Why Deliverance Matters More Than Most People Want To Admit

There comes a point in your life where you can feel something is off, not because you are weak, not because you are dramatic, but because you are carrying things that never truly belonged to you, and if you’ve ever wondered why your patterns repeat, why your emotions flare up in ways you can’t control, why your relationships feel strained, or why you fight the same battles over and over again, then you already know what this conversation is really about, because you cannot explain spiritual problems with physical logic, and you cannot heal spiritual wounds with natural solutions, and that is why deliverance is never optional for those who follow Jesus, because He never treated deliverance as something extra, something for the extreme, or something for the overly spiritual, but as a normal part of His ministry and a normal part of the Kingdom.

I know many people don’t like the topic. They think it’s too heavy, too uncomfortable, or too dramatic, yet when you look at the life of Jesus, you’ll see that He never ran from darkness, He never avoided confronting evil, and He never ignored the reality of the spiritual world, because from the moment He stepped into His ministry, He began breaking the works of the enemy, casting out unclean spirits, healing the oppressed, breaking curses and teaching His disciples to do the same, and if you say you want to follow Jesus, it makes no sense to reject the very thing He spent His life doing.

Mark 16:17 says it clearly: “And these signs shall follow them that believe. In My Name shall they cast out devils…”If that is a sign of a true believer, then why do so many reject it?

When you reject deliverance, you are not rejecting a ministry style. You are rejecting part of the life of Jesus Himself, because deliverance was part of His routine, part of His compassion, part of His love, and part of His assignment, and He didn’t say it was only for the early believers, or only for the twelve, or only for the spiritually elite, but for anyone who would pick up their cross and follow Him with honesty and obedience.

There is something people don’t realise, and it’s this: if you pretend Satan doesn’t exist, he will act like he owns you. If you reject deliverance, he won’t politely walk away. He’ll look for every open door, every wound, every lie you believe, and every generational pattern connected to your family line, and he will use them without mercy, because he doesn’t need your permission to torment you, he only needs your ignorance.

When you downplay the spiritual battle, you become the easiest target in the room, not because you’re weak, but because you’re unprepared, and deliverance is the very thing that prepares you, strengthens you, teaches you, frees you, and positions you to walk into the fullness of what God created you to be.

Some people say, “But I focus on Jesus, that should be enough,” and of course you focus on Him, of course He is the centre, of course He is the answer, but you cannot say you follow Jesus and then ignore one of the main things He came to destroy, because He didn’t only come to preach and heal and bless, He came to break the works of Satan, and if you ignore deliverance, you are ignoring the part of Jesus that destroys chains, crushes curses, confronts darkness, and sets captives free.

Matthew 10:1 shows exactly what Jesus expected from His followers:“And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness.”

He didn’t give them a comfortable religion. He gave them power. He gave them responsibility. He gave them authority.

Luke 10:19 says it just as boldly: “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.”

So if Jesus gave you authority, why would you choose a version of the faith that leaves that authority unused, untouched, and forgotten?

People don’t realise that deliverance is not about obsessing over demons or giving attention to Satan. It’s the opposite, because deliverance is the act of destroying the works of darkness, not entertaining them, and it is the moment where the Kingdom of God becomes visible, powerful, and undeniable in a person’s life, which is why Jesus said in Matthew 12:28, “But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has come unto you.”

The Kingdom arrives where deliverance takes place. Freedom arrives where chains are broken.Transformation arrives where spirits are confronted and forced to leave.

And yes, people don’t like hearing it, but many Christians are full of demons, not because they don’t love Jesus, but because they have never faced their trauma, never confessed their sin, never closed the open doors, never dealt with generational curses, and never learned the difference between attending church and actually surrendering their life.

This is why so many believers struggle with anger, confusion, mental torment, sudden rage, lust, addictions, rebellion, emotional heaviness, and destructive patterns, because they want the peace of Jesus without confronting the evil that’s blocking it, and they want the presence of the Holy Spirit without emptying the house of the unclean spirits that still dwell there.

You cannot fill a cup that is already overflowing with poison. You cannot pour the Holy Spirit into a vessel that refuses to be cleansed.

Deliverance exposes who you are becoming and what you are refusing to face. It reveals the roots, not just the symptoms.

If you’re going through cycles, if people beg you to change, if relationships keep breaking, if you experience spiritual pressure, strange dreams, emotional breakdowns, or thoughts that don’t feel like your own, then deliverance is not an insult, it is mercy, and it is the invitation to finally breathe again.

But here’s the hardest truth: some people will never experience deliverance because they don’t want to repent, and repentance is not a religious performance, it is a form of deliverance itself, because when you repent, you break your agreement with darkness, you close the door that demons entered through, and you turn your face back toward God with honesty and humility.

Repentance is not shame. Repentance is freedom. Repentance is clarity. Repentance is deliverance in motion.

Yet some people resist it because they have stepped into something scripture calls a reprobate mind, which means a mind that can no longer recognise truth, no longer respond to conviction, no longer hear the voice of the Spirit, and no longer desire repentance, and the scariest part is that people can sit in church every week and still be in this condition, because attending doesn’t save you from deception, obedience does, surrender does, truth does.

A reprobate mind is a mind that has become numb, hardened, blind, and unable to discern its own darkness. It justifies sin, defends bondage, mocks deliverance, hates correction, and rejects truth, because truth requires transformation, and transformation requires deliverance, and deliverance requires humility.

This is why so many reject deliverance. It demands honesty. It confronts pride. It exposes sin. It breaks generational chains. It forces demons to leave.

And that is why Satan tries harder to make people hate deliverance than anything else, because if you get delivered, he loses his access.

In the last days, deliverance will become louder, stronger, more common, and more urgent, because the line between light and darkness will be impossible to ignore, and people will either be filled with the Holy Spirit or filled with unclean spirits, because the middle ground won’t exist anymore, and deception will be so strong that only those who pursue truth with humility will escape it.

People think focusing on Jesus means ignoring evil, but you cannot get close to Jesus without dealing with what’s blocking you from Him, because deliverance clears the path, breaks the chains, cleans the soul, restores the heart, renews the mind, and makes room for the Holy Spirit to dwell fully and powerfully.

So can you ignore deliverance and still walk in fullness? No! You cannot embrace half of the gospel and expect whole freedom.

Deliverance exists because hell exists. Deliverance exists because demons exist. Deliverance exists because Jesus exists and deliverance exists because Jesus is returning soon.

When you understand deliverance, you understand the seriousness of sin, the reality of spiritual warfare, the weight of obedience, and the depth of Jesus’s mercy, because He didn’t come to comfort demons, He came to cast them out, and He didn’t come to negotiate with darkness, He came to destroy it.

And if we are truly following Him, our lives must reflect what Jesus did, not just what man thinks of feels or sitting comfortably proclaiming I'm just following Jesus when your not actually following, your just following your own comfort, religion and lies.

Deliverance is not about fear. It’s about freedom. It’s about healing the trauma and breaking the curses. It’s about restoring identity and reclaiming your soul. It’s about walking out of the prison you didn’t even realise you were living in.

And when you finally taste freedom after years of spiritual oppression, emotional heaviness, confusion, torment, or generational patterns that ruled your life, you will understand why Jesus made deliverance a priority, why He trained His disciples to do the same, and why He expects all believers to know their authority.

Deliverance is the doorway into becoming who God created you to be. It is the break, the shift, the moment everything changes. It is the start of real transformation.

And truth will always be what sets you free.

Mark 16:17 “In My Name shall they cast out devils.”

Matthew 10:1 “He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out.”

Luke 10:19 “I give unto you power over all the power of the enemy.”

Matthew 12:28 “If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has come unto you.”

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

Acts 10:38 “God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.”

Colossians 1:13 “He has delivered us from the power of darkness.”

1 John 3:8 “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers.”