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Last night I was spiritually attacked. It has happened very often, over the years.
Whenever I am attacked I say, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus". And nothing happens. He doesn't save me. The abuse continues.

Why is rebuking in Jesus name not holding to its promised power? It makes me soooo disappointed in Jesus.
 
Last night I was spiritually attacked. It has happened very often, over the years.
Whenever I am attacked I say, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus". And nothing happens. He doesn't save me. The abuse continues.

Why is rebuking in Jesus name not holding to its promised power? It makes me soooo disappointed in Jesus.

It's pretty common for devils to show up and torment. People don't believe others, but I have seen it more than once first hand. Even have a scar on my nose from a stupid devil. They are real, that is for sure.

I actually answered this very same question and how to deal with it in another thread. A call from a professional singer (won't give names) said this spirit was pulling off her bed covers, shutting doors and calling her name. She said, "Mike I rebuked this thing like 10 times in the name of Jesus and nothing is happening. I don't know what to do. What am I doing wrong???"

Unlike you though, she knows better to think the Name of Jesus does not work, Knows better than it's the Lord's fault and not something she is not understanding.

I gave her the answer, never had an issue since.

you though wondering why the Name of the Mighty Lord Jesus is not holding to it's promised power, says that you have already answered your own question.

I would just get use to the abuse, the devil can only bang and clang around so much.
or better,
have ears to hear.
 
Last night I was spiritually attacked. It has happened very often, over the years.
Whenever I am attacked I say, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus". And nothing happens. He doesn't save me. The abuse continues.

Why is rebuking in Jesus name not holding to its promised power? It makes me soooo disappointed in Jesus.

If I was your friend and lived in your area, The first thing I would ask you, is: can I come to your house and pray with you?

I would look around your house to see what kind of things you have in your home, that gives the enemy the right to be there and attack you.

Certain things with cause you to be defeated in battle, if they are in your possession and are forbidden.

Quiji board?
Items of witchcraft
Books
Pictures
Statues of angels...

Read Joshua 7, and you will see how serious this is.

7 But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi,[a] the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.

2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.” So the men went up and spied out Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few.” 4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

6 Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord God, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its back before its enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”

The Sin of Achan

10 So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.” 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the Lord takes shall come according to families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come man by man. 15 Then it shall be thathe who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

16 So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 He brought the clan of Judah, and he took the family of the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 Then he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

19 Now Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I beg you, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide itfrom me.”

20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I have done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it. 23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord. 24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them to the Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

26 Then they raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor[b] to this day.

JLB

 
James 1:2~~New American Standard Bible
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

Lots of times we are being tested to put our faith to the test........This is where "the rubber meets the road" type of thing.

Many times we need to say," bring it on, I have doctrine in my soul and the tools/knowledge to meet the challenge."

Honestly, the phrase, "I rebuke you, in Jesus name." Is not one of the "tools" of being a Christian. If we are truly being attacked and we are not being tested by the Lord(in reality, they are all tests, the Lord could of stopped them all if he wanted to) is to say," The Lord rebuke you." Not, I.

Jude 1:9~~New American Standard Bible
But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
 
Your not suggesting I throw away the Ouija Board are you. it was 12 BUCKS!!!!!

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20
So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
Acts 19:15-20
 
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20
So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
Acts 19:15-20

Is fifty thousand silver back in those days more than 12 bucks today? Seriously though, I worked under what is called a Deliverance Pastor. Great guy, but he seemed to think inanimate objects might contain some demonic power. Right, Its the Objects fault for unbelief and disobedience. Got it.

I don't really have an Ouija board. 17.99 at Toys-R-Us though.

Wow, Amazing............ Reviews from Amazon's Ouija Board. What is wrong with these people?

By Emily Hall on January 7, 2015
Verified Purchase
Well, it unleashed a demon into our home, so minus big points for that. But it was a really low-level demon, and I took care of it quickly, so two stars! We're gonna try Jumanji next.

By Common Buyer on April 15, 2015
DO NOT BUY I LOST MY DAUGHTER TO THE OUIJA SPIRIT Z! DURING A OUIJA SESSION Z TOOK MY DAUGHTER AND SHE HAS NOW BEEN MISSING FOR 2 WEEKS! 5 stars though because it was a fun time before my daughter was stolen.

By AlasitsAlice on January 12, 2015
Verified Purchase
When I asked the spirits if this was a good purchase they said "no". I have to go with them. Though I did like the board print and authentic feel of the pointer.

ByJosh kosticon May 4, 2015
Verified Purchase
This has not worked for me yet but I can definatly feel the spirit energy

Good thing Josh you can't get it to work.

Amazing, No, Amazon.

Mike.
 
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Is fifty thousand silver back in those days more than 12 bucks today? Seriously though, I worked under what is called a Deliverance Pastor. Great guy, but he seemed to think inanimate objects might contain some demonic power. Right, Its the Objects fault for unbelief and disobedience. Got it.

I don't really have an Ouija board. 17.99 at Toys-R-Us though.


I know you don't.


Read Joshua 7


JLB
 
I know you don't.


Read Joshua 7

Oh yea, read though Joshua. Here is the deal though. That gold was made into Idols. Even melted down, the stiff necked folks of Israel might get the thought that there might be some power left in that gold and make a new idol out of it. God said don't take it!!! They were not to take the idols, period.

What got Israel in trouble and lost the battle to AI was taking the silver and gold. Not the idols.

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
(Jos 7:20-21)

Achan looted himself a nice dress, two Hundred shekels of silver and some gold. He placed those in HIS TENT.

The problem was not the silver and gold. It was what Achan did with the silver and gold. He kept it for himself. It was suppose to go somewhere else.

But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
(Jos 6:19)

Ooops.......... Achan was sure they said "HIS TENT" and not the Treasury of the Lord. Stealing from God cost him his life.

Blessings.
 
Unlike you though, she knows better to think the Name of Jesus does not work, Knows better than it's the Lord's fault and not something she is not understanding.

I gave her the answer, never had an issue since.

you though wondering why the Name of the Mighty Lord Jesus is not holding to it's promised power, says that you have already answered your own question.

I would just get use to the abuse, the devil can only bang and clang around so much.
or better,
have ears to hear.

I don't understand?
 
I've thought about this before and invoked the name of Jesus against the enemy with both positive and negative results. In my thoughts about why it did/didn't work at times I wondered why? My immediate thought was that it had to be something with me, because God doesn't lie.

I also had the thought of...do we even really need to invoke the name of Jesus against the enemy, verbally? I mean, wow, Jesus already won so in effect, the enemy is already behind us and has already been rebuked. Maybe all we really need to is to believe it, and posture ourselves accordingly. A spiritual posturing of your spirit-man.

As happens, I was attacked again after that and instead of invoking the name of Jesus verbally with my mouth, I just positioned my spirit-man and heart into the authority of the Lord and rebuked the bad spirit directly from my spirit and my heart. It worked and I was at peace then, knowing that if the spirit had been a particularly strong one (?) that I could pull out the big guns and speak verbally to the name of the King, Jesus Christ. :)
 
Where did the phrase "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus" come from?

Mar_5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Act_19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Adjure means to make a charge or oath for or against. Leave me alone also works. Get thee behind me is also a type of rebuke in English understanding.

I don't understand?
If you did, I could help. That would take effort, listening and applying though.
 
Adjure
G3726
ὁρκίζω
horkizō
hor-kid'-zo
From G3727; to put on oath, that is, make swear; by analogy to solemnly enjoin: - adjure, charge./(e-sword)

Jesus
G2424
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsous
ee-ay-sooce'
Of Hebrew origin [H3091]; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites: - Jesus./(e-sword)

So engage it with authority and no fear. Nothing beats the spoken authority of the Lords name. Evil spirits are easier to deal with than people are in this regard. They will listen and leave where people may laugh in your face and keep coming.

Good scriptures Brother Mike. Blessings be upon you. :wave2
 
I am willing to do what it truly takes. I am open to learning. I may ask a lot of questions though...

To Help you, I am going to have to hear the Holy Spirit on this. I have to pray for you, get direction. There is no pat answers. Questions are fine.

It's all going to depend on How bad you want to be free of this (Not that we can shoo all the devils away, but make them a bit calmer) What are you going to do with what you have learned. Lot's of folks tormented out there.

I will tell you about my friend, Edward Knows about her, an amazing singer. She calls me up, she is at her parents house, they are Catholic. I guess some spirit was moving doors, calling her name, and ripped the covers off her bed while she was laying down. Sucked the covers under the bed. That would bother a whole lot of folks.

So, being a believer and she speaks in tongues, she rebuked this spirit in the name of Jesus. I guess it laughs at her. She lays down, and the spirit is still being a butt head. So she rebukes this thing like 10 times, and finally calls me up asking what she is doing wrong.

I don't know your situation yet. The disciples had the same issue though. They asked Jesus the same question.

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
(Mat 17:19-20)

The disciples were given power by Jesus himself to cast out devils. They were the best of the best the World had at the time, and had been given all the ability Jesus had. Jesus gave it to them. Just because the disciples had more than enough power to cast out that devil, they still failed. Jesus said, because of your unbelief. All the power of God is not going to help, unless faith connects to it.

My friends problem was fear. She was rebuking the spirit out of fear, because the spirit was scaring her. If you rebuke like 10 times, when then you never believed rebuking worked in Jesus name the first time.

I told my friend, Ignore it. So she laid down and told that spirit that it could not hurt her, and it was not going to cause her to loose sleep. It banged around a bit, then left.

Now she knows how to deal with it. It is just a spirit, a disobedient angel that did not have enough sense to obey God. She pays things no mind and it's been years since she has had any issues.

Anyway, Is this abuse just mental? Is there some physical things moving around? The mental things can be hard if you start actually believing what is being told to you.

for now. Meditate on this over and over. I don't have any spirits of fear, but I have power, Love and sound mind.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
(2Ti 1:7)

If something shows up, say it is written, My God did not give me a spirit of fear. I have peace, Power and sound mind. You don't bother me, your nothing. In Jesus name leave me alone.

If it bangs around or whatever, as they most always do to see if you believe what you just said, tell it...... No use fussing over it, you can't overcome the Word of my Lord, nor stand in the power of His might. I am ignoring you as you have to go.

Say it all day Long, I don't have a spirit of fear, I don't tolerate anything that tries to make me fearful. I only accept what the Lord gave me, and that is love, power, sound mind, and no spirit of fear.

There is power in the word to change us, change circumstances, and it's the Sword of the Spirit Paul said we use against the devil in Eph.

Be blessed.

Mediate.
 
Dear Brother Mike,

The spiritual oppression that has happened to me makes my heart hurt when I talk about it. It has been going on since i was 16, and still, and I'm 31. You will have to ask me specific questions to get what you need.

Last night a demon (?) spoke to me: "I am going to kill you." Then when I slept a large person? grabbed me and almost... hugged me. I rebuked it in Jesus name, it stayed for a little while, and then left.

I have audibly heard demons speak. When I was rebellious and on drugs a demons said to me, "You're a true punk." I used to dress punk and be apart of that culture. Not anymore. I don't miss those days at all.

One thing I do know is that the Holy Spirit is in me. One night, after years of oppression I gave up and this thing started chewing me on my legs and deep inside me the Holy Spirit rebuked it and it immediately left.

"Say it all day Long, I don't have a spirit of fear, I don't tolerate anything that tries to make me fearful. I only accept what the Lord gave me, and that is love, power, sound mind, and no spirit of fear. "

I will. Im gonna write that down.

Thanks. :)
 
Matthew 26:53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

I have had those spirits tell me to "kill myself" two times. They weren't audible, but you "know" they want it done. You do sound like a very strong person! Being physically assaulted sounds frightening. (just being honest)
 
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