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58 The Believer's Authority
could say anything, he spoke up. The demon spoke through him,
whining in a high-pitched, nasal voice, "You can't cast me out!
You can't cast me out! You can't cast me out!"
I said, "Yes I can, in the Name of Jesus."
He said, "No you can't. This man wants me to stay. And if he
wants me to stay, I can."
I said, "You're right," and passed him by.
Religious Spirits
Several days later I saw that man on the street, stopped him,
and engaged him in conversation. He wasn't crazy; he had all his
mental faculties. As I talked to him, I found out what kind of a
spirit he had. It was a religious spirit. People need to know there
are such spirits. They make people act very religious. Actually,
this fellow had three evil spirits in him. The others were
deceiving and lying spirits.
He believed in a mixture of some Bible along with eastern
religions. He leaned more toward the eastern religions. I talked
to him about this. I said, "Those beliefs are not scriptural.
They're not according to the New Testament."
He replied, "Bible or no Bible, I like it this way, and I'm
going to stay with it."
I said, "Anytime you want to get rid of those devils, come to
see me. But as long as you want it that way, that's the way it's
going to be."
He said, "Well, that's the way I want it."
Free Will Prevails
You've got to walk off and leave people when they want it
that way. If people want to live in sin, they can. If they want to
be free, they can be free. But as long as they don't want to be
free, neither Jesus nor anybody else can set them free.
You can't go around promiscuously exercising authority