We of the twentieth century may regard curses as something of past ages. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sometimes the curse of God rests on us because of the practice of sin by our ancestors or by ourselves. Also, there are practitioners of evil, such as witches, who are able to bring people into bondage.

When people are brutalized or injured in some manner, such as by rape or child molestation, it may open the door in the personality for the entrance of guilt, shame, lust, or some other spiritual bondage.

A leading cause of spiritual bondage is our disobedience to the written Word or to our conscience. The Word of God commands us to forgive our enemies. When we do not forgive immediately, gaining victory through the grace of Christ, but harbor unforgiveness and grudges, we open the door to the entrance of evil spirits of resentment, malice, bitterness, and hatred. These enter our flesh and make it impossible for us to forgive.

The sin which should have been rejected takes root in us. The result over a period of time is a tree of evil in us to which the axe must be laid.

Adam and Eve were the first humans to open the door to evil spirits.

Now it is time for the God of Heaven to bring judgment on evil spirits. If we are willing and obedient the judgment will fall on the spirits. They will be cast out and we will be brought into spiritual freedom. It is an eternal judgment on the enemies of God.

The spiritual deliverance experienced by the victorious saints is the coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth and the beginning of the redemption of the material creation.

If a Christian does not cooperate with the Holy Spirit in the removal of evil from his personality, then the Divine judgment will fall on that individual. Whether his spirit is saved in the Day of Christ depends on the will of God.

All sin will be cast into the Lake of Fire. If the believer is not willing to be separated from his sin he will be cast into the Lake of Fire whether or not he professes faith in Christ.

All sinning spirits will be cast into the Lake of Fire. No sinning spirit will be permitted to enter through the gates into the holy city, the new Jerusalem. The Lake of Fire has authority over sinning spirits.

How will God deliver His elect, and then the creation, from the bondage of unclean spirits?

Christian teachers have made various assumptions concerning the manner in which God delivers the believer from evil spirits. There are two major assumptions: (1) when our sins are forgiven and Christ is born in us the evil spirits flee from our personality; and (2) our deliverance will occur by some means after we die and pass into the spirit realm or when we are caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

To be continued.