Somebody once asked me, “You put your life on the line when you cast out demons, don’t you?” My response basically quotes a verse in the book of Luke:

Luke 10:19, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

I know of stories where spirits of murder have manifested and tried to kill somebody, but were unable to because the person was covered with the Blood of Christ! Pastor James Brandt was involved in one such case personally and watched as the demon tried to kill him, but could not touch his neck!

This is something that simply does not concern me as I go fourth to minister deliverance. I believe it is important to use common sense and keep your eyes open through a deliverance, but on the other hand, I take it literally when Jesus spoke of our protection in Luke (see above verse) and also in the end of Mark:

Mark 16:17-18, “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

If you look up the phrase, “They shall take up…” in the Greek, we find the word airo, which means to take away or remove. This is saying that we will remove serpents and we shall not be harmed!

Psalms also tells us that we will tread on demon spirits and even the dragon himself will be under our feet!

Psalms 91:13, “Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”

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