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The River of Deliverance

Year: 1978
Verses: 2 Timothy 2:20-26; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Ephesians 4:19-27; Ephesians 6:12-17; Romans 5:5; Romans 6:11; John 8:32; Lamentations 3:27
Source: TCOTW

Pastor Jack teaches from 2 Timothy 2 on the nature of spiritual bondage and deliverance in the believer’s life. Drawing from the metaphor of vessels of honor and dishonor, he explains how demonic spirits can attach themselves to believers – not through possession of the spirit, but through bondage points in the soul resulting from past trauma, undisciplined childhood, sexual violation, or willfully giving place to the enemy. Pastor Jack emphasizes that while Christians cannot be demon-possessed (being possessed instead by the Holy Spirit), they can experience oppression that requires deliverance, and he outlines how freedom comes through knowing the truth of God’s Word and allowing the love of the Holy Spirit to flow like a river, loosening the enemy’s hold.