The devil stayed off my path when I knew his littleness – Bishop Oyedepo
The living Faith Church founder equally known as Winner Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, said the devil stayed of his path the moment he discovered his littleness.
According to Papa as he’s fondly called by Christians, some people engaged in discussion with the devil while casting him out.
“People while Casting out devils ask what is your name? Where are you coming from? What were you doing before now? What is the discussion about?
The Bishop further called on the manifesting power of God during the pre – Shiloh service October 2024, “Lord let today’s Pre-Shiloh Service answer to its name. Let every captive of the powers of darkness be set free and let your name be glorified in Jesus’ name
“Of all spiritual virtues in the kingdom, light is the only one guaranteed for any individual to be set free from the powers of darkness. Darkness does not have respect for power but for light. Power can never subdue darkness but light. A heavyweight wrestling champion, if light goes off in his room he would be stumbling on his items. He has all the power in the physical, why is he stumbling? Because he lacks light”.
While referring to God as light, Papa said “Outside of light, Christianity is an adventure in frustration. That is why so many anointed people are failures. Nothing else can subdue darkness but light…So he goes about blinding the minds of men so that they will not see the glorious light of the gospel because light is the only thing that humiliates darkness.
“That my son shared a testimony that I have never heard before. I am hearing it for the first time. He came into church, heard the word and took the book ‘Satan Get Lost’ and suicidal thoughts vanished.
“Light came and darkness vanished. That precious life would have been lost. Are you interested in freedom? Take a step to prove it!
“One of my earliest articles is ‘You Can Walk Out On The Devil’. Light came and I saw the littleness of the devil. He stayed clear off my path. No matter how terrific an armed robber is, if you see a presidential convoy coming you will take cover. That his robbery spirit will die, you mellow that Satan is struggling with in your sleep, there is no light to dispel him. ‘Pray for me, Pray for me’ can’t dispel darkness. If they pray for you under light and you go back into darkness, darkness will recapture you. It doesn’t work. If you don’t commit to the search for light you can’t be free. Are we not going to the same Church? Are we walking in the same light? Are we not preaching the same thing? Have you discovered the same thing? You can preach anything you hear. Anybody can preach anything he hears. Light is your cheapest way out of any prison house. Light! So I bind all blindfolding weapons of the devil and I release you into that realm of light. Today is declared your day in Jesus’s name” he praid.
“The service which was a miracle service with the theme Unveiling The Rescue Power Of Light was packaged to rescue God’s children from the molestation of the power of darkness.
“Our subject today in this Rescue Miracle Service is – UNVEILING THE RESCUE POWER OF LIGHT. Romans 13:12 The armour of light will dispel darkness without sweat. I have shared this with you a few times. A man met with me in the Old Church in 1996, he was weeping like a baby. I said humourously that when a man weeps it is a serious matter. If it is women, there is no problem. Women are prone to it. You insult a woman and for the next five years if she is not born again she is still crying on it but a man has forgotten. He just goes his own way. But when a man weeps… “The wailing of a strong man scatters the city. This man was weeping and I said I was not going to pray for him under that condition.. The prayer won’t work because he was celebrating the devil “See what the devil has done”. I told him to buy a book ‘Satan Get Lost’, read it and get back to me. We agreed to meet in seven days. He came back and he was beaming with smiles, he said he didn’t know the devil was that cheap. Light came, Satan left. Darkness will bow any day. People pose to be looking for a solution when they are not looking for any. They are not looking for anything. Today marks the end of harassment of the powers of darkness over your life”.
Also backing his message with scriptures, he said that God’s word is the escape root from the kingdom of darkness.
“Hebrews 2:3. How shall we escape if we neglect the light from the Word that sets free from darkness? Our escape is in the light of the Word not anywhere else. With the armour of light in place we cannot be held hostage by the powers of darkness, John 1:4-5. With the armour of light in place no barrier of darkness can stand in your way. When light shone forth in the prison, the angel of the Lord appeared and rescued Peter. You know the story in Acts 12:5-11. Supernatural rescue sequel to the arrival of light
“When Christ, the light of the world, came on this earth, the powers of darkness could not stand in His way. “Have you come to torment us before the time?” they couldn’t stand. He wasn’t talking to devil’s “People talk to devils today “What is your name? Where are you coming from? What were you doing before?” What is the discussion about? Light has no discussion with darkness. Light arrives and darkness goes. No argument! People do all kinds of mechanicals today, What is your name? Where are you from? Are you from Jamaica? They were casting out a devil somewhere in the early days of the ministry and that demon possessed person just stood up and gave one of them a slap. Have you seen darkness trying to cast out darkness? Luke 8:28. Light will always torment darkness. When the light came darkness had no choice. Luke 4:34. Light destroys darkness. Darkness is at the mercy of light. The strength of darkness is in the absence of light. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (light). They have gone into captivity because of lack of light. Isaiah 5:13. Today your captivity is over
“Access to Light is the only way to be set free from the assaults of the powers of darkness. Isaiah 60:1-3. Light turns you from pity to the envy of the world. That is light. Satan came against Christ on the mountain of temptation and he gave up by the arrows of light. It is written! It is written! It is written and he stayed off. He didn’t conquer him by prayer, he conquered him by light. What prayer does is to break the siege against access to light. So that when you pray and fast there is an outbreak of light, it breaks off the hand of the blindfolder so you can see what God is saying. There are many things we have heard and seen but we are yet to handle, something must break loose in your life today” he declared .
