What You Should Know About the “Deliverance Movement”

Church and Ministry

What You Should Know About the “Deliverance Movement”

25 min

Church and Ministry

What You Should Know About the “Deliverance Movement”

25 min

Episode 559 Show Notes

From the Show

One of my concerns with some of these “deliverance ministries” is that they put the focus on us, “we are the spiritual ghostbusters fighting against Satan.” The focus needs to be on Jesus. And where did he bind Satan? At the cross, where he was bound for our sins. When he rose again he conquered the devil.

–Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

1. I am feeling really burnt out serving in ministry. I am an elder in my church, I work full time, and I feel like I am constantly giving and giving to others without any break or time to regroup. I know scripture commends us to sacrificially serve the church, but I am just feeling exhausted by it all. Any practical and spiritual advice?

2. What was God’s very first created being if it wasn’t Jesus Christ?

3. I have many friends who are involved with the “deliverance movement,”where folks are said to be delivered from oppressive and demonic forces. According to the scripture I do not see anything in regard to this need in the church. Why is this taught, what are your thoughts?

4. I am not sure what is meant by “if you break one commandment you have broken them all. If that is the case, then what exactly is the significance of the 10 commandments?

Resources

Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless Worldby Michael Horton

Conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Friendly Approach to Sharing the Truth about God and the Bible by Ron Rhodes

The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the Christian Storyby Kelly M. Kapic

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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