When casting out devils, what is the evidence that a person has been delivered?
Joy! His eyes clear up, and his body becomes supple. Many times you can feel the demons moving in the area of the belly. When they are gone, the stomach of the delivered one is soft. Sometimes there are manifestations such as vomiting, but we discourage that. We tell the spirit not to vomit when he gets out—just to get out! We do not encourage manifestations of any kind; in fact, we limit them. Because he is a spirit, he can go out from any part of the body such as the mouth or any other part. He has met his master and he has to go!
59. Is it possible that some congregations have been taught an experience of speaking in tongues, but instead of receiving God's power, they receive a satanic power with their tongues? For example, I heard of a person who visited a church where the people appeared to be praying in tongues, and the piano started playing by itself.
In all my travels in over 100 countries of the world, I have never had anything like that happen, so I tend to doubt it. When there is anything as important as a move of God, there needs to be a spiritual leader who can direct the congregation. I find that problems always arise when we do not have proper leadership. Had I been in the above-mentioned church, I would have cast the devil out of the piano. The devil would like to make counterfeits, but you just keep throwing him out.
60. Was Jesus able to cast out devils by just coming into the presence of demon-possessed people, or did He have to speak to the demons and command them to come out?
Jesus did everything that He did just as we do it. Jesus performed His miracles as the Son of Man. There would not have been miracles if He had acted as God, because God does not know what a miracle is since He is the Creator of all the universe. There were people who passed right by Jesus who did not receive anything, but those who called upon Him were the ones who received deliverance and were set free.
Jesus did not perform miracles because He was the Son of God, but because He was full of the Holy Ghost. We have the same Holy Ghost in us and that is the reason we can set people free.
61. I have a son in Las Vegas who is possessed. Can a spirit in him be cast out by someone who lives several hundred miles away?
Distance is not important in setting a person free. However, your son must want to be set free since God will not overrule our spirits. We are free moral agents. If a person is crazy (totally out of his mind), you can cast the devil out of him, then ask him if he wants to live for Jesus. If he doesn't, the demons will return, even bringing with them more of their kind. (Matt. 12:43-45.)
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