SELECTED READINGS Part 7: Deliverance Without TRUTH is Doomed to Fail (by Jessie Penn-Lewis)

For a full list of prayers available through this podcast and our website, please follow this link:
https://psalm71.podbean.com/e/full-list-of-available-prayers-1513057365/

This episode features the first half of the eighth chapter of WAR ON THE SAINTS, an eminent classic work on spiritual warfare and deliverance. WAR ON THE SAINTS was first published more than 100 years ago, yet it is as absolutely relevant and on-target now as then — and perhaps even more so, because we see now the ceaseless growth of deception in ways and at levels heretofore unrivaled in human history.

Authors Jessie Penn-Lewis and Evan Roberts identify the very heart of the plots and procedures employed by the enemy to ensnare and mis-direct the disciples of Jesus Christ. There are no holds barred, and no compromise found, in this presentation of the wiles of evil: spiritual warfare is WAR, meaning that the fight is long, the battles bloody, the work difficult, and the need for the power of God desperate. There can be — and is — only ONE victor in this fight: the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

*IMPORTANT NOTE: The author of WAR ON THE SAINTS uses “possession” to describe the action of evil spirits, or demons, upon and against a Christian. This term is, in current times, usually replaced with “oppression” (or “harassment”, or similar words), to indicate that evil spirits are NOT in FULL POSSESSION of a real Christian but still manifest formidable powers and effects against and upon individual Christians. The authors were in agreement with this contemporary perspective, but they made use of the terminology of the period in which the book was written.

The eighth chapter of WAR ON THE SAINTS addresses the following issues:

[1] When an evil spirit hides himself very subtly in the mind, or body, then deliverance will not be obtained by "casting out" only, but by the truth being given to the mind, and the will of the person actively refusing and disowning the ground.

[2] The first step to freedom is the knowledge of the truth, as to the source and nature of lies which have been accepted by the believer, giving grounds for the enemy to enter.

[3] A Christian must understand and acknowledge not only the thorough corruption of the human condition, but the reality that he or she not only can be, but is, deceived by the enemy, before any fundamental deliverance from evil spirits can be hoped for.

[4] The Scriptural ground for obtaining deliverance is the truth concerning Christ's full victory at Calvary.

[5] As the deceptions of Satan are recognized, and the will of the person is set to reject them, the believer can, on the basis of the work of Christ at Calvary as set forth in Rom. 6: 6-13; Col. 2: 15; 1 John 3: 8, and other passages, claim their deliverance from the workings of the devil.

 

Author: Jessie Penn-Lewis, with Evan Roberts

Text source: War On The Saints, Ch.8
World Wide Web Edition (Based on Unabridged 1912 Edition)

*NOTE: This material is not under copyright, and may be shared or used freely.

*Some of the original verbiage of the text presented in this podcast has been altered slightly, in word choice but not in meaning, in order to render the material more understandable via audio media.

 

FREE ELECTRONIC COPIES OF “WAR ON THE SAINTS” may be downloaded from the following online locations (please note that we do not endorse or vouch for the security of any third-party website: any negative consequences of visiting any third-party website is solely the responsibility of the user):

http://www.apostasynow.com/wots/

http://www.houseoftherighteous.org/Pages/Books_PublicDomain/Jessie_Penn-Lewis/War_On_The_Saints/War_on_the_Saints.html

https://archive.org/details/WarOnTheSaints-ATextBookForBelieversOnTheWorkOfDeceivingSpirits_697

http://www.classicbiblestudyguide.com