Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

CHAPTER 6 CAN SATAN OR DEMONS POSSESS A CHRISTIAN?

A S A TEENAGE evangelist in the late 1970s, I was invited to preach at a church in a northern state. After meeting the pastor, I was instructed by him not to preach any message teaching that a Christian could not be possessed by an evil spirit. That night I discovered why. After the altar service he stood up and instructed the ushers to hand out the brown paper bags. He then instructed anyone who “had a demon” to breathe hard and fast into the bag. Soon a few people passed out, and the pastor began rebuking demons. By this time I was looking for an exit and was about to make one through the drywall. About this time I was asked if I would like to go to the pastor’s office and wait. Needless to say, I never returned to the “brown bag ministry” church where people hyperventilated in the name of deliverance. During the 1970s and 1980s, both Pentecostal and charismatic churches were ministering to individuals who believed they were being manipulated or controlled by an evil