When Jesus preached the message about the Kingdom, it was a message of God's effective rule coming. The signs of the coming of the Kingdom included the destruction of Satan's works. Amongst these are sicknesses and torments. These things often go hand in hand. They are both due to the operation of evil spirits in the bodies and souls of men. Although all physical illnesses/sicknesses are not caused by demons, more often than not, demons play a big role in bringing illnesses/sicknesses. Demons may find access to a person's life through some kind of generational curse, and this can mean that a person, even a Christian person, may be afflicted with multiple spirits of infirmity, which need to be driven out.

God wants not only our souls but also our bodies to be free from satanic harrassment. Some people are only interested in the healing of their bodies, and they don't expose the unrighteousness in their souls to the Lord, so the Lord has a free hand to move in their entire being. This is a serious mistake. Now God can do things for people in any order He chooses. He can, if he wishes, physically heal a person with all kinds of soulish issues requiring deliverance. God is sovereign. But many times, especially in the life of a believer in Christ, the healing of the soul takes precedence over the healing of the body, and God will not work unless certain issues are dealt with.

Deliverance from evil spirits at the level of the soul prepares us to receive from God at the physical level also. It also prepares us to move in the power of the Holy Spirit for the deliverance and healing of others. Many times it is the internal bondage to wickedness in ministers of the gospel that is limiting the flow of God's power to others. Does that sound too harsh? Well, God talks, for example, about "an evil heart of unbelief that departs from the living God" (Hebrews 3:12). There could well be degrees of this - not all of them relating to personal salvation. Unbelief concerning certain promises of God could be a spiritual bondage that a minister of the gospel needs freedom from.

One reason so many people experience relief and a measure of healing through prayer and the ministry of laying on of hands, and then lose the blessing, is their failure to be vigilant concerning the possibility that the demons that caused the problem are likely to try to return and cause the same affliction again. We are called to abide in Jesus, and follow Him. We have to be filled with the Word and the Spirit of God in order to give no place to the devil.

Deliverance as a Key To Healing and Healing Ministry If we have faith to cast out demons, we are far better equipped to minister healing in some of those "difficult" cases. And as we grow in experience, our faith grows in dealing with demons. We have a growing measure of the power of God effectively working in us, which allows us to deal with increasingly severe demonically caused problems, as the Lord leads us. Our faith grows as we see how the Lord changes lives through the ministry of deliverance he operates through us.

Ministers who do not have this understanding concerning can still be effective in divine healing, but I believe they do so with less understanding. The anointing will drive out the devil, even if the minister does not imagine the devil to be involved. But when you know it is that rotten devil, a righteous hatred can rise up in you through which the Lord can move to bring his power into a situation. It also helps us to realise even more that it IS God's will to heal people. It IS God's will to destroy the works of the devil, of which sickness is one. And it IS God's will to keep his promise. Therefore, lets use all the spiritual weapons God gives in order to destroy sickness and disease, and may God use this for his glory and for the true salvation of many souls.

Breaking the Curses