“And one
of the multitude answered and
said, Master, I have brought
unto thee my son, which hath
a dumb spirit; And wherever
he takes him, he tears him:
and he foams, and gnashes
with his teeth, and pines
away… and when he [the
spirit] saw him [Jesus],
straightway the spirit tare
him; and he fell on the
ground, and wallowed
foaming. And he asked
his father, How long is it
ago since this came unto him?
And he said, Of a
child. And often it
hath cast him into the fire,
and into the waters, to
destroy him: but if thou
canst do any thing, have
compassion on us, and help
us. Jesus said unto
him, If thou canst believe,
all things are possible to
him that believeth. And
straightway the father of the
child cried out, and said
with tears, Lord, I believe;
help thou mine unbelief.
…he [Jesus] rebuked THE
FOUL SPIRIT, saying unto him,
THOU DUMB AND DEAF SPIRIT, I
charge thee, come out of him,
and enter no more into
him. And THE SPIRIT
cried, and rent him sore, and
came out of him: and he was
as one dead; …Jesus took
him (the boy) by the
hand, and lifted him up; and
he arose.” (Mark
9:17-27)
Please notice
in the above text how Jesus
rebuked the evil “spirit” that
was causing this young boy to
try to kill himself.
This “spirit” would
throw the boy into fire,
hoping to burn him to
death. It would also
throw him, against his will,
into bodies of water to drown
him. Notice also that
Jesus did not refer the boy
to a psychiatrist or suggest
a “miracle drug” to
keep him from harming or
killing himself.
The Church of Jesus Christ is
not a referral agency.
The Church of Jesus Christ is
the most powerful organism on
the face of Planet
Earth.
Jesus
addressed the
“spirit” that was
forcing itself upon the boy
against both his will and his
family’s.
That’s what suicide is,
you know! It’s a
spirit that forces itself
upon unsuspecting human
beings to get them to kill
themselves before they can
get hooked up with God’s
good plan for their
lives. (Jeremiah 29:11)
Satan doesn’t
care how he gets you out of
here, as long as he gets you
out of here. His
greatest desire is to plunder
Heaven and populate Hell.
My wife and I
know a man from a restaurant
we frequently ate in.
He drank heavily and was
oftentimes obnoxious and
overbearing. One day he
put a gun to his head and
told the other tenants in the
building where he lived that
he wasgoing to kill
himself. They, in turn,
called the police. The
police came and there was a
major standoff. This
man held the police at bay
with a gun to his head and
threatened to kill himself if
they came anywhere near
him. Finally, after
much convincing, he was
persuaded to put the gun down
and go with the police.
It was later decided that
charges would not be pressed
because he was threatening no
one but himself.
Soon after
this incident, the man began
to have thoughts of suicide
again. He walked into
the same restaurant where
Barbara and I were eating
again. He said to me,
in essence, “I’m
being tormented by spirits
that come and touch me in the
night. I’m
scared. I haven’t
eaten for days.
I’m sick. I’m
anxious. I have no
peace. The Lord told me
to come here today, that you
would be here and you would
help me.”
I listened on
the inside before laying my
hands on him right there in
the restaurant and praying
for him. The Lord
showed me to cast the spirit
of suicide out of him.
I stood there quietly and
calmly and told that spirit
of suicide that this man just
gave me authority to cast him
out and then I did so.
I quietly said, “Spirit
of suicide, come out, in
Jesus’ powerful
Name.” There was
no big demonstration, no
screaming, no fit throwing or
vomiting. The man just
looked at me and said,
“That’s it.
That’s it.
It’s gone.”
He explained to me that for
months he felt as if
something was gripping his
head tightly, wanting to
crush his skull. The
moment I prayed that prayer,
the gripping, crushing hold
on his skull was
released. His face lit
up with the biggest
smile. He was able to
eat again, to live again and
to experience joy and peace.
Barbara and I
still have occasion to see
this man. Each time we
do, he joyfully explains how
he’s still free.
He no longer drinks alcohol
and will not allow anyone
into his home who does
so. He loves to read
his Bible now. He works
out multiple times weekly at
the gym. He’s
eating regularly again and is
enjoying life.
He’s no longer afraid or
angry. We are
constantly amazed by the
supernatural change in him.
This man said
to me, “I have a picture
of Jesus on my wall.
Whenever that spirit would
come to me in the night, I
would pray to that picture
and nothing would
happen. Why is it that
when you prayed something
happened?” I
explained to him that there
is no authority in praying to
a picture of Jesus. The
Bible says we must address Satan
and evil spirits directlyin the Name of
Jesus, telling them to
go. When we obey the
Bible, demons will obey
us. Demons fear the Name of
Jesus, not pictures
of Jesus.
If you, too,
are being harassed by a
spirit of suicide, you can
tell that spirit to release
you, in Jesus’
Name. It must listen to
you. You must not
listen to it.
Allow me to
say this, too! If you
listen to that spirit and
take your life, it’s not
the end of your
problems. It’s the
beginning. You’ll
face Almighty God for the murder of
His creation. I
promise you, from God’s
written Word, you’ll not
like that. You’ll
wish you had listened to this
message and lived. If
Christ is your Savior and you
take your life, you’ll
be stripped of rewards in
Heaven. (1Corinthians
3:13-17; 2Corinthians
5:10) Notice I said
"in Heaven".
You'll make it to Heaven,
yes. But you will have
severely, severely altered
your eternal destiny.
If Christ is
not your Savior, you’ll
spend Eternity in
the Lake of Fire. (Matthew
5:41; Revelation 20:15)
Hell is not a "booty
fest" with a bunch of
rappers, hip hoppers or
Hell’s Angels. It
is a place of unending
torment where all cute little
fantasies concerning it will
be violently raped by a
brutal gang of facts.
Let’s not even go
there! No pun intended.
If you’re
tormented by suicide
thoughts, know this.
You are not alone. Most
people have them and
don’t talk about
it. Jesus had suicide
thoughts so don’t be
ashamed!
“For
we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with
the feeling of our
infirmities; but
was in all points tempted
like as we are,
yet without sin.”(Hebrews
4:15)
Although Jesus
had those thoughts, He never
gave in to them. He
rebuked Satan with the Word
of God and told him to get
lost. (Matthew 4:1-11)
Satan always obeyed. He’ll
obey you, too.
Just say,
“Jesus,
You’re my choice for
Savior.”
This gives you immediate power over the
“spirit” of
suicide. (Luke 10:19,20; John
1:12; Romans 10:13)
Then when the thought comes,
“I need to just kill
myself”, say this,
“Satan, you can’t
fool me using pronouns.
That’s not my
voice. It’s
yours. I rebuke the
spirit of suicide, in
Jesus’ powerful
Name. I’ve got
revelation of my authority
now.” He’ll
leave. If he
doesn’t, he’ll have
to deal directly with
Jesus. He’d rather
obey you. (Matthew 18:19;
James 4:7) Commit life,
not suicide! God has a
plan for your life. (Jeremiah
29:11) A plan that
includes big time power over
Satan and all evil
spirits! That's why
Satan wants you out of here
at all costs. He's afraid you’ll
find out about him, which you
just did.
Be blessed
…
John and
Barbara Hamel click her to
contact Pastor John
