Casting Out a Nation’s Demons (Season 1, Episode 19)

Occupying Force with Richard & Kimberly Wilson

Have you ever wondered what a transformed community would look like? What if all demonic activity vanished from your city? It would be amazing, wouldn’t it? You would have peace in the streets, a spirit of unity, people would prosper, crime would be gone. When Jesus told the disciples to cast demons out in His name this included communities as well. Listen in to hear how you can be involved in societal transformation by casting out demons in your land.

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Episode 19: Casting Out a Nation’s Demons

ABOUT THE EPISODE

In Episode 18: The Lamb’s Inheritance, we talked about Jesus’ Great Commission in Mark 16:15-17 and Matthew 28:18-20 in light of discipling nations. Many see this as a one-by-one process; however, Jesus is talking nations here. Most of the church does not see our role to disciple nations. We often limit our measure of success to what happens in our church buildings.

1. Too often today, the measurement of church success is numerical growth, construction of new buildings.
2. Accomplishment is measured by the amount of activities and events that fill the calendars even though these rarely relate to transforming culture.
3. However, Jesus and all the Apostles would have been criticized as failures by these criteria!

Societal transformation does not always happen because of revival. For example, revivals from the past few decades did not produce regional transformation (for example: Lakeland, Brownsville, Toronto). Many individuals had life changing transformations; however, we do not see lasting change in the regions where revival took place. We must understand that Kingdom growth beyond the four walls of the church was a mandate given to us in the Great Commission.

In Mark 16, after instructing the church to preach to all creatures and “make disciples of all nations,” the first criteria that Jesus describes for evaluating the effectiveness in this mission is that signs like “casting out of demons” would be evident. This is overcoming cultural sin and oppression. Here’s what we can do to begin the “casting out demons” process in our cities:

• Prayer and Prophetic Proclamation

1. A church can measure its success by effectively dealing with the spiritual forces of darkness that are oppressing not just individuals, but people groups and culture.
2. Tearing down strongholds (2 Cor 10:3-6)
3. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood… (Eph 6)

• Grace for Unity Amongst the Believers

1. Territorial demons are not cast out in the same manner as individual demons. They are more powerful and entrenched in culture.
2. It takes unified, informed intercession with other churches in a region to see territorial darkness pushed back and breakthroughs come.
3. Unless we recognize the need for unity in the regional church, we will not see the “signs” follow us of casting out the nation’s demons.