What Is Demonic Bondage?
Demonic bondage can be brought about when an individual is possessed, oppressed, or in rebellion towards God ( sins of flesh ).
“Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ”: ( Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead:
By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I witness and serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith between you and me. Now I would not have you ignorant brethren that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians; both to the wise and the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are seen being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because of that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened. ( Romans 1: 1-21 )
When a person opposes the Almighty God, then he is under the influence of the Satanic bondage due to which his life is also destroyed. His unbelief leads to his destruction. And Satan entered into Judas the one being called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. ( Luke 22:3-4 )
Demonic bondage can be brought about when an individual is possessed, oppressed or in rebellion towards God ( sins of flesh ). Satanic power influences a person to be under the evil spirit’s control. After being under the control of Demonic bondage ( Satan’s control ) his character and his all deeds are according to the will of Satan, i.e. that person is converted and controlled by the evil spirit.
And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And behold they cried out saying, “What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him saying, “If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”And he said unto them, “Go”. And when they came out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters. ( Mathew 8:28–34 ) , ( Mark 5:1-20 )
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man which had devils long time and ware no clothes neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell before him and with a loud voice said, “What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not”. ( For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters and he broke the bands and was driven off the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him saying, “What is thy name?” And he said, “Legion”: because many devils entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils ( Luke 8:26–39 )
There was a total change in that person; he developed the evil spirit’s features and became characterless and even harmful to society. ( Luke 22:31-32 )
He starts suffering a lot from diseases which will not be cured with the help of medicines. Later, he develops a misbehaving personality with other people in society follows the path of sin and becomes addicted to all the wrong deeds ( Mathew 9:32 )
His confidence level becomes weak, and mentally upset leading to suicidal tendencies and creating disturbances in the family relationship. All these are the effects of the Satanic bondage. Demonic bondage can be brought about when an individual is possessed, oppressed or in rebellion towards God ( sins of flesh ). Satanic power influences a person to be under the control of the evil spirits. After being under the control of demonic bondage ( Satan’s control ) his character and his all deeds are according to the will of Satan, i.e. that person is converted and controlled by the evil spirits ( Mathew 12:43–45 )
There is a total change in that person; he develops the features of the evil spirit and becomes characterless and even harmful to society.
“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened.” ( Romans 1–21 )
He starts suffering a lot from diseases which will not be cured through taking medicines. Later, he develops a misbehaving personality and other people in society follow the path of sin and become addicted to all the wrong deeds.
“As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.” ( Mathew 9:32 )
His confidence level becomes weak, and mentally upset leading to suicidal tendencies and creating disturbances in the family relationship. All these are the effects of the Satanic bondage.
“And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” So the devils besought him saying, “If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine”.
And he said unto them, “Go”. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.” ( Mathew 8: 28-32 )
After Christ, the healings of the sufferers were carried by the disciples. They healed not only the sick persons but also those who were in unclean spirits.
“There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they healed everyone.” ( Acts 5:16 )
St. John says that the world is under the total bondage of the evil spirit. Further, Peter adds that it can destroy any person with the influence of evil power that it has in the world. ( 1 Peter 5 )
The Bible says that through Christ only one can be set free from such evil spirits’ bondages. Those who don’t believe in the salvation of crucification, all have the demonic bondage in them which was clearly understood by the apostles. They were all like an animal who is tied with a rope and the end is in the hands of the master where the master wants to lead the animal, and he can do so as the rope is in his control..Same way, the demons take complete control over the unbelievers and make them move under his power and his will. Jesus speaks about the lady who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, she was not able to lift herself. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. As the lady was led by Satan, the power of the evil spirit was carrying the daughter of Abraham in bondage by making her bent. This is how satan takes control of people and leads them under his will.
“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent and could in no way lift herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said unto her, “Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity”. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day and said unto the people. “There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed and not on the sabbath day”. The Lord then answered him and said, “Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath lose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bound lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” ( Luke 13:10–16 )