0952 Fight Back - Fight Back When You Fall Back

Fight Back When You Fall Back

1. Drive demons out by deliverance.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man…” Matthew 12:43

Demons can leave voluntarily but they don’t move out unless they are removed.

Leaving vs Moving out

2. Remove demons by repentance.

“Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came…” Matthew 12:44

Don’t settle for relief from demons, remove them by repentance.

Aspirin of self-help, Tylenol of church, Advil of christian music, ibuprofen of good preaching. Relief but not rest.

Example: King Saul (1 Samuel 16:14-17, 23).

3. Revoke demons access by Jesus’ authority.

“Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came…” Matthew 12:44

Authority is greater than access.

4. Demons need to find you possessed, not perfect.

“…and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order” Matthew 12:44

Replace what has been removed.

Move from available to unavailable. I don’t want to vs I can’t.

Cleaned out to sold out.

Available is attractive to attacks.

Demons see that lights are on but no one is home.

Deliverance that doesn’t lead to devotion will lead to disappointment.

You have to get possessed after you get delivered.

If there are signs of being demonically possessed, there must be evidence of being divinely possessed.

Perfection is not protection, possession is! Say no to passive, parked, polluted life. Choice - Chain - Cycle. Breaking chains must lead to burning hearts.

5. Demons inhabit dead places but visit dry places.

“goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none” (Matthew 12:43).

Demons are seeking a place to rest, so them give them resistance.

Devil wants us to be worn out or trip into wickedness in our wilderness.

Wilderness will lead either to weariness or wickedness.

Run to the water when you are in wilderness.

Water of speaking in tongues. Water of worship. Water of the word.

“He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into watersprings” (Psalm 107:35).

If weather on the outside doesn’t change, put the water on the inside.

6. Fight back when you fall back.

Wicked demons dwell in wicked generation.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.” Matthew 12:45

Wicked generation can’t start a war only warriors can.

And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. Exodus 14:13

Don’t fear. Stand still. See salvation. God will fight. You will not see those.

Don’t fear going back, fight back.

Don’t fear the same demons on the outside that you had on the inside.

Don’t doubt your deliverance.

You are a chosen generation, not a wicked generation.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1 Peter 2:9

Warrior can fail 7 times yet he fights back, wicked falls and gets 7x more demons.

For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. Proverbs 24:16

Wicked has demons RETURN to him. Warrior RETURNS TO JESUS when he fails.

And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” Luke 22:31-32

When you fail, Jesus said, “return to ME” and demons will not return to you.