Introduction

How Paul preached: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Holy Bible, 1 Co. 2:4-5 KJV

God's Ghost-busters!

Clothed with power from on high. Power that causes demons to tremble because of what we have in Christ, and can demonstrate it like Paul did.

Proclaiming the Gospel, and Driving out Demons go hand-in-hand for Bible Christians. Enjoy the final two articles of our series on deliverance from evil spirits.

We can do nothing apart from Christ: But with Him, nothing is impossible. Discover how to transform weakness into strength, and destroy the giants in your land.

Take the plunge and send us your Water Baptism photos as a testimony.

Two fascinating E-pistle questions this month, one about an embarrassing skin disease, and another concerning an unmarried mother's second big mistake.


Colin Melbourne

How to Drive Out Demons

Christ has given every believer power over all demons. You are commanded to go and drive them out. Yes, you!

This four part series shows how.

Starting with a study of what evil spirits are, and where they come from.

Continuing with Christ's victory over them, what He's provided in salvation, and ends with how to cast demons out.

The first part is here: What are Demons?

Turn Your Weakness into His Strength

You can walk in constant victory with supernatural strength that overcomes all enemies and obstacles.

When Popeye wilts in the desert, or is bound in chains, clapped in a dungeon, or facing a giant brute, he squirts a can of Spinach into his belly... and becomes a Superman.

You have in your hands something infinitely more powerful than tinned-veggies, more real than a cartoonist's imagination: You have the Eternal Word of the Living God. The power that created and drives the Universe.

Discover how to consume God's Word, and turn your weakness into God's Strength in this two part article.

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E-pistles: Subscriber's Q & A:

Pregnant, unwed, then Saved: Should she marry him?

A Belgian subscriber asks: "My sister was pregnant and unmarried when she got saved. After her salvation, I told her not to marry the father of the child because he wasn't a believer, but she didn't listen to me. Did I advise her correctly? Do they have God's blessing on their marriage?"

A: I'm sure you showed her that God's Word is clear on this matter.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Co. 6:14 KJV

You were right to warn her. She should have sought God, and obeyed Him.

Knowing Jesus, if your sister had lovingly stood her ground before the father of the child, saying something along the line of,

"I love you, and I want only you as my husband, but now that I am a child of God my Father forbids me from marrying a child of the devil. Only after you are truly born again will I ask my Father if I can marry you."

The chap would have been stunned, and profoundly convicted by God's Spirit. He'd have kicked up a fuss, and Christ would have stretched him on His love-rack. (You've all been through that blessed experience haven't you?)

Most likely he'd have been saved in days, and married with God's blessing, instead of struggling in sin.

But all is not lost. They've chosen the long and painful route, however, Christ can still work wonders.

The unsaved husband will be 'sanctified' through the faith of the believing wife. 1 Co. 7:14. Her faith is the key.

If I were you; I'd build her up in Christ as she walks with Him, and lift her out of the well when she calls for help. Don't condemn them for their mistake. Be especially redemptive towards the unsaved husband, and take the flak graciously when he blames you.

Even if you wait years, keep believing: Not begging, believing! And I call on every Christian who reads this, to stand in faith that Christ will redeem this couple, and use them for His Glory.

E-pistles:

Embarrassing skin disease: What is my act of faith?

Lismatt asks: "I've been suffering from a skin disease since 1994, and actively looking for God's healing since 2001. I confess the healing Scriptures daily, meditate on the healing Word, and do everything so that healing faith comes. But my biggest question is the action part.

How can I show faith in action for my skin disease? If I was in a wheelchair I would get up, but skin disease is different. I'm not bound to a wheelchair. I'm just bound to my diseased skin.

Is confessing the Word, not worrying, seeing yourself healed, and praising the Lord for my healing, before it's manifested my act of faith?

I'm embarrassed by this skin condition, and I try to cover my skin, avoid swimming etc., so that people won't notice, but is this something I should boldly confront with my faith, and go ahead and do the things that make me embarrassed? What would you do Colin, if you had a skin disease?"

A: Lismatt, both the problem and the answer are clear in your own question.

You still see yourself as diseased, not healed, you contradict God's Word by declaring yourself, 'Bound to my diseased skin'.

What does God's Word say about Christians and sickness?

You are still walking by sight. Mentally assenting to God's Word without believing it. Walk by faith in God's Word on the matter. That is the victory.

Accept in your heart that you really are healed now. Declare it because you believe it.

"The Blood of Christ has set me free from all disease, and every infirmity!"

Some strain to believe that Gospel fact, and say the words without really believing them in their heart, because they look at symptoms, or listen to medics. So they get nowhere.

Smith Wigglesworth came to a town called Bury (pron. 'Berry', not 'Burry'), in the North of England, ten miles from where I was born. There was a young woman with a large goitre (a thyroid gland problem associated with Iodine deficiency, also called 'Derbyshire neck'). Smith prayed for her, rebuked the thing in Jesus' Name, and immediately she began confessing that she was wonderfully healed.

All around Bury she boasted that God had healed her. However, people called her bonkers, because they could see the goitre was not gone, but getting bigger!

"Look in the mirror!" they mocked her.

But she kept looking at God's Word.

To find out what happened, read the full account from Smith Wigglesworth's own lips. You won't be disappointed.