Alright. I am now question the gift of tongues. I encounter the book, Demon Possession and the Christian by C. Fred Dickason. If you guys have not read it, I advise you all to read it. There is one special part in there that Dickason believes there is no gift of tongues but it is of demon. He does present a well argument.
There were three cases out of seven cases in his book that he mention about counterfeit spirit of tongues. In all the cases, he said that the demon told him that the people who want baptism of the Holy Spirit was for a more spiritual intimacy with God. And that is when the demon enters through the laying of hands by the elders of the Charismatic church.
Here is one quote of the case of a Charismatic woman named Carla:
"In another confrontation session, I again commanded the spirit Pride to answer me and tell me why he had not left. I commanded him to tell me the ground of his staying. Her jaws tightened and the muscles tensed. As she leaned forward as if to fall from the chair, I stayed her by a gentle hand on the shoulder. There was a startling action. Her body drew back as if in pain. I remember her telling me of the laying on of hands by elders of a Charismatic Luthern church. I immediately suspected a tongues spirit was over Pride and was pressuring him to silence and not to leave. The following is a summary from a tape of the session:
'Proud spirit, Pride, is a tongues spirit over you?'
There was nod of the head.
'What shall I call him? Tongues?'
Anther nod of the head.
'What is his rank?' I asked.
'Principality,' the answer came back through Carla's lips. The demon was using her voice with an obviously different personality and attitude. She had been walking with the Lord and enjoying His fellowship. This resisting and devious spirit was not the expression of Carla's mind.
I commanded, 'Tongues spirit, look at me. Are you the leader inside? Drop the jaw, open the mouth, use the tongue, speak to me. Every knee shall bow, and every tongue....'
There was a raising of a clenched fist against me.
'No, you don't do that,' I aid. "put the hand down. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Tongues spirit, you confess. The Scripture says, test the spirits whethere they be of God. And we know you're not of God, because you don't honor Jesus Christ, and you resist the servant of God. You have no power. Just relax her hands.'
The clenched fists relaxed. 'Put them on her lap and leave them there.'
The demon obeyed.
I continued, 'Tongues spirit, are you the one who came in at that church?'
'Yes,' came the forced, clear answer.
'How did you ever get to be such a ranking spirit? Were you a principality for God once? And then you perverted and became a principality for Satan. Am I right? Confess it loud!'
'Yes, you're right,' he conceded with obvious irratation.
'You have really failed, haven't you? Satan used his communication device to speak to a lot of angels. You use a communication device to deceive people, don't you? You came in to give Carla what she wanted, didn't you?'
'Yes,' came the weakling answer.
'What was that which she wanted back then? Tell me!'
A pause. Then the spirit stated, 'She wanted a real spiritual experience with God.'
'How did she seek it?' I asked.
Another pause. 'Through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.'
'Who laid hands on her?'
'Men of the church.'
'What did they promise her through the laying on of hands? What did they tell her she would have?'
'That she'd have fulfilled life with the Lord,' he said.
'What was to be the evidence of this?'
Came the asnwer, 'The speaking of tongues.'
'Is that when you--?'
'But they didn't tell her that,' came the interruption.
'They didn't tell her that,' I clarified. 'But you came in.'
'Yes,' he conceded.
'Why did you come in?'
'It was an opportunity for me.'
I further inquired, 'What were you going to do with her life, then?'
'Lead her to the point where she did give herself to Satan.'
'And you almost accomplished that, didn't you?' I ressponded. 'But she has renounced all that; right?'
'Yes,' came the dejected reply.
'What ground do you hold in her?'
'None.' The reply was weaker.
'Is that the truth before the true and living God?'
'Yes.'
'She has used her tongue to magnify Christ. She rejoices in the hearing of the Word, doesn't she? Whose side is she on?' I demanded. [Pause] 'Answer me, whose side is she on?'
Then came a response in a form that surprised me: 'My enemy!'
'And who is your enemy?'
'Jesus Christ!' The voice was filled with restrained contempt.
'And what is He to her?' I pursued.
With concession he confessed, 'Her Savior.'
'On that basis I command you to leave her body and take all your wicked spirits with you. But first I want you to confess that Jesus Christ is your victor. Right now!'
After a pause came the forced answer, 'Jesus Christ is my victor.'
'Carla is--' I sought to pursue the usual sequence.
The spirit broke in. 'You're my victor, and Carla is my victor.' He had heard the sequnece in the confrontation of the power Pride. He volunteered the answer that I was his victor also.
'I will leave her body,' I insisted he say.
'I will leave her body,' he conceded.
'I will go now; I am undone. I give up. Tell her that!'
'I am undone and I give up. I will leave her body now,' he repeated after me in resigned fashion. 'I will take all my wicked hosts wiht me,' he also repeated.
'Come, wicked angels; come demons; come, demons; come with me. Tell them that!'
There came a fearful sigh and then, 'Come, demons; come with me.'
'I'm leaving. Come, Pride; come all principalities and powers. Tell them all,' I urged.
'Pride and all principalities and powers, come with me. We are leaving this body now.'
'Invite the holy angels to take you away,' I commanded. And I prayed that God would send His holy angels to escort them under armed guard to the pit. (I doubt that any judge would allow the condemned crimnial to walk out freely!)
There was a whimper from the demon.
'Holy angels, come and take us away right now.'
Then I commanded, 'All right, get out in the name of the Lord Jesus. Go to where Jesus sends you. Leave her body right now. Lord Jesus, send them out,' I prayed.
It was the very next session that they all seemed to leave. For over a five year period, Carla continued to recognized and rejoice in her freedom, but more improtant in the fellowship of the Lord Jesus Christ, her Delieverer. I have not heard from her since she wrote me a glowing testimony of what Christ had done and was doing in her life. She was freely enjoying the Lord, as far as I could tell.
Here is a graphic case of athe recognition of a different spirit personality within the body of a believer, speaking, resisting, confessing crucial facts, and then leaving under duress as we applied the authority graciously granted us in the Lord Jesus. How could we not recognize the power of Christ overcoming the power of wicked spirits that were clearly manifesting themselves within a genuine believer?"
That is all for the case of Carla. Read it and tell me what you think. In a tape of conference in 1995, Dickason give a display of this tape deliverance session. I listen to it. After the deliverance session tape was over, Dickason states that the young lady lost her way with Jesus Christ. She fall from obedience and is back into her old life. So I am confuse. But the book is written in 1987.
This is one of the three cases that Dickason use for his support that the gift of tongues today are not the gift in the New Testament. He is basically making the sense that speaking in tongues is of demonic nature.
There were three cases out of seven cases in his book that he mention about counterfeit spirit of tongues. In all the cases, he said that the demon told him that the people who want baptism of the Holy Spirit was for a more spiritual intimacy with God. And that is when the demon enters through the laying of hands by the elders of the Charismatic church.
Here is one quote of the case of a Charismatic woman named Carla:
"In another confrontation session, I again commanded the spirit Pride to answer me and tell me why he had not left. I commanded him to tell me the ground of his staying. Her jaws tightened and the muscles tensed. As she leaned forward as if to fall from the chair, I stayed her by a gentle hand on the shoulder. There was a startling action. Her body drew back as if in pain. I remember her telling me of the laying on of hands by elders of a Charismatic Luthern church. I immediately suspected a tongues spirit was over Pride and was pressuring him to silence and not to leave. The following is a summary from a tape of the session:
'Proud spirit, Pride, is a tongues spirit over you?'
There was nod of the head.
'What shall I call him? Tongues?'
Anther nod of the head.
'What is his rank?' I asked.
'Principality,' the answer came back through Carla's lips. The demon was using her voice with an obviously different personality and attitude. She had been walking with the Lord and enjoying His fellowship. This resisting and devious spirit was not the expression of Carla's mind.
I commanded, 'Tongues spirit, look at me. Are you the leader inside? Drop the jaw, open the mouth, use the tongue, speak to me. Every knee shall bow, and every tongue....'
There was a raising of a clenched fist against me.
'No, you don't do that,' I aid. "put the hand down. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Tongues spirit, you confess. The Scripture says, test the spirits whethere they be of God. And we know you're not of God, because you don't honor Jesus Christ, and you resist the servant of God. You have no power. Just relax her hands.'
The clenched fists relaxed. 'Put them on her lap and leave them there.'
The demon obeyed.
I continued, 'Tongues spirit, are you the one who came in at that church?'
'Yes,' came the forced, clear answer.
'How did you ever get to be such a ranking spirit? Were you a principality for God once? And then you perverted and became a principality for Satan. Am I right? Confess it loud!'
'Yes, you're right,' he conceded with obvious irratation.
'You have really failed, haven't you? Satan used his communication device to speak to a lot of angels. You use a communication device to deceive people, don't you? You came in to give Carla what she wanted, didn't you?'
'Yes,' came the weakling answer.
'What was that which she wanted back then? Tell me!'
A pause. Then the spirit stated, 'She wanted a real spiritual experience with God.'
'How did she seek it?' I asked.
Another pause. 'Through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.'
'Who laid hands on her?'
'Men of the church.'
'What did they promise her through the laying on of hands? What did they tell her she would have?'
'That she'd have fulfilled life with the Lord,' he said.
'What was to be the evidence of this?'
Came the asnwer, 'The speaking of tongues.'
'Is that when you--?'
'But they didn't tell her that,' came the interruption.
'They didn't tell her that,' I clarified. 'But you came in.'
'Yes,' he conceded.
'Why did you come in?'
'It was an opportunity for me.'
I further inquired, 'What were you going to do with her life, then?'
'Lead her to the point where she did give herself to Satan.'
'And you almost accomplished that, didn't you?' I ressponded. 'But she has renounced all that; right?'
'Yes,' came the dejected reply.
'What ground do you hold in her?'
'None.' The reply was weaker.
'Is that the truth before the true and living God?'
'Yes.'
'She has used her tongue to magnify Christ. She rejoices in the hearing of the Word, doesn't she? Whose side is she on?' I demanded. [Pause] 'Answer me, whose side is she on?'
Then came a response in a form that surprised me: 'My enemy!'
'And who is your enemy?'
'Jesus Christ!' The voice was filled with restrained contempt.
'And what is He to her?' I pursued.
With concession he confessed, 'Her Savior.'
'On that basis I command you to leave her body and take all your wicked spirits with you. But first I want you to confess that Jesus Christ is your victor. Right now!'
After a pause came the forced answer, 'Jesus Christ is my victor.'
'Carla is--' I sought to pursue the usual sequence.
The spirit broke in. 'You're my victor, and Carla is my victor.' He had heard the sequnece in the confrontation of the power Pride. He volunteered the answer that I was his victor also.
'I will leave her body,' I insisted he say.
'I will leave her body,' he conceded.
'I will go now; I am undone. I give up. Tell her that!'
'I am undone and I give up. I will leave her body now,' he repeated after me in resigned fashion. 'I will take all my wicked hosts wiht me,' he also repeated.
'Come, wicked angels; come demons; come, demons; come with me. Tell them that!'
There came a fearful sigh and then, 'Come, demons; come with me.'
'I'm leaving. Come, Pride; come all principalities and powers. Tell them all,' I urged.
'Pride and all principalities and powers, come with me. We are leaving this body now.'
'Invite the holy angels to take you away,' I commanded. And I prayed that God would send His holy angels to escort them under armed guard to the pit. (I doubt that any judge would allow the condemned crimnial to walk out freely!)
There was a whimper from the demon.
'Holy angels, come and take us away right now.'
Then I commanded, 'All right, get out in the name of the Lord Jesus. Go to where Jesus sends you. Leave her body right now. Lord Jesus, send them out,' I prayed.
It was the very next session that they all seemed to leave. For over a five year period, Carla continued to recognized and rejoice in her freedom, but more improtant in the fellowship of the Lord Jesus Christ, her Delieverer. I have not heard from her since she wrote me a glowing testimony of what Christ had done and was doing in her life. She was freely enjoying the Lord, as far as I could tell.
Here is a graphic case of athe recognition of a different spirit personality within the body of a believer, speaking, resisting, confessing crucial facts, and then leaving under duress as we applied the authority graciously granted us in the Lord Jesus. How could we not recognize the power of Christ overcoming the power of wicked spirits that were clearly manifesting themselves within a genuine believer?"
That is all for the case of Carla. Read it and tell me what you think. In a tape of conference in 1995, Dickason give a display of this tape deliverance session. I listen to it. After the deliverance session tape was over, Dickason states that the young lady lost her way with Jesus Christ. She fall from obedience and is back into her old life. So I am confuse. But the book is written in 1987.
This is one of the three cases that Dickason use for his support that the gift of tongues today are not the gift in the New Testament. He is basically making the sense that speaking in tongues is of demonic nature.
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