How to Cast Out Demons

And Thus Please the Lord

Chapter 1

We know that the Lord wants Christians to cast out demons from Mark chapter 16--

14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they sat to eat, and chided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen (from the dead).

15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that doesn't believe shall be damned.

17 And these signs shall follow those who believe, in my name they'll cast out devils, they'll speak with new languages,

18 They shall pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it won't hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick, and they'll recover.”

19 So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

20 And they went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

But don't try casting out demons if you're not a Christian, like the seven sons of Sceva tried to do in Acts chapter 19--

13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, decided to call over those who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We command you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."

14 And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did that.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"

16 And the man that had the evil spirit jumped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks who were also living at Ephesus, and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

If you're not a Christian, then you don't have the right to use the name of Jesus to cast out demons, and the demons know that.

Jesus said, “You MUST be born again.” (John chapter 3)

To get born again, you hear or read the gospel message that Jesus died for our sins on the cross, and that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day.

You say yes to Jesus, and he accepts you as one of his Christians.

The Bible says, “All that call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

In Revelation chapt 3, Jesus said,

20 “See, I stand at the door, and knock, if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I'll come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me.”

Here's an easy, three word prayer: “Jesus, save me!”

Another short passage on getting saved is Romans 10:9,10--

“That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you're saved. For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made for salvation.”

Now another thing that is very much helpful if a Christian is going to cast out demons is having the Baptism with the Holy Ghost with the speaking in unknown tongues (languages).

Jesus said, "You'll receive power after the Holy Ghost has come on you." (Acts 1:8)

You get it from Jesus.

How will you know that Jesus has baptized you with the Holy Ghost (also called the Holy Spirit)?

The evidence of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is the speaking in unknown tongues. You'll pray in a language that you never learned.

How is that possible?

After Jesus baptizes you with the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost will give you words to speak, and then you speak out those strange sounding words in the unknown tongue.

Get that extra power. Ask Jesus for the Baptism with the Holy Ghost with the speaking in unknown tongues. "When you pray, believe that you receive the things you ask for, and you shall have them." (Mark 11:24)

But the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is only for Christians.

Chapter 2

In the above passage in Mark chapt 16, notice that Jesus said, "In my name, they'll cast out devils” (or, demons).

You cast out demons in Jesus name. You talk like this, “You demon of gluttony, I command you to go from this person, and never to return, in Jesus' name.”

Of course, you first try to identify that it is a spirit of gluttony, or whatever the problem is.

Norvel Hayes had something important to say about this: “Don't command the demon to go if you're wondering what will happen. If you're wondering what will happen, you're not in faith.”

So instead, look up Mark 16:17,18 for yourself, and Luke 10:19, where Jesus said, “See, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in any way hurt you.”

Jesus gave us authority over all the power of the enemy, and Ephesians chapter 6 shows us that our main enemy is the devil and his demons.

First prove to yourself that you have the authority from Jesus to cast out demons, and then go ahead and boldly cast out demons with the authority that Jesus has given you as a Christian.

But here's an important thing to remember about casting out demons, again from Jesus in Luke chapter 11--

24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, I will return to my house that I came out of.

25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished.

26 Then he goes, and takes to himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and live there, and the last condition of that man is worse than the first."

So we see that after demons have been cast out of someone, they want to get back into that person.

If you're going to cast out demons from someone, be sure to warn them about that, and that they should read some in the Bible every day, and pray every day, and “Resist the devil, and he'll flee from you.” (James 4:7)

But now, in view of the fact that we don't normally see demons with our natural eyes, how do we know who it is that needs demons cast out of them?

From the person's behavior and from their symptoms. If a person is having migraine headaches, I believe that's a demon that needs to be cast out.

If a person is a kleptomaniac (compulsive stealing) that's a demon that needs to be cast out.

If a person is a sex pervert then there are demons in that person.

But a word of caution here.

Jesus said, “Don't cast pearls before swine.” So don't try to minister to someone that ought not to be ministered to.

If a person is a homosexual, and if that person has been a homosexual for many years, then it may already be to late to do anything for that person.

And also, Kenneth E. Hagin has taught that you can't cast out demons from someone that wants to keep their demons.

Each case is unique. Better ask the Lord for his guidance about whether you should cast out demons for each candidate to have demons cast out of them.

Hagin cast out a demon of cancer from a woman, and she totally recovered from the cancer.

I believe most cancers are caused by demons. And many other physical and mental and emotional afflictions.

An authority on the subject of casting out demons was Win Worley, who was Pastor of the Hegewisch Baptist Church in Highland, Indiana.

Worley said, pretty much any obsessive or compulsive behavior is probably demonic.

Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, compulsive lying, the various sex perversions, addiction to any substance, addiction to pornography. The Lord will help you recognize where demons need to be cast out of people if you'll ask for his guidance.

Worley compiled a list of 1,100 names of demons that need to be cast out of people. I think the list may be in some of his books.

I believe there's a website. Google WinRWorleyPublications would be my suggestion.

Worley also gave some good advice that people should pay attention to.

Sometimes when casting out demons, as the demons come out of the person there can be vomiting.

Worley said, “You can clean it up.”

It would be a shame not to cast out demons from someone that needs them cast out because you're afraid it might hurt your church carpet.

Here's an idea. Don't have carpets at your church that are so expensive that you can't cast out demons there.

Take up those carpets and donate them to another church, and get some cheaper carpets, so you don't miss the will of the Lord by not casting out demons.

And you'll get the blessing of Luke 6:38.

Worley has passed on, but I believe you can still purchase some of his books. And I think I've seen some of them at Amazon.com

Another thing Worley said that shook up my Theology is, “At our church in Highland Indiana, we cast out a lot of demons from people. And most of the people we cast demons out of are Christians.”

I said to myself, “What? I never heard that before.”

But Worley was right. A Christian can have a demon in them.

The main person that I've cast demons out of is myself, after I found out that Christians can have demons.

Temptation to commit sin comes from demons, whether inside or outside of someone.

Another authority on casting out demons is Kenneth E. Hagin. Also Dr. Norvel Hayes.

Lester Sumrall has gone to be with Jesus, but he's written books on casting out demons. Google LESEA Broadcasting.

Hagin books and Hayes books are at Amazon.com

Also, for Hagin, www.Rhema.org and for Hayes, www.nhm.cc

I've seen Hayes teach on Satellite TV on the GTV channel (God TV). Seems like the channel number was in the upper three hundreds, on Direct TV.

Norvel Hayes said the Lord told him, “Now these are the most important words that ever came out of my mouth...”

And He was referring to the words in Mark 16:17,18 shown above in chapter 1 of this book.

So then, if Jesus places such importance on casting out demons, why is it so hard to find a church that is casting out demons? Disobedience, apparently.

Perhaps some Pastors would like to avoid controversy.

But if a Christian is unwilling to cast out demons, that's displeasing to the Lord.

And consider this. In your daily life, you come into contact with people that your Pastor and deacons don't come into contact with.

On Judgment Day, the Lord may be telling some Christians that if they had ministered to certain people, those people would have made it to heaven instead of going to hell.

In the book of the Prophet Ezekiel, God says, “If you'll warn the people the things I tell you, then even if they won't give heed, their blood won't be on your hands. But if you don't tell them the things I've told you, then their blood will be on your hands.”

I don't want any blood on my hands on Judgment Day, do you?

Some Christians might think, “Well, it's for the Pastor to cast out demons.”

No, look again at Mark 16:17, it's not just Pastors, it's believers in Jesus. It's Christians that are supposed to be casting out demons.

The Lord told Kenneth E. Hagin, “People that are praying for me to do something about the devil are wasting their time. I gave you (the Christians) authority over the demons, and if you won't use it, the job won't get done.”

If we won't cast out demons, the job won't get done.

I'd hate to be someone that is found guilty of that on Judgment Day.

But there is a kind of demon, Jesus said, that doesn't come out except by prayer and fasting.

Fasting is you don't eat for a while.

In his book, “Demons, the Answer Book.” Dr. Lester Sumrall told about casting out demons from a woman who had been bitten by demons. The fang marks were visible in her arm.

Sumrall was listening to the news on the radio one night as a missionary to the Philippines.

One of the news stories was about this woman at a prison in Manila that was giving the prison officials a lot of trouble.

After the news, Sumrall turned the radio off.

Then the Lord spoke to Sumrall and told him to go to Manila and cast the demons out of that woman.

Sumrall said to the lord, “Lord, I'm just a visitor here in this nation. Don't they have priests that can handle that?”

The Lord said, “I don't have anyone else.”

So Sumrall fasted for twenty four hours, and no doubt did some praying.

He went to the prison in Manila and cast the demons out of that woman.

___James chapter 1

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are dispersed around, greetings.

2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations,

3 Knowing this, that the testing of your faith works patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, so you'll be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives to all men liberally, and won't find fault, and it shall be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

7 For let that man not think that he'll receive anything from the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

10 But the rich, in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he'll pass away.

11 For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and the flower of it falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes, so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation, for after he's been tested, he'll receive the crown of life, that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man,

14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust has conceived, it produces sin, and sin when it's finished, produces death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brothers.

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning.

18 He chose to father us with the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

19 So, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

20 For the anger of man doesn't accomplish the righteousness of God.

21 So, lay apart all filthiness and the unnecessary naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man seeing his natural face in a mirror,

24 For he sees himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is for nothing.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

___James chapter 2

1 My brothers, don't have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

2 For if a man with a gold ring comes to your assembly in fancy clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes comes in also,

3 And you have respect to him that wears the fancy clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there, or sit here under my footstool,"

4 Aren't you then partial in yourselves, and have become judges with evil thoughts?

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, hasn't God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

6 But you have despised the poor. Don't rich men oppress you, and bring you before the judgment seats?

7 Don't they blaspheme that worthy name by which you're called?

8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor like yourself," you do well,

9 But if you have respect of persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as sinners.

10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

11 For he that said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not kill." Now if you don't commit adultery, yet if you kill, you've become a breaker of the law.

12 Speak in such a way, and do, as those who'll be judged by the law of liberty.

13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has shown no mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment.

14 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man says he has faith, and doesn't have works? Can faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister needs clothes, and lacks daily food,

16 And one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you don't give them the things that are needed for the body, what good is that?

17 Even so faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead, being alone.

18 Yes, a man could say, "You have faith, and I have works, show me your faith without your works, and I'll show you my faith by my works."

19 You believe that there is one God, you do well, the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But don't you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar?

22 Do you see how faith worked with his deeds, and by works faith was made perfect?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."

24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

25 Likewise also wasn't Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

26 For like the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

___James chapter 3

1 My brothers, don't be many masters, knowing that we'll receive the greater condemnation.

2 For in many things we offend all. If any man doesn't offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

3 See, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so they'll obey us, and we turn around their whole bodies.

4 Look also at the ships, which though they're so large, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they're turned around by a very small helm, wherever the captain wants.

5 Even so, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how great a matter a little fire kindles!

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, so is the tongue among our members that it makes dirty the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire by hell.

7 For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of snakes, and of things in the sea, gets tamed, and has been tamed by mankind,

8 But no man can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 With it we bless God, the Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be.

11 Does a fountain send out at the same place sweet water and bitter?

12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, produce olive berries? Or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.

13 Who is a wise man, possessing knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good lifestyle his works with meekness of wisdom.

14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, don't glory, and don't lie against the truth.

15 This wisdom doesn't descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be reasoned with, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace by those who make peace.

___James chapter 4

1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your lusts that war in your members?

2 You lust, and don't have, you kill, and desire to have, and can't obtain, you fight and war, yet you don't have, because you don't ask.

3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask wrongly, so you can consume it on your lusts.

4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God.

5 Do you think that the scripture says for nothing, "The spirit that lives in us lusts to envy?"

6 But he gives more grace. So he says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he'll run away from you.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded.

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and cry, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he'll lift you up.

11 Don't speak evil about each other, brothers. He that speaks evil about his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil about the law, and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you're not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, who are you that judges someone else?

13 Go on now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we'll go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and make a profit,"

14 Actually, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is a puff of steam, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

15 For you ought to say, "Lord willing, we'll live, and do this, or that."

16 But now you rejoice in your boastings, all such rejoicing is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

___James chapter 5

1 Go on now, you rich men, cry and howl for your miseries that shall come on you.

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your clothes are moth eaten.

3 Your gold and silver are rusted, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You've heaped treasure together for the last days.

4 See, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you've kept back by fraud, shouts, and the shouts of those who've reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath.

5 You've lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton, you've nourished your hearts, like in a day of slaughter.

6 You've condemned and killed the just, and he doesn't resist you.

7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is getting near.

9 Don't grudge against each other, brothers, so you won't be condemned, see, the judge stands at the door.

10 Take, my brothers, the prophets, who've spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 See, we count them happy that endure. You've heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, not by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you don't fall into condemnation.

13 Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.

14 Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, he'll be forgiven.

16 Confess your faults to each other, and pray for each other so you'll be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man is does a lot of good.

17 Elijah was a man subject to the same kind of passions that we are, and he prayed earnestly that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

19 Brothers, if any of you strays from the truth, and someone converts him,

20 Let him know, that he that converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.