The Decree That Breaks Chains: Pleading the Blood of Jesus for Deliverance & Freedom

Deliverance is seen throughout the Bible, Old and New Testaments.

From the Lord delivering righteous Lot from Sodom at the behest of his uncle Abraham, to Noah’s family being spared from the judgment of the flood because of the wickedness that prevailed on the earth. From the Lord protecting His people during severe famine and drought by raising up Joseph (a type of Jesus, the Deliverer) to be second in command in Egypt, to the Lord delivering His chosen people from the grip of the Egyptians after many years of bondage by his servant Moses.

Deliverance is also seen in the Lord delivering His people from Babylonian captivity and restoring them to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple, restoring temple worship; time after time He has proven Himself the Deliverer of His people.

Most importantly, the essence of the gospel is deliverance. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV). In sending His Son Jesus, God made a way of deliverance for us. Colossians 1:13 (NKJV) says, “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”

The New Testament mentions Jesus casting out evil spirits 55 times but only describes five of these events in detail. He cast demons out of a man in a synagogue (Mark 1) and two men near tombs (Matthew 8) and two more on other occasions.

All the examples I see of deliverance in the New Testament were done by Jesus and the apostles and were to individuals who were not what we would refer to as “born-again Christians.” In the case of the maniac of Gadara, whose demons were cast into a herd of swine, this deliverance was obviously before the Lord was crucified, resurrected, and rose on the third day; it was before the Comforter, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost in the Upper Room. What is my point?

Jesus tells the disciples:

And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover (Mark 16:17-18 KJV).

These were all things that Christ followers would and should do. There is no inference here that indicates that those who needed to have devils cast out of them were Christians. In our day, and for the past several decades, deliverance has become a controversial topic and there is much confusion about it.

The question is often bantered about, “Can a Christian have a demon?” Or, “Can a Christian be demon-possessed?” I remember back when I was a Bible college student this was a much-discussed hot topic around this period of time. Christians needing deliverance became an accepted belief in many sectors of the church, particularly in charismatic circles.

I know it’s not shared by all, but this is my opinion based on the subject from what I see in the Word. I feel I need to state it here, and I prayerfully ask that you consider it without immediately shutting down my argument.

In the Scripture passage in Mark 16, I see no indication that when Jesus says, “shall they cast out devils” it is referring to casting them out of believers who have the Spirit of the Lord in them.

How can a demon exist where the Spirit of the Lord exists? Is not the Spirit of the Lord greater than any demonic power? When He was on earth, He drove out demons with His Word. How much more will His presence (He is the Word) in our hearts dispel any power of darkness.

All Things Have Become New

I know the argument of those who do believe Christians can have a demon is that deliverance takes place in the soulish realm, not the spirit where the Holy Spirit dwells. I have an issue with that. The Word tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that “old things are passed away and behold all things have become new?” Second Corinthians 5:17 means that when someone accepts Christ, their old life and sinful nature are considered gone and they are now a new creation with a fresh start, signifying a complete transformation and leaving behind the past.

I do believe that Christians can be oppressed by demons, for sure! I had a battle with this as a young Bible college student that almost derailed me from going into the ministry. More on that later. What brought me out of that dark period? The Word of God! The blood that speaks better things—things like deliverance over the power of the enemy.

You may disagree with me on this, but I challenge anyone who believes that Christians can have a demon to show me even one example of a Spirit-filled believer in the New Testament who was possessed by a demon and delivered. I don’t believe you will find one.

Yes, there is a need for deliverance in the church. However, many would be delivered if they were taught and knew the Word of God. Many come from all sorts of backgrounds where they may have dabbled in occultic practices, witchcraft, and the like or have been caught up in lustful enticements that have brought bondage.

I strongly believe, however, in the power of the blood of Jesus to set people free from bondages of all kinds and that the Holy Spirit, once the blood has been applied at salvation, will through the Word bring about complete deliverance and liberty in Christ Jesus.

Those whom the Son sets free are free indeed. As John 8:36 (KJV) tells us, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” After all, the prophet Micah, who was a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah and also spoke prophetically of the Messiah, Jesus, called Him “the breaker” in Micah 2:13 (KJV). The following is the same verse in the Amplified Version of the Bible:

The breaker [the Messiah, who opens the way] shall go up before them [liberating them]. They will break out, pass through the gate and go out; so their King goes on before them, the Lord at their head.

At the time this was prophesied and consequently recorded, it was speaking of the deliverance of the children of Israel who would be delivered from the grip of the Babylonians and Assyrians who had held them captive.

The Breaker Anointing

The Lord Jesus, the Messiah’s anointing breaks through the barriers of the enemy and breaks off the limits of our own minds and ushers us into the “exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think” realm (Ephesians 3:20). The “Breaker anointing” pushes back against the advances of the wicked one and causes the people of God to march forward in faith despite opposition.

Sadly, many in our society are held captive to addictions that they can’t seem to break free from. What’s even more disheartening is that many in the church also struggle with these devices of the devil. I truly believe that if they could grasp the power afforded to us by the blood of Jesus to deliver and set free, many would see the Breaker anointing “break every chain, break every chain, break every chain,” as the modern worship song lyric says. The blood of Jesus decrees that the Breaker anointing delivers from the grip of the enemy!

Micah 2:13 has triple prophetic significance. Not only does it speak of the Lord’s deliverance of the children of Israel, but it is a clear reference to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who by His death, breaks us out of the bondage of sin and delivers us.

However, there will be one more time when the Breaker will break through the eastern skies and catch us away to be with Him eternally in glory.

This Breaker anointing, paid for by the blood of Jesus that speaks, is released through our mouths. Our words need to speak in agreement with what the blood speaks and in alignment with the “Ark of Testimony,” and we will see breakthroughs accordingly. He has made a way for us through His precious blood that speaks.

I have the blessing of knowing personally Sinach, a worship artist out of Nigeria who wrote and made popular in worship the powerful song “Way Maker.” I remember my first time hearing it and the impact it had on me. Thank you, Sinach, for being such a blessing to the body of Christ and reminding us that through Jesus’ blood, the Breaker, He truly is our “Way Maker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the darkness! That is who You are!” The blood decrees it. The blood says so!

There’s a powerful verse in Jeremiah that should be taught more often in my opinion. If believers could grasp its truth, they would less likely feel that they must be in a deliverance service to be set free. (Not that that doesn’t happen or is essentially a negative.) However, the Word of the Breaker, Jesus, working in them can break any bondage of the wicked one. Jeremiah 23:29 (NIV) says, “‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the Lord, ‘and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?’” According to Strong’s Concordance, the word rock here means “a fortress or a stronghold.” Yes, believers can certainly be up against strongholds of the enemy from time to time without question. Truthfully though, the Word (Jesus), who is described as a hammer here in this verse, can break each stronghold in pieces—can break the resistance of any demonic force that has come against God’s people.

Romans 8:26

Allow me to give you another powerful verse in the New Testament that reveals just how powerful our partnership with the Holy Spirit is over demonic powers and strongholds. It has for a long time been another one of my favorite verses, Romans 8:26. By the way, the entire chapter 8 in Romans is an essay on the work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts and lives, and we would do well to read it often. Romans 8:26 (KJV) says, “Likewise the Spirit helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Other translations translate the word infirmities as “weaknesses, corrupt desires, sickness, or troubles.”

The word helps in Romans 8:26 is a long Greek word sunantilambanomai, pronounced “soon-an-tee-lam-ban-om-ahee,” and it literally means “to take hold together.” Together with whom? The Holy Spirit! Against what? The weakness, sickness, the frailty of body or spirit, the stronghold. This Scripture is saying we have the power, afforded to us by the blood of Jesus, to take hold together with the Holy Spirit and bring down any stronghold in the mighty name of Jesus! The blood says so!

Perhaps we need a little more teaching and preaching on how we have the power to be delivered by the partnership with the Holy Spirit, taking hold together with Him against the stronghold and less running to the most recently popular deliverance minister for a quick “deliverance.” Most likely if the person has not learned how to cooperate with the Spirit and stay free from bondage, the deliverance will not last.

The more the Word of God dwells in us, the less any demonic power will be able to have power over us and the attempts of the devil will never stick because of the presence of the blood.

The blood of Jesus, His finished work on the Cross declares our deliverance! The blood says so! The blood decrees deliverance!

Decree

The Lord Jesus paid for my deliverance from any form of bondage or addiction with His precious blood on Calvary. Today, I accept my privilege to partner with the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26) and see the strongholds in my life brought down by the word of my testimony of what the blood speaks. His Word declares that whomever Jesus sets free is free indeed and I believe it! Today, I walk in the liberty wherewith He has set me free, and no chains of the enemy can keep me bound—because His blood says so!