K. Baburao
I felt almost like Joshua facing Jericho when my local mission office assigned me to start new work in a very strong Hindu village. How would I reach them?
Since most people love to hear stories, I decided to use that approach first. I hoped that the stories would lead into an interest in health topics and eventually into doctrinal studies.
After visiting nearly every home in the village, I found one family that showed some interest in hearing Bible stories.
The parents became deeply interested in the Adventist Christian beliefs and were baptized, but their two sons were both demon-possessed.
To a Hindu, for one to be demon-possessed is to be blessed. But the family, in the light of the gospel, decided this was not what they wanted. The parents took their boys to a hospital, hoping that the condition could be treated as a physical disorder.
After spending much money, they realized that medicine was not helping. Then they resorted to Hindu priests and temples to remove the spirits, but to no avail. When the demons took control, the boys would strip naked and shout terrible things and be thrown about violently.
When the parents realized that their sons’ condition was a spiritual matter, they asked me to pray for them. As I began to pray, the demons shouted, “We don’t want to leave! We don’t want to leave!”
Every day for two months I prayed. By this time, the parents had progressed in their studies. They understood about prayer and anointing. So I prayed and anointed the boys, calling on God to expel the demons for good.
The demons could not resist that prayer, and they left. They attempted to return for another month, but heavenly guards were in place, and complete victory was won.
The boys are now preparing for baptism, and are also sharing Jesus with other young people in the new church in their village.
Praise the Lord for His power to deliver souls from the control of Satan.