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dent.”Especially the fact that my natural reflex had not been enough to pull my arm away from the iron. Immediately I realized that this was a demonic injury. I got out my bottle of oil and literally poured it over the en tire bum saying, "In the name of Jesus Christ, I command every demon associated with this burn to leave me im mediately. I command you to stop afflicting and extending this bum, and in the name of Jesus I command pain to leave NOW! Father, in the name of Jesus I ask you to bring heal ing and pain relief to this burn. I thank you for it in the name of Jesus." Immediately the pain lessened, and the bum then started the normal healing process. However, because I had let it go so long, it had extended to twice the area of the original bum and took almost three weeks to heal, leaving a scar. I have no doubt at all that if I had stopped and anointed the burn immediately, I would not have had such a severe wound. I have found that pure olive oil is not harmful in open cuts or bums. I have used it repeatedly in such cases. In the parable of the good Samaritan, the alcohol in the wine was used to cleanse the wound and the oil was used for healing. I will always anoint with oil first, then cleanse the wound with some sort of antiseptic, add whatever healing ointment I have available and bandage the wound. Here is another example. Sam (not his real name) was a martial arts expert before accepting Christ. After he came to Christ, he was working on the lawn of his pastor’s home one afternoon. The demon that used to be his spirit guide appeared to him and threatened to kill him if he did not renounce Christ and go back to serving Satan. Sam, being a very young Christian, instead of simply rebuk ing the demon and commanding him to leave in the name of Jesus, said something like, "No way, bug off!" The demon

Chapter 6 Demonic Wounds