In the days of Jesus people belonged to two major religious groupings, the Saduccees and the Pharisees. The former did not believe in heaven or hell, angels or demons. The Pharisees on the other hand believed in all of these. But believing did not get them any near Jesus because of traditions of men that they subscribed to, over and above the word of God. Borrowing from these extremes, it is possible to group believers today into two camps as well. You have those who do not believe devils exist or are potent. Such people dismiss any teaching on powers of darkness as fairy tales. The other extreme is to think that everything, including ordinary events of life and happenstances, are caused by the devil. What we need is balance, which we can only get as we search the Bible.

Problems with demonic root will never go away until the demon responsible is dealt with. Breakthroughs can only come when the stumbling block is removed.

On record today is another powerful secret in our warfare against the hordes of hell. A man who had not spoken before regained his speech; but that was not until Jesus cast out the devil. It is no stress to say that the demon had been the reason for his inability to speak. Whereas we have stressed the fact that not all problems in life are caused by devil in the immediate sense, we should know that problems with demonic root will never go away until the demon responsible is dealt with. Breakthroughs can only come when the stumbling block is removed. The Bible says “he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.” (2Thessalonians 2:7). When Jesus cursed the fig tree it withered from the root. If it had been the leaves that withered new leaves would come on it; and with time you would not know anything happened. He went for the root to make a clean end of it. Take your battle to the root of the problem for a lasting solution.