Kraft in Defeating Dark Angles states that the gospel of Mark catalogues Jesus spending more time confronting demons than he did in both teaching and healing the sick. Surprised? When Jesus sent the twelve disciples out into the world he instructed them, among other things, to cast out demons (Mark 4).  When Jesus sent out the seventy-two followers, they returned declaring that even the demons were subjected to them in Jesus’ name, clearly indicating they had experienced a victorious encounter (Luke 10). When Jesus identified how his followers were to be known, the signs that would accompany those that believe in him, the very first thing he mentions is casting out demons:



And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they

will drive out demons…

Mark 16:17!



Yet, how many church members today have cast out a demon, or have even the

slightest clue how to go about such a thing?


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