A Word of Warning To Deliverence Ministeries
We often wondered why many deliverence ministries' ministers oftentimes seem to have such personal and/or health problems; yet, they are doing the work of Jesus Christ.
The answer may lie in the fact that most, if not all, feel they have to speak to the demons they are exorcising--find out their name, what they do, how they inhabited or find their victims... how did the possession come about?
For instance, in the Catholic Church, one of the rituals is to force the demon to give his name and how did he come to choose this particular person.
Priests performing an exorcism ritual are often attacked by the victim's residing demon or demons when they begin to converse with them. The demons can cause heart attacks, strokes, or other health problems then or later, when confrontation is made verbally. It is an awsome thing.
In fact, Father John O'Connor (not Cardinal John O'Connor) said that because the energy loss from a true exorcist is so great, a Catholic exorcist lives only about 15 years after he is deeply involved in this. However, there are exceptions and no one really knows why some live much longer.
He further says the hatred from the demon(s) is so horrendous that it literally drains the priests doing the exorcism.
Furthermore, many priests tend to believe the demons when they are being confronted verbally. The accusations and accounts the demoniac gives about the possession, about the personal life of the individual possessed, and about the individuals doing or assisting in the exorcism are more often than not taken as truth by the small group assisting or performing the ritual.
Some facts may be true, to rivet the individuals in the small room where the excorism is being performed. Then, may follow total falsehoods. This is reason for extreme caution.
In our research and studies, we have found one definitive and one very strong reason why one in the deliverence ministry should not permit the demon to speak.
Faculty of Paris Theologians
"In the year 1610 a committee of learned theologians had discussed the admissibility of diabolic evidence and issued the following authoritative decision:
We, the undersigned Doctors of the Faculty of Paris, touching certain questions which have been proposed to us, are of the opinion that one must never admit to the accusation of demons, still less must one exploit exorcisms for the purpose of discovering a man's faults or for determining if he is a magician; ....
... and we are further of the opinion that, even if the said exorcisms should have been applied in the presence of the Holy Sacrament, with the devil forced to swear an oath (which is a ceremony we do not at all approve), one must not for all that give any credit to his words, the devil being always a liar and the "Father of Lies."
Furthermore, the devil is man's sworn enemy, and is therefore ready to endure all the torments of exorcism for the sake of doing harm to a single soul. If the devil's evidence were admitted, the most virtuous people would be in the greatest danger; for it is precisely against these Satan rages most violently...
Wherefore St. Thomas (Book 22, Question 9, Article 22) maintains with the authority of St. Chrysostom, Daemoni, Etiam Vera Dicenti, Non Est Credendum. [The devil must not be believed, even when he tells the truth]. "
We must follow the example of Christ, who imposed silence on the demons even when they spoke truth, by calling him the Son of God.
Energy Deprivation
Being in the presence of demons is horrendous, such that one must also take caution to have eaten enough complete protein for several days to several weeks prior to the encounter.
This demonic presence literally drains the biochemistry and regenerative powers of the deliverence minister. This is why, we believe, so many Catholic priests and protestant deliverence ministers complain about the tremendous exhaustion after a deliverence.
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