WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.880 Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:09.400 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:15.280 Hey everybody, deliverance, demonic activity, spiritual things, are we doing the right thing? 4 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:17.600 To an end, let's find out. 5 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.240 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 6 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:33.160 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, 7 00:00:33.160 --> 00:00:36.400 then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. 8 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:43.000 To us, that's like saying, amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. 9 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.360 Now, open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. 10 00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:48.680 Here is Jack Hibbs. 11 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:54.520 Hey everybody, welcome back to our podcast and we are delighted to have you with us. 12 00:00:54.520 --> 00:01:02.240 And again, as always, remember, please, if these snippets, if these brief moments of time together, 13 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:08.520 bless you, excite you, get your conversation going, causes you to dig deeper into the Bible, 14 00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:10.160 then that means we're succeeding. 15 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.840 And so if that's happening, the greatest thing that you can do for us, 16 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:19.600 you don't send money, notice we're not asking for money, we want something better than that. 17 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:21.000 We want you to tell others. 18 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:25.720 We want you to share, we want you to give us five stars. 19 00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:30.640 We want you to subscribe, get the word out, push it out, tell everybody. 20 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:34.720 Word of mouth is golden, especially when we're traffic and in truth. 21 00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:35.960 And of course, in God's truth. 22 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:41.640 So we're going to quickly take on a topic that is something that is not only a buzz, 23 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.360 it has always been a buzz. 24 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:46.640 It has always been and it's increasing. 25 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:52.280 And you might be surprised to find out that I actually agree that it should be increasing. 26 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:58.040 But we need to define the topic and define how it's revealed in scripture. 27 00:01:58.440 --> 00:02:06.760 And that is the topic of demon possession or deliverance ministries, 28 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:15.080 being able to cast out or to discern or to 29 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:25.520 act in a way or in a place of authority over, we'll just say others and or mainly demonic spirits. 30 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.760 So first of all, let's do this together. 31 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:37.720 Rather than getting getting down into the deep weeds of some theological opinions about 32 00:02:37.720 --> 00:02:42.720 Mark's gospel chapter 16, there are those who have their views dependent upon what 33 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:47.120 the denominational background they're from, I pick on Mark's gospel because 34 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:56.040 Mark's gospel covers more miracles done by Jesus in the shortest gospel out of the four. 35 00:02:56.040 --> 00:02:57.200 I think that's fascinating. 36 00:02:57.760 --> 00:02:59.520 Mark's gospel is unique in a lot of ways. 37 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:04.760 Number one, it has no genealogical record of Jesus, all of their three of the gospels do. 38 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:06.800 Mark's gospel is the smallest. 39 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.200 It's the shortest, but it's also affectionately known as Peter's gospel. 40 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.520 Mark didn't experience these things. 41 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:18.560 Peter told Mark what to write, Mark's gospel. 42 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:27.520 So having said that, we see more miracles performed more service done by Jesus, 43 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.040 more ministry examples provided to us in Mark's gospel, the shortest gospel, 44 00:03:33.320 --> 00:03:38.240 but it's all about serving and it's all about doing the will of God and it's all about miracles. 45 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.480 And so having said that in Mark chapter 16, the Bible says in verse 15, 46 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:44.960 in he that is Jesus said to them, 47 00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:50.160 go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 48 00:03:50.600 --> 00:03:51.280 I love that. 49 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.640 That's called evangelism and that's for you to do. 50 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:55.640 It's for me to do. 51 00:03:55.880 --> 00:03:57.480 It's for all of you to do. 52 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:04.800 That's not for Billy Graham to do or Luis Palau or Greg Laurie or a few limited evangelists. 53 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.200 Those guys have the ministry of evangelism, but yet Paul told Timothy, 54 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.760 all of us are to do the to do the ministry of an evangelist. 55 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.720 So no one's off the hook on sharing Christ with others. 56 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:17.520 If in fact, you are a believer. 57 00:04:17.760 --> 00:04:22.080 Verse 16, he who believes and his baptize will be saved. 58 00:04:22.440 --> 00:04:26.960 Okay, but he who does not believe will be condemned. 59 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.520 There's a whole other story there on baptism that we could address, but we're not going to do it. 60 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:31.560 Notice this. 61 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.520 It's believing is what saves you. 62 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:38.080 And your first act of obedience should be water baptism. 63 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:39.000 All right. 64 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:40.560 How do you know that, Jack? 65 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.160 Because he actually says so. 66 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.480 It says the person that does not believe is condemned. 67 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.000 Doesn't see the person that's not baptized is condemned. 68 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.720 Belief faith in Christ is the primary and the secondary is public baptism, 69 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:59.200 which acknowledges publicly that you've made a private personal internal commitment to Christ. 70 00:04:59.200 --> 00:05:03.240 Verse 17, and these signs will follow those who believe. 71 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:09.000 The signs will follow those who believe the believers are not to follow signs. 72 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:14.360 And I bring that up specifically because there are many in the hyperpanocostal movement. 73 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:22.480 There are many of those who are getting into the spirituality or the aberrant spirituality of Christianity 74 00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:30.520 to whereby things, events, miracles, dynamics, possession, Satan, 75 00:05:30.640 --> 00:05:35.280 all of these things have now carried the bulk of the affection and conversation 76 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.080 rather than the pursuit of lost souls. 77 00:05:38.520 --> 00:05:43.560 People now are dialing down and becoming overstimulated on spirituality 78 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.880 rather than biblical doctrine. 79 00:05:45.880 --> 00:05:52.040 You want to be very careful about that because it is in fact a mark of spiritual immaturity. 80 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:59.040 That kind of thinking would have fit perfect in the crazy, crazy church in Greece called Corinth. 81 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:04.720 That church was out of control and that's why that book first and second Corinthians is so powerful 82 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.640 because God gave the instructions regarding what in the world were they doing, 83 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.720 what they needed to do is get back to the Bible. 84 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.200 I'll unpack this more in a moment. 85 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:19.880 And so and these signs will follow those who believe in the name. 86 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.680 In my name, they will cast out demons. 87 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:25.880 They will speak with new tongues. 88 00:06:26.280 --> 00:06:33.280 They will take up serpents and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them. 89 00:06:33.760 --> 00:06:37.200 They will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. 90 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.360 And the Bible goes on to say it, closing out that chapter. 91 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:48.840 So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God 92 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:53.960 and they all went out and preached everywhere in the Lord working with them 93 00:06:54.520 --> 00:07:00.680 and confirming the word through the accompanying of signs. Amen. 94 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:13.600 That verse, that portion ends with the word of God was preached and to validate or to verify or to confirm the power of the word of God. 95 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:14.600 Miracles were done. 96 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:17.840 Miracles are never supposed to be in front of the word. 97 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.120 The miracles are always to be behind the word. 98 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:22.520 Word goes out first. 99 00:07:22.760 --> 00:07:23.800 Miracles follow. 100 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.120 Word is the authority. 101 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:29.360 So listen, is the word of God authority in your life? 102 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:31.360 That is the question. 103 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:39.680 We know that the word of God, doctrine is what Paul stressed to Timothy and to Titus, doctrine, the New Testament, 104 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:44.880 outside of the gospel, the epistles are rooted and based in doctrine. 105 00:07:45.320 --> 00:07:47.640 So the pathology is this. 106 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:49.600 What is the church known for? 107 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.120 Biblically sound doctrine. 108 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:56.320 So when churches get and Christians get away from biblical sound doctrine, they get into the weeds. 109 00:07:56.320 --> 00:07:57.520 And what are some of the weeds? 110 00:07:57.800 --> 00:07:59.120 Well, we have church history. 111 00:07:59.400 --> 00:08:05.800 Church history shows us that when we get away from the word of God, we get sideways and we begin to 112 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.200 we begin to get so dialed down on certain things. 113 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:14.080 So for example, I love Bible prophecy. 114 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:16.960 That is the discipline or the doctrine of eschatology. 115 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.480 But there are people and churches that that's all they do. 116 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:21.760 That's all they think about. 117 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:23.320 They don't talk about anything else. 118 00:08:23.760 --> 00:08:25.560 They just speak about Bible prophecy. 119 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:31.960 You can teach about Bible prophecy forever and wind up causing your audience to wind up and 120 00:08:31.960 --> 00:08:33.760 hell because you never got to the gospel. 121 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:35.680 You never got to the cross. 122 00:08:35.680 --> 00:08:36.760 You never got to sin. 123 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:38.560 You never got to these things, okay? 124 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.440 So you can hobby horse on that. 125 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:41.960 You can hobby horse on healing. 126 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.480 You can hobby horse on the Holy Spirit. 127 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.240 You can hobby horse on so many things. 128 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:50.920 But isn't it interesting that Paul the Apostle said he didn't do that. 129 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:57.920 Paul the Apostle said to the Ephesian elders, I've made it sure to all of you that I gave 130 00:08:57.920 --> 00:09:01.360 you the full council of God, everything. 131 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:03.760 And that's how you and I were supposed to be. 132 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:08.680 So more specifically, let's get to this topic right now that is is 133 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:11.920 pervading the so-called church today. 134 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:16.720 And that is what is comes out of don't get me wrong when I say this. 135 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.200 I love our Pentecostal friends. 136 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:24.640 So long as their doctrine is sound and summaries for sure, the the the tendance of Christianity. 137 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:29.920 But Pentecostalism, hypercharismaticism, 138 00:09:30.760 --> 00:09:37.760 hyperpentecostalism is now a foot in a very big way because 139 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:43.280 people frankly, honestly, they don't have much of an appetite for a systematic 140 00:09:44.040 --> 00:09:45.080 study of the Bible. 141 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:46.800 They want goosebumps. 142 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:47.600 They want bells. 143 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:48.640 They want whistles. 144 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:52.200 And does the Bible speak about demons and demon activity? 145 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.640 Of course, does the Bible talk about casting out demons? 146 00:09:54.760 --> 00:09:55.440 Absolutely. 147 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:59.000 Does the Bible talk about healing and raising the dead? 148 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.000 Absolutely. 149 00:10:00.680 --> 00:10:04.960 But when people begin to pursue that instead of personal holiness and them 150 00:10:05.760 --> 00:10:08.640 knowing the full council of God, this is where we get goofy. 151 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:12.760 And you get groups that say things like this, do you speak in tongues? 152 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:13.960 Do you speak in tongues? 153 00:10:14.400 --> 00:10:16.040 If you don't speak in tongues, you're not saved. 154 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:17.600 Where's that in the Bible? 155 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.160 I pause for effect. 156 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:22.800 Where's that in the Bible? 157 00:10:23.640 --> 00:10:25.560 Hall the Apostles is the exact opposite. 158 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:31.440 Hall the Apostle says in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14, 159 00:10:32.520 --> 00:10:36.920 and Paul talks about it in Romans 8, I believe it is, yes, 8, 160 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.640 that there is a prayer language that's available to all believers. 161 00:10:43.640 --> 00:10:45.160 It's not the gift of tongues. 162 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.440 And then there is the gift of tongues, which is given to some people, 163 00:10:50.680 --> 00:10:54.460 just like some people have the gift of evangelism, some people of the gift of 164 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:58.180 pastor teacher, some have the gift of teacher, some of the gift of giving, 165 00:10:58.420 --> 00:11:01.700 some of the gift of administration, not everybody has the same gift. 166 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:03.980 That's what makes up a church. 167 00:11:04.020 --> 00:11:06.940 So I want you to think about that for a moment because there are, frankly, 168 00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:10.260 there are, there are loonies out there that are saying, if you don't speak in 169 00:11:10.260 --> 00:11:11.380 tongues, you're not saved. 170 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:15.020 That is a demonic, heretical doctrine. 171 00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:18.140 And it comes out of hyperhenocostalism. 172 00:11:19.140 --> 00:11:20.940 And you say, well, that's pretty harsh, Jack. 173 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:23.100 No, it's pretty harsh that they say such things. 174 00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:27.580 Outside of scripture, was the thief on the cross saved? 175 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:29.980 Yep, Jesus said he was. 176 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:31.100 Did he speak in tongues? 177 00:11:31.380 --> 00:11:32.380 Did he raise the dead? 178 00:11:33.340 --> 00:11:34.460 Did he give any money? 179 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:37.460 Did he do his time in the children's ministry? 180 00:11:38.060 --> 00:11:38.740 Of course not. 181 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:39.900 I think you know how that goes. 182 00:11:40.540 --> 00:11:43.860 But listen, when we talk about what's going on today in this, in this area, 183 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:48.220 there are people now because they're not rooted in grounded in doctrine. 184 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:50.220 They're lopsided in doctrine. 185 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:55.220 Then everything that is wrong, everything that is weird, everything that they 186 00:11:55.220 --> 00:12:00.900 can't explain, or everything that doesn't go their way, spiritually speaking, 187 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:07.380 must be the presence of a demon or possession of a demon. 188 00:12:09.900 --> 00:12:16.020 When your child, when your child's diet at home is pretty pathetic. 189 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:21.420 When your kid is first of all a kid, number two, when your kid is going through 190 00:12:21.420 --> 00:12:26.420 the development of being a kid, there's constant hormonal and energy level 191 00:12:26.420 --> 00:12:32.020 activity, coupled that with crispy cream for breakfast, topped off with a 192 00:12:32.020 --> 00:12:36.620 Pepsi, and then they have Cheetos for lunch and baloney. 193 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:40.820 And then they come home to go to McDonald's for dinner. 194 00:12:41.260 --> 00:12:42.300 You know what you're going to have? 195 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:44.980 You're going to have a demon possess kid. 196 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:46.140 I'm kidding. 197 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:47.340 I'm sorry. 198 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:48.460 I just had to throw that in there. 199 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:53.300 You're going to have a kid that because of frankly bad parenting skills, 200 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:56.380 you've got a kid that is completely, chemically, 201 00:12:56.380 --> 00:12:59.220 whacked out for eating all kinds of sick, strange stuff. 202 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:01.420 And the body's not getting what it needs. 203 00:13:01.420 --> 00:13:02.780 So the kid won't pay attention. 204 00:13:02.780 --> 00:13:03.820 The kid talks back. 205 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:04.900 The kid's irritable. 206 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:06.260 The kid's grumpy. 207 00:13:06.260 --> 00:13:10.580 And imagine you're not having a cup of coffee and you got to go to work. 208 00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:14.380 You wouldn't even think of such a thing because you got to go get your Starbucks 209 00:13:14.380 --> 00:13:17.620 or whatever poison it is to get you ready for the day. 210 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:21.940 Hey, you got your kid running on stuff that their body was never intended to have. 211 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:24.660 And then you're wondering, I think my kids possessed. 212 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:29.820 First of all, your kid might be completely undernourished and you even realize that. 213 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:34.620 So a hyperpennacostalism, hyper spiritual environment would say, 214 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.580 what's wrong with my kid? 215 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.420 Must be a demon. 216 00:13:37.020 --> 00:13:38.740 I tried praying and nothing happened. 217 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:43.420 Listen, we need to just calm down, slow down and be very, very careful. 218 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:46.060 By the way, don't let your kid hear you say that. 219 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:48.860 You'll scare the snot out of your kid. 220 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:52.460 You'll freak them out telling your kid, look, what's wrong with you? 221 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:53.460 You must have a demon. 222 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.460 Man, that is so pathetic. 223 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.620 Don't do such a thing. 224 00:13:58.220 --> 00:14:02.860 But by the way, if you apply that kind of response to how your kids act in, 225 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:05.340 then you could do the same to your wife or to your husband. 226 00:14:06.660 --> 00:14:08.180 I think my husband's possessed. 227 00:14:08.420 --> 00:14:12.020 He won't listen to a word I'm saying, or I think my wife's possessed. 228 00:14:12.020 --> 00:14:14.220 She keeps spending money that we don't have. 229 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:17.860 She must have a demon that's so ridiculous, everybody. 230 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:19.460 Of course, you know, that's crazy. 231 00:14:19.540 --> 00:14:20.700 What are we talking about here? 232 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:27.140 We're talking about the last days, warning and scripture that perilous times would come. 233 00:14:27.140 --> 00:14:32.940 And there'd be doctrines of demons and deceiving spirits that would be present. 234 00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:37.500 And if you want to find out where that's more active than anywhere else, 235 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:40.060 it would be the so-called church. 236 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:41.900 That's where it begins. 237 00:14:41.900 --> 00:14:48.140 That's where the first warning goes out to the church, but it's not limited to the church. 238 00:14:48.140 --> 00:14:52.140 Right now, we live in a culture where there are people walking around. 239 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:55.940 Are they demon possessed or are they unfit and all? 240 00:14:57.060 --> 00:15:02.220 Could be both one thing's sure they're unfit and all. 241 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:10.860 If somebody is snorting cocaine or dropping acid and they're crazy, 242 00:15:11.380 --> 00:15:15.180 one thing we know for sure doesn't take a spiritual Einstein to figure this out. 243 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:17.700 They're under the influence of drugs. 244 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:22.580 A hyperpennacostalist will rush on to the scene and say, and they're possessed. 245 00:15:23.540 --> 00:15:24.380 We don't know that. 246 00:15:26.780 --> 00:15:29.740 Be careful about people who jump to conclusions on these topics. 247 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:33.420 You do know, please, I'm not saying that people are not possessed. 248 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:37.660 I do believe more now than maybe at any other time. 249 00:15:38.900 --> 00:15:40.420 And again, that's my assessment. 250 00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:44.460 I nobody has data on this, nobody in the world has data on this. 251 00:15:45.260 --> 00:15:51.220 But I wouldn't be surprised if we're living in the days now of more demon possession, 252 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:53.180 globally than it in any other time. 253 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:59.500 Just because somebody's head spins around and spits out split pea soup, 254 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:06.940 that's not the qualification for them being demon possessed. 255 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:13.060 Demon possession could be regarding somebody's life who looks completely straight up 256 00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:15.620 and desirable. 257 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:19.220 You might look at that person's life and say, wow, listen, deceiving spirits. 258 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:23.020 They don't always turn green with big eyeballs in a tongue. 259 00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:26.140 That's red with with fiery eyes. 260 00:16:26.140 --> 00:16:29.180 OK, demon possession deceives. 261 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:34.580 Do demons manifest themselves in animals and humans? 262 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.460 Yes. 263 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:42.260 But we have to be careful that we don't wrongly label things out of a spiritual spasm 264 00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:48.300 because we can't explain something or because we're shallow in our biblical theology, 265 00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:52.820 that we quickly jump to the demon part of it, where there's a demon behind that door. 266 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:58.060 And that that groups demon possessed and a look at that person, we need to calm down 267 00:16:58.060 --> 00:17:00.460 and have discernments. 268 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:05.820 Discernment is a gift of the Holy Spirit, even in the book of James, God says, 269 00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:10.220 if anybody will ask of me for wisdom, I'll give it to them. 270 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:12.340 We need to conduct ourselves wisely. 271 00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:16.740 I do believe, by the way, for those of you who are quickly forming an opinion, 272 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:19.620 I believe in all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 273 00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:24.260 So there, I just made a bunch of cessationists upset with me now. 274 00:17:24.260 --> 00:17:29.260 They liked me until a moment ago because they believe in some of the gifts and other gifts have ended. 275 00:17:29.260 --> 00:17:31.060 I believe in all of the gifts. 276 00:17:31.060 --> 00:17:37.420 I believe the Holy Spirit smart enough to use them throughout the ages as they apply, 277 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:40.180 as he seeks to apply them in whatever culture that is. 278 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:45.180 In other words, I don't believe there's apostles today, like there were the Apostle Paul, 279 00:17:45.260 --> 00:17:48.740 but I believe that there are people who act in the gift of apostleship, 280 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:54.940 meaning that they go out from their home and they travel the world trusting God 281 00:17:54.940 --> 00:18:01.220 and they start churches, they plant churches and they move on their apostles. 282 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:07.020 I don't believe that this guy's Apostle John because his denomination has apostles. 283 00:18:07.020 --> 00:18:08.420 There's Apostle Susie. 284 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:10.180 You can call me, is it so funny? 285 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:13.900 Every apostle I've met on earth, they always say, I'll say, 286 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:16.300 Hey, how are you doing Pastor Mike? 287 00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:17.900 Or how are you doing Mike? 288 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:19.260 It's a apostle Mike. 289 00:18:19.260 --> 00:18:20.940 They always give, they're very sensitive about that. 290 00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:22.860 Woo, I didn't know. 291 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.900 It's kind of funny. 292 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:25.260 I really doubt it. 293 00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:30.540 Have you, have you followed in the footsteps of the apostles remotely? 294 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:34.140 If you haven't, listen, 295 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:39.500 that's what we need to calm down about this kind of stuff. 296 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:43.980 So regarding demonic activity, demonic activity, 297 00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:51.660 is something where as a believer, I trust I'm speaking mainly to believers right now, 298 00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:55.100 let's say that number one, you are the only believer in your home. 299 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:58.060 What does the Bible say about you being the only believer in your house? 300 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:02.940 The Bible says, Peter says that you being the only believer in your home, 301 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.620 your home is sanctified by the 302 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:09.420 the believer that you being the believer and your house is protected 303 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:11.180 because the believer dwells in that house. 304 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:16.220 That means if you are a believer in your husband's not and your kids aren't, 305 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:20.220 your husband and your children are protected because you're the believer. 306 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:22.540 It doesn't mean they're saved, it means that you're the believer. 307 00:19:24.540 --> 00:19:28.140 But as time goes on, let's say somebody comes into your home and they bring in something 308 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:33.340 like pornography or a Ouija board or what is known as the trade as entries. 309 00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:45.020 These are allurements but behind them, think of Ouija board or Dungeons and Dragons or 310 00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:52.060 what are some of the things that are out there that's the tip of the entire spirit. 311 00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:59.100 The tip enters into the body but it's the momentum, it's the inertia that drives the tip 312 00:19:59.100 --> 00:20:04.540 and it's a rod into your body to contaminate you and sicken you to death. 313 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:09.260 Think of it being like that. 314 00:20:09.260 --> 00:20:12.380 The entry point can be something like a statue. 315 00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:22.380 You would be surprised because here in Southern California a lot of people make their way up 316 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:29.740 from South America. Man, you'd be surprised how many biblical guidance sessions I've set 317 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:37.180 through where people came from Ecuador for example and they brought with them these gods, 318 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:43.180 these little carved out gods and they set up these little shrines and their homes now here 319 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:48.940 in America and somebody in the family, they made sure those idols made it here 320 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:57.100 and they prayed to them and they were there and then somebody gets saved and then they come 321 00:20:57.100 --> 00:21:01.420 and they say, Pastor Jack, this is what's going on in my house. There are voices you can hear in 322 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:07.660 the atmosphere. The baby's crib is shaking in the middle of the day and we have to scoop the 323 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:13.500 baby up out of the crib in the room turns ice cold. I'm telling you guys real deals. If you 324 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:20.700 thought I was one who's not open to the supernatural, I've seen it but I hope you know that I don't 325 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:27.660 go around because somebody's an idiot or rude or mean the other demon possessed. That's just a 326 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:35.260 sloppy lazy way of trying to diagnose a prognost of diagnose a problem but the spiritual issues 327 00:21:35.260 --> 00:21:41.100 are rising in the world around us but they have to have an entry and the Bible is very clear that 328 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:47.340 a Christian cannot be demon possessed. The Bible says, God will not share you with the spirit of 329 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:55.580 Beelzebub. If the Holy Spirit's in you, you cannot be possessed. Read Luke chapter, I think it's 330 00:21:55.580 --> 00:22:01.980 Luke 16. I think it's Luke 16. If it's not, it's 15 where Jesus is a demon spirit leaves a man, 331 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:08.060 goes out looking around for somebody else to possess, having found nobody. He comes back and 332 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:13.100 finds that person he left wide open. In other words, the Holy Spirit's not in their life and 333 00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:18.700 that demon invites seven other of his buddies to join him and now the state of that individual is 334 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:25.260 way worse than it was at the beginning. A Holy Spirit filled believer cannot be demon possessed. 335 00:22:25.260 --> 00:22:32.140 They can be attacked. They can be we can be attacked. We can be oppressed. We can be suppressed 336 00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:39.100 but never possessed. God will not share you but that doesn't keep you from being attacked by the enemy. 337 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:48.460 So what I want to encourage you about is watch out for those who have deliverance ministries. 338 00:22:49.100 --> 00:23:04.940 I'm being careful to say that I would just say almost all of them that I've been aware of 339 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:16.060 have some element of a hyper sensationalist, hyperpenta-costal, hyper-spirituality 340 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:27.820 flavor to it that departs from scripture. Stick to the scriptures. Jesus said here, 341 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:31.100 go out in all the world and preach the gospel. That's the number one thing you're supposed to do. 342 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:38.940 Secondly, if you're preaching the gospel and there's somebody there that's chewing on a streetlight 343 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:47.580 go over there and find out if they're on something. Are they unfit? No? Are they on crack? 344 00:23:49.020 --> 00:23:56.060 If they're not, do this. Tell them, listen, I need to speak to you. Listen to me. 345 00:23:56.540 --> 00:24:01.340 I'm coming to you right now. I'm speaking to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 346 00:24:02.540 --> 00:24:08.780 See how they respond. If they start chewing on the street pole harder, 347 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:15.420 if you start hearing their teeth cracking, if they look at you and their eyes roll back and turn 348 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:23.100 black stone instead of white, the eye rolls back and turns jet black. Yeah, that's not fentanyl. 349 00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:30.860 That's not crack. You got a real live demon possessed person there. Keep mentioning in the name 350 00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:38.140 Jesus, but friends, you better listen. You better be careful because they're lying spirits. 351 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:44.780 When you address somebody who you think's demon possessed, you ought to get somebody with you 352 00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:51.100 who's a spirit-filled believer to be together. At the same time, the two of you better be able to 353 00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:57.740 handle incredible lying because the person will turn and say something like, I know you 354 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:07.260 last night you were at the store and you went out in the parking lot and you drank a bottle of 355 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:17.340 beer and you said, well, that's so stupid. One of you might turn red because that's what you did. 356 00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:24.940 And you said, oh my gosh, what's happening here? A lying spirit? But listen, they'll do this. 357 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:29.100 They'll take something that is uniquely about you and they'll expose it. 358 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:32.940 And your friend will say, oh my gosh, did you go drink a beer in front of Albertsons? 359 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:37.660 You were Christians. What are you doing? And you did do that. Nobody knows. You thought nobody knew 360 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:44.620 the demon world communicates. And now you're like, uh, yeah, that happened. And then the demon says, 361 00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:49.020 oh, and by the way, your friend, your friend is this and it's a complete lie. 362 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:55.820 This really happens. I've watched this happen. I've seen this happen. My wife and I at least have 363 00:25:55.820 --> 00:26:00.220 been involved in things like this happen. But we don't go around shouting this kind of stuff out. 364 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:06.860 We've encountered all kinds of things that physically manifest themselves in our lives. We saw them. 365 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:13.260 We saw it. We saw it moving. We saw it. We heard this speak. 366 00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:23.820 We could go on and on about this stuff. I saw a guy leave planet earth. He got about six to eight 367 00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:30.140 inches off the ground was levitating and then began to attack me and he couldn't hurt. He 368 00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:39.020 came. He fell flat on the ground. And I'm like, what? And then when the guy hit the ground, 369 00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:46.380 he said, well, why am I on the ground? What's happening here? Long three and a half hour story 370 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:57.820 made short. That was a truly demon possessed individual. Be careful about being so callous and 371 00:26:57.820 --> 00:27:09.020 carefree about deliverance. Be very, very careful. It's been my experience that those who are 372 00:27:09.020 --> 00:27:16.220 involved in demonic activity, Biblically, and have seen the power of the Holy Spirit and the power 373 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:24.220 of Satan, knowing jokes about it, no one laughs about it. They take it dead seriously. And because 374 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:32.620 of that, there'll be 100% Biblically accurate in their approach. This is vital. I end with this. 375 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:42.940 We're living at a time right now where pharmacai has opened the door to demonic possession 376 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:51.660 and manifestation. You say, pharmacai, what is that? Sorcery. The word sorcery in the Bible 377 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:57.820 is the Greek word pharmacai. It's where we get the word pharmacy or pharmaceutical. 378 00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:13.260 Sorcery and pharmaceutical, pharmacai, the word means hallucinogenic mind bending, mind 379 00:28:13.260 --> 00:28:26.380 altering experiences. Often set in motion by mind altering drugs, pharmacai, pharmacy, drug use 380 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:34.220 that alters the mind that opens you up to the world of sorcery, demonic spiritual realms. 381 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:38.780 Did you, do you realize that right here, right now in the atmosphere that's between you and I, 382 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:46.460 spiritually speaking, there could be a portal whereby the spiritual world is their present. 383 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:52.540 Now, I say that casually. Let me dial down specifically. When the believers get together, 384 00:28:52.540 --> 00:29:00.460 the Bible says that angels gather, were Christians gather, and they learn from what's being 385 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:06.700 taught and what's being said from believers. Again, from Peter, read Jude, read 1st and 2nd Peter 386 00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:14.780 on this. Things that angels desire to look into happens when believers get together with the 387 00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:20.060 Word of God open. Clearly, it's not limited to just angels. Satan's a fallen angel. 388 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:27.980 And wherever there was a church of 12 people, Jesus being the pastor. How often did they encounter 389 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:36.460 demonic activity? Heck, one of them was soon to be a tool of Satan himself called Judas. 390 00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:42.220 Jesus had a church of 12 people. One of them was Satan possessed. 391 00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:47.980 Wherever the kingdom of God is active, demonic activity will attack. 392 00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:52.620 It's going to be different. I got to wrap this up quick right at time. If you, if you are in the 393 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:59.980 jungles of South America right now, demonic activity manifests itself in very, very freaky 394 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:08.380 supernatural manifestations. Because that's what works there, voodoo-like stuff. 395 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:18.620 All right, shaman type stuff. In the Western sophisticated world, Manhattan corner office, 396 00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:24.780 New York City, 19th floor of that office. The demons don't have to manifest like they do in South 397 00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:30.460 America. They're not stupid. They don't have, you know, they don't have, they don't have a book. Oh, 398 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:37.100 you have to, hey, say, you know, screw tape. You have to do it this way. 101 section 492. 399 00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:43.020 It's time for you to show up in that Wheeler and Dealer's office in lower Manhattan and 400 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:50.220 turn them green with red eyeballs and spit spit on them. That works in South America. It doesn't work 401 00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:55.900 in a cultured, in a world, in a cultured world. So Satan will use other tactics. So I care, 402 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:59.500 are you with me on this? We need to be discerning. We need to be wise. Now, look, you guys, 403 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:05.020 we're going to wrap this up 30 minutes. I've been going off about this. And I highly recommend 404 00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:11.180 this fantastic book. Are you ready? And by the way, may God bless you in your pursuit of trying 405 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:18.140 to buy it. It's not, it's not easy to get. In fact, I think Satan probably tries to keep it from being 406 00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:30.460 bought. The book is entitled biblical demonology by Merrill Unger. Biblical demonology by Merrill Unger 407 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:37.500 is a Christian classic systematic in its theology on this whole topic of possession, 408 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:46.700 deliverance demons versus fallen angels. There's a difference. So much, so much more. So read 409 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:51.740 your Bible. Always as a default. Read your Bible. You read your Bible. You will never be led astray. 410 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:58.940 Okay. And let's just pray right now. You may have somebody in your life 411 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:10.380 that is tormented to say the least. Father, we come in the name of Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, we come, 412 00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:19.020 Jesus of the Bible. We come to you, Lord Jesus Christ, your son sent to this world to be our 413 00:32:19.020 --> 00:32:25.020 Redeemer, our crucified Lord and Savior resurrected King of kings and Lord of lords. And we plead 414 00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:31.660 the blood of Jesus Christ in this prayer that there are those who have sweet, precious children they 415 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:38.620 love, but their child is not sweet. Their child is not precious in conduct. Their child is 416 00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:52.460 manifesting evils, anger, a bloodlust, strange ways. Father, in those areas where there's 417 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:57.580 demonic torment, we pray in the name of Jesus Christ that you would set that family, 418 00:32:57.580 --> 00:33:04.540 set that mom, set that dad in that family situation free by delivering their child or ministering 419 00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:11.580 to their child in the name of Jesus, we pray. If there's a child, a mother, a father, a husband, 420 00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:20.380 a wife, a brother, a sister that is off just because of hormones or mental issues. Lord, 421 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:28.220 may they be checked out by a good physician and good blood test and good hormone test and good 422 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:37.020 saliva tests to determine what's going on. May every mom and dad, every young man and woman, 423 00:33:37.020 --> 00:33:43.340 every brother or sister, may they pray right now with me calling upon the blood of Christ that if 424 00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:50.220 there's any oddities in a home right now that you would show them where the Ouija board is under 425 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:58.300 the bed or in the attic or out in the shed with the lawnmower, there is a statue and image, 426 00:33:58.300 --> 00:34:05.580 something given a gift of some sorts from a family relative in Peru or something that has been 427 00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:13.660 shipped to them as a gift and things have been strange ever since these entries. God, that you 428 00:34:13.660 --> 00:34:20.060 would show them that this is none other than a place of demonic entry that they would destroy 429 00:34:20.060 --> 00:34:28.220 these things and father, if anybody has any pornography in their homes, that is a satanic demonic 430 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:39.020 entry for the evil spirits. That is the altar of Ishtar, the demon goddess. And God, we pray that if 431 00:34:39.020 --> 00:34:49.500 necessary, laptops would be thrown away, thrown into the pool, tossed into the sea. But God, we pray, 432 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:56.140 there's a lot of demon activity going on and a lot of it is because doors have been left open 433 00:34:56.940 --> 00:35:05.180 and spiritual things have come in to invade. So God, I just pray and how funny is that? I'm praying 434 00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:09.180 this prayer when when when was the last time my phone went off doing a podcast? Never 435 00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:16.460 because we are asking you, Lord God, to manifest your power over demonic forces and to set those 436 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:21.820 that are watching this podcast free from the influence of demonic activity. And may they 437 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:27.660 stand firm in the authority of Jesus Christ. We don't have any authority. We ask you, Lord, 438 00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:32.860 to rebuke these things. We ask you to cast these things out. We stand in Christ the authority. 439 00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:41.420 We have none of our own. We stand behind you, Lord. And we call upon your name. And all God's people 440 00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:47.900 said, Amen. Listen, as always, you guys, you know the drill. It's time for us to live out. What we 441 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:53.740 believe in, it's time for us to live out real life. God bless you until next time. 442 00:35:58.540 --> 00:36:02.780 This Jack Kibb's podcast, as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities, 443 00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:07.420 are listener supported. Will you consider partnering with us through a special gift? 444 00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:16.140 Go to jackhibb's.com to learn more and stay connected. But wait, there's more. I just couldn't 445 00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:24.140 end that podcast with, without saying this. Get your kid out of the room, right? Don't let them 446 00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:34.300 watch this until you watch it first. And that is this watch the film, the movie nefarious by Steve 447 00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:41.820 Deese. Love Steve, great guy, friend of mine, love him. He put together a great movie, a great 448 00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:47.580 movie that is biblically accurate, that deals with demonic possession and satanic activity. 449 00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:52.460 It was at the theaters. Didn't do very good because probably Satan didn't want it to do good. 450 00:36:53.340 --> 00:37:00.060 Saw three times nefarious. I believe it's available. Team anybody Netflix or Hulu or where 451 00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:08.460 prime maybe Amazon nefarious the movie. And then finally with this, 452 00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:21.660 there's an increasing amount of UPA or UFO activity going on. That's demonic activity. Watch and 453 00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:29.420 see. It's going to increase. It's going to be cloaked in anything but blatant demonic possession 454 00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:37.980 and demonic manifestations. It'd be cloaked as some sort of visitation from enlightened ones. In 455 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:46.060 fact, was Jesus an alien. That is a demonic doctrine. So I had to throw that in there. 456 00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:51.420 And listen, stand strong. Be in the Word of God. Make sure that you're full of the Holy Spirit. 457 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:56.540 Make sure that you're a child of God. And you don't have to worry about anything. God bless you.