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How Demons Come In- Uncovering The Door Of Unforgiveness
Have you been hurt by people, sometimes close friends or family, the very people you trusted and counted on? Have you gone through betrayal, rejection, abuses, injustice, and injuries that left you bleeding and confused emotionally? Unlock the shackles of bitterness and step into a realm of spiritual liberation with me in this episode that promises to transform your understanding of forgiveness. We delve into the often-neglected spiritual warfare that unforgiveness can wage within us, opening doors to negative influences that we’d rather keep shut. As I take you through the teachings of Jesus and Paul, we’ll discover the crucial role of forgiving others in aligning ourselves with divine forgiveness. The parable of the unforgiving servant becomes our guide as I break down the dire consequences of holding onto resentment and map out the journey toward genuine forgiveness—a path that leads to healing and deliverance from the clutches of our past grievances.
This episode isn't just about the act of forgiveness; it's about the profound change that comes with it. We explore the depths of forgiving not as a means to forget, but as a release from the grip resentment holds over us. By understanding God's forgiveness towards us, we find the strength and grace to free ourselves from lingering injuries and injustices.
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Hi there and thank you again for joining me for this time of Healing and Deliverance Tools. It's a podcast series where I share some divine truths that bring healing and deliverance from demonic oppressions. My name is Dr Gilbert Mochia and thank you for joining me. So today we want to look at this subject of unforgiveness as one of the doors that demons use to enter into people's lives. Remember we said that demons cannot enter at will. They look for legal rights for them to be able to gain access into people's lives, and we are going to look at unforgiveness as one of the roots. We will first of all look at what the scripture says briefly about the subject of forgiveness and how demons exploit this. What do they see for them to gain that legal rights? Then we'll look at what forgiveness looks like and what it's not, and then how to know if you have truly forgiven. The important thing is for us to be able to close this door that demons use to come and bring in oppression. So let's get started. Usually, I like to start with the scripture, because forgiveness is commanded by the word of God.
Speaker 1:Jesus taught that when we stand praying, we must forgive others their trespasses. Many people are familiar with the Lord's Prayer. We call it the Lord's Prayer, but it was really what he taught the disciples. He said when you pray one of the things that he said you should pray forgive us, our sins or our trespasses or our debts, as we forgive our debtors. So forgiveness is very important. If we go to Mark 11, let's start there Mark 11, verse 24 and 25. Listen, this is Jesus speaking and he says and when you stand praying speaking and he says and when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him. That your father in heaven may also forgive your trespasses, but if you do not forgive, neither will your father in heaven forgive your trespasses. That's clear teaching. It doesn't need elaboration. Jesus clearly says that when we stand before God praying, if there is anything that we hold against anybody it didn't specify. It say if you have anything anything means everything against anyone. Anyone means your loved ones and even those you hurt. It says forgive, because if you don't forgive, then your heavenly father will not forgive. Now Apostle Paul took this further, explaining to the Colossians. I just caught verse 13 of Colossians 3, where he says bearing with one another and forgiving one another If anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. Now. I've chosen this scripture because here, in this version, paul clearly says it's a command. He says you must do. It's not a request, it's not a suggestion, it is a command that we must forgive. If we have anything against anyone, we need to forgive. However, anything against anyone, we need to forgive.
Speaker 1:Now, one of the greatest doors of entry exploited by demons is this unforgiveness. When there is an unforgiveness, the enemy just sees this as a way through, you know, way through to come, way through to come. See, I remember what we had taught earlier in our teachings, that demons look for violations of God's law to gain legal rights to enter into people. It's very important there has to be some violations which they capitalize on, which they use. So Paul says lest Satan takes advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices. So if we are ignorant of his devices, that is in 2 Corinthians 1, verse 21,. That we are not ignorant of his devices, and we have covered that at length in our past teachings. So demons will gain legal rights whenever there is unforgiveness. And how, then, do they gain these rights? How do demons gain legal rights? Through the unforgiveness.
Speaker 1:This is very clear through the teachings of Jesus Christ. It's a parable Jesus gave to the disciples. It's in Matthew, chapter 18. I'm going to read that because it's very simple and straightforward, and then we can gain some truth there which you will see how demons come. In Matthew 18, verse 21 through verse 35. Let me read from the New Kingdom's version through verse 35. Let me read from the New Kingdom's version.
Speaker 1:Then Peter came to him and said Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me? And I forgive him? Up to seven times. Jesus said to him. I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants and when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him, who owed him 10,000 talents, but as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he heard, and that payment be met. The servant therefore fell down before him saying the servant therefore fell down before him saying Master, have patience with me and I will pay you all.
Speaker 1:Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt, gave him the debt. But the servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii and he laid his hands on him and took him by the throat, saying Pay me what you owe. His fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying have patience. Patience with me and I will pay you all. And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were grieved and came and told their master all that had been done. They were grieved and came and told their master all that had been done. Then his master, after he had called him, said to him you, wicked servant, I forgive you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his master was angry and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. So my heavenly father will do to you if you, from his heart does not forgive his brother his trespasses.
Speaker 1:Listen to the words of Jesus, very important. I'll repeat them in verse 34 and verse 35. He says and his master was angry and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. And then he had a solemn warning. Warning he says so my heavenly father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother, his trespasses.
Speaker 1:Very simple example, very simple teaching. Jesus shows how the kingdom of god works. He said the kingdom of God is like a servant who was forgiven much. And then he found another servant. He was forgiven much, but then he refused to forgive somebody who had owed him something very small compared to what he was forgiven. He grabbed the other the throat, threw him into jail. But when that was discovered, that Jesus said that he was a master, threw him and he delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. And then he says that same way God the Father will also do to each of you.
Speaker 1:Now remember he is talking to his followers, he is talking to his disciples and warns, gives a solemn warning, that if you do not forgive from the heart not just the mind, from the heart, if you do not forgive from the heart, then you will be done the same way. You will be handed to torturers Beloved. Who are the torturers? Who are the torturers? Who are the torturers? The torturers are demons. You have to understand that demons are the primary agents the devil uses to bring evil upon humanity. The devil knows how the kingdom of God operates. I shared this before and I repeat it here. The devil knows the word of God, he knows what God has commanded and he knows that God is committed to his word.
Speaker 1:We read in Psalms before where the Bible says that God has exalted his word above his name. That is in Psalms 138. I believe verse 2. There. See, god honors his word, he wants to keep his word.
Speaker 1:And then we have the accuser of the brethren. Who is the accuser of the brethren? Satan is the accuser of the brethren. We read that in our last teaching. We've seen that in some of our teachings that Satan is the accuser of brethren. That is in Revelation, chapter number 12. If you read I think it's verse 10 there it says he's called the accuser of the brethren who accuses them day and night. See that it is a continuum. If you read it from the Amplified Version that Revelation, chapter 12 and verse 10, you will see. It's a continuous thing. He accuses. He is always bringing accusation against God's children. What does he say? He shows? He tells God that you said so and so must forgive. Look at his heart, look at the bitterness, look at the anger, look at the grudges that he is holding. Look at what he is saying. His heart is clouded and you said if any one of them do that, then they will be handed over to torture us, and God's hands are tied because it is his word. It is his word he has said, you see, and so demons now have legal rights to come in and you get all kinds of problems.
Speaker 1:Brothers and sisters, there are so many people Now you have to understand. We all have been hurt. I don't believe. If you have lived long enough, you must have encountered people who have hurt you and hurt you badly. You have encountered people who, some of us, some of you, may have been abused. You know, abused by the people, the very people you love. Some of you have been betrayed. You know, suffered the pain of betrayal, the pain of abuse, the pain of rejection. Some have been rejected by people and you are carrying that pain. You are rejected, you are abused, you are molested, you are beaten, you had all kinds of things and some people have been even mistreated in the churches and they carried grudges and pains of what was done by them, done by the people. People have been hurt and beloved.
Speaker 1:The Bible is not talking about those who have been hurt, those who hurt you, but it is all about because there is nothing you can do about people who have already hurt you, but it is something that you must do about the people who have hurt you. And God says you must forgive. So if you don't forgive, then you are handed over to torturers. Who wants that? Who wants to be handed over to tormentors? Other versions say tormentors, other versions say torturers. All those words are bad and those are demons. All right, so we have to forgive. Now, what is forgiveness? How does forgiveness look like? All right, before I share what forgiveness looks like, let me quickly share with you what forgiveness is not right, because we struggle with this subject of forgiveness. I can't go into deep details, but I just mentioned them quickly here. What forgiveness is not number one?
Speaker 1:Forgiveness is not forgetting the heart. You know people say, oh, forgive and forget. No, no, no, no, no. Listen, god created us with the mind ability to store information. We have memory, we remember and this is a gift of God and the memories we have, we store good things, good things have happened and we can use them to reward ourselves and also to grow from them. We also store bad memories. Memories are there of bad things that have happened. These are part of things that are stored and very strong in the mind. Now, these bad things that have happened to us, they can be useful for behavioral change. Maybe you are hurt. Then you change your behavior. You did something, you got hurt. You can change your behavior and grow from it. But the mind also stores all these things which are bad and if they're not used in a positive way for growth, for moving forward, they become a curse in our lives. So we have to be careful what we have in our soul. So forgiveness is not forgetting. No, you can forgive even though you have not forgotten what was done.
Speaker 1:Number two forgiveness is not taking the blame for the wrongs that have been committed to you. Some people say feel like okay for me to be able to forgive. They have done this to me. I have to take the blame. I have to feel like I'm the one who caused it. Maybe somebody was raped and they start feeling as though, oh, maybe they exposed themselves or they gave opportunity, or maybe you are weak and that's why you are abused, or something like that. No, forgiveness is not taking the blame for the wrongs that were committed to you. That is like trying to justify the mistakes of the offender. That's not forgiveness. You don't have to take the blame. Yes, you were hurt. Yes, what was done was wrong, was evil, but you can still forgive even without taking the blame.
Speaker 1:Forgiveness also, number three, is not denying that it ever happened. People are struggling. I'm trying, I'm trying to forget. I'm trying, I drink my piss, I don trying to forget. I'm trying, I'm doing my best. I don't want to think about it and you start struggling to deny that it ever happened. No, it happened. Accept the truth that it happened, because that is one of the process of getting healing.
Speaker 1:So what is forgiveness? Forgiveness is understanding that we have been forgiven much that we also ought to forgive. That's the first thing we have to. The first step is to know we ourselves have wronged somewhere. We have debts which other people. We cannot pay them. We have been forgiven. If we haven't hurt other people. We have offended God, all right. So we have a debt which we cannot pay and God has forgiven us. So we start there. Because I have been forgiven, I should also forgive, and what we have been forgiven is more than what others need from us.
Speaker 1:Number two forgiveness is letting the offenses committed against us go. You let go of the offenses. It is releasing them, not counting the offenses of others against them. You don't want them to pay anything for what they have done against you. You are releasing them, releasing the offender, releasing the people who abused you, releasing the people who hurt you. That's what forgiveness is.
Speaker 1:Number three forgiveness is getting rid of all bitterness and anger towards those who hurt us. It's getting rid. You have to understand. That's our part. All right. Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 31 and 32. This is what Paul says. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you. With all malice, be and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. You see, everything is tied back, that. We were forgiven, we were let go. We must let others go. Let all bitterness, let all wrath, let all anger go. That's your part. You see, it is not. God is going to do it. He says let all bitterness, get rid of it, let it go. You have to decide.
Speaker 1:Number four relinquishing the desire for revenge. That is what forgiveness is all about. It is relinquishing the desire to revenge or get even. When we are hurt, we want to get even. We want people who hurt us, something bad, something evil to happen to them because they hurt us. But the Bible says in Romans, chapter 12 and verse 19,. Romans 12 and verse 19,. The Bible says beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath. For it is written vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. See what God says. God says revenge belongs to him, vengeance belongs to him. It's not for you. You're releasing those who hurt you to God. You are letting them go, letting them off the hook. You stop demanding to get even, you just release them. Yes, you still remember what they did. You just release them. Yes, you still remember what they did, but you release them Ultimately. Number five forgiveness is a command and not a request. This is important, beloved. It is a command we must. It is not a request, it is a must. Remember this.
Speaker 1:Sometimes forgiving looks almost impossible because somebody may be saying pastor, you don't know what they did to me, you don't know what they said, you don't know what, what, how much I was mistreated. You don't know what I have gone through. Yes, I don't know, but God knows. God knows what you've gone through, god knows the abuse, god knows the hurt. And the same God has commanded not requested, he has commanded that you must forgive, forgive and whatever God commands, he also provides the grace and the strength to do so. So understand this it is not your strength, it is not your power, it is not your ability, but God himself is going to give you the strength and the power and the ability, the grace, to be able to release them, especially when you start thinking of how much God has forgiven you. Then you feel, oh yes, I also need to forgive.
Speaker 1:Follow the example of Jesus. Jesus was one who faced such injustice from men, such injustice from sinners. He was condemned as a criminal when he was completely innocent. He took our sins on the cross and while on the cross, in pain, in agony, all his friends had left him and forsaken him. He was there, dying alone, and the father also turning his back from him, but he was still praying. He said father, forgive them, father, forgive them. They do not know what they are doing. Even on the cross, those words of forgiveness were there. What a hurt you know.
Speaker 1:Sometimes it's important to just look at the people who hurt you and say they don't know what they were doing. They don't know what they were doing. Some people, all they know is evil. They are bound, they are under the influence and power of the enemy, and so you start feeling sorry for them. They are captives and you start wanting them to have good. That's how, uh, uh you, you start gaining power to forgive. You know god is going to give you the strength to do it.
Speaker 1:Then, how do we know that we have forgiven? How do you know that you are forgiven? Okay, number one you have to understand. Number one forgiveness is an act of will. It's not about your feelings, it's not about your emotions at the beginning. It is a choice that you make. I have decided to forgive all that was done, all that I have got. I have decided to let go. I have decided to release the person.
Speaker 1:When you don't forgive, it's like drinking poison and hoping the one who offended you will die. No, you are killing yourself. It's a prison. You have opened the door to tormentors, demons, so not only the hurt and the pain that was inflicted on you you but also now tormentors, torturers, gain legal grounds to come in and oppress you even more. And they start speaking to you because they wanted to be bound, reminding you. Can you imagine what they said? Can you imagine what they did? How could they do that? How could they say that? How could they say that? Why was I rejected? Look what I have done. Nobody sees what I have done. See what I did to him, see what I have done. And they start speaking to you and you get bound and bound and bound round about your own words. And there are people who are captive about your own words. And there are people who are captive and they don't see breakthrough in their lives, simply because there is something they are holding.
Speaker 1:Okay, how do you know you're forgiven? First of all, it's a decision of the will and then, secondly, it is a healing process. You have to understand forgiveness is a healing of the heart and the pain. It's a process. This takes time. First of all, you decide, but the heart and the mind will be healed in a process, inner process. Once we choose to forgive, the tormentors are robbed of their power and their rights to continue oppressing you and the Lord begins a process of healing. This is what I love.
Speaker 1:You see somebody who was suffering in pain and heartache being oppressed in the heart but because they have chosen to forgive, somehow they start brightening up. And they don't realize why they're brightening up, but it's because those demons have no more legal rights. You just resist the devil and he has to flee. So you have no more place. I have forgiven so-and-so and then you start getting your breakthrough, beloved. I can share testimonies of some of the people I've had with my years, some of the people I have read how somebody just decided they will go even to their father who is buried and dead. They went to the grave and just say I forgive my father If he was here, I forgive my father If he was here, I forgive my father. And they come back and they get deliverance, easy deliverance, no struggle, no, nothing. Sicknesses just disappear just because they have forgiven.
Speaker 1:Number three when we have forgiven, we no longer feel bitter and angry about the offender. Very critical If you have been offended, what do you feel when that name of that person is mentioned? What do you feel? What emotions rise up when you have forgiven? What do you feel? What emotions rise up when you have forgiven? Even when their name is mentioned, there is no emotional upheaval or banning of wanting something evil to happen, feeling like if you had power, you would kill that person. No, there is no bitterness. There is no bitterness. As opposed to that, you start wishing them well. You stop wishing them evil.
Speaker 1:Number four forgiveness. How do you know you're forgiven? You start wishing them well, those who are your enemies, because the Bible says pray even for our enemies. Some of them are not enemies. These are people who just hurt you, you know. But you just start praying. You wish them well. You start praying. You can't pray for somebody whom you have not forgiven, so you have forgiven first, and then God gives you a heart of love towards those who mistreated you or rejected you or or did evil to you and hurt you in any way, like you are betrayed or something like that. So those are some of the important things about forgiveness.
Speaker 1:Let me say something about forgiveness. No, forgiveness does not mean that we open ourselves to go back to the people who have hurt us. It does not mean exposing yourself to people who have hurt you so that they can hurt you again. People say, okay, I have forgiven that so-and-so. Yes, it is an act of the will and sometimes you can forgive and live at peace with the people who hurt you. But sometimes it's not possible. The Bible says as much as is within your power, live at peace with all men.
Speaker 1:But let's say, for example, somebody was raped, uh, or was abused. When you say, okay, I have forgiven, do I go back and live with that person or stay with that person, with the abuser? No, you don't do that. You just release. Release them to god and let god do his part. Sometimes some people say should I always go and tell the person who has forgiven that I have forgiven them? Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not possible, or sometimes it can even be counterproductive. So it doesn't mean if you are forgiven you have to go and see, tell those people, oh, you are forgiven, that I have forgiven you.
Speaker 1:But, uh, if it's somebody you are living in a relationship maybe it's your wife, maybe it's your, uh, your children, maybe it's your mother or your relative who hurt you in one way or the other, you know, telling them that you are forgiving them. God has given you the grace to forgive what they did to you. That can help a healed relationship. It can help healed marriage. Sometimes it's in a marriage and somebody is hurting you and they don't know what they are doing is wrong, but you have been hurting quietly. You tell them the truth in love that I have been hurting, what you have been doing is wrong to me but I have forgiven. That can give an opportunity for a change in behavior in the other person you know and strengthening of that relationship, maybe with your mother, maybe with your father, maybe with your auntie or maybe with your sister, your own brother. We have relatives who don't talk to each other and when you don't do that, you are opening a door to tormenting Right, and we can go on and on.
Speaker 1:So saying sorry can be a good, saying that you're forgiving, you're forgiven, can be a good thing. But sometimes you can tell some people that you've forgiven them and it can become counterproductive. They start hurling insults because they don't have a sense of godliness. They don't care about forgiveness. You know that's up to you. Now, if it is those people, you don't have to tell them anything because it is you who is forgiving from your heart.
Speaker 1:Jesus said you forgive from the heart. You are releasing them. You are setting them free. All right, you're setting them free and in doing so, you have set yourself free. Wow, there's a lot that we can say. This is just a little. I'm just wanting for us to know that don't play with unforgiveness. Unforgiveness opens a door and if you are struggling in any way with that, ask God for grace to release the people who hurt you, the people who abused you, the people who mistreated you, the people who rejected you, cheated you, the people who rejected you. Whatever way you feel you are mistreated. Just get God to give you that grace and give you that love. Release them and then start praying for them because we are supposed to pray even for our enemies and let God deal with them. Hallelujah, hope you're gaining something important.
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